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This year marks the 25 th anniversary of the Minnesota Knitter’s Guild Yarnover event. As i’ve been making mugs for other special events I attend, it was high time I made something for my MN peeps. Here’s a shot of two mugs in their bisque state. There will be a limited number available at this year’s event.

I’m happy to report I will be participating in the Madison Knitter’s Guild Event again this year. The event details are now listed on my schedule page, or can be found at their website.

I’m plugging away in the studio making pots for this show. If you’re planning on attending and have a special design you would like me to make sure I have along please leave a comment. There’s just enough studio time left that I might be able to squeeze it in!

I’ve been spending the month of January recovering it seems. Putting the holiday craziness behind us, kidney mutiny, and even a household bout of stomach flu. (Yippee toddler vomit!) While I am sad I won’t be attending Stitches, the extra breathing room has made it possible for me to take care of the home front. When I’m relaxed about the home situation, and not stressed about an impending show I have some wiggle room in the studio to play and to make some one of a kind special pots.  Here are a few pictures of the pots I doodled for Valentine’s day. It’s a small run, and I’m going to post them into the shop after 12 noon tomorrow (2/8) . I hope you like them!

Shipping note:

I will ship all orders within 24 hrs of being placed, so hopefully they’ll arrive safe and sound in time for gifting to your sweetheart. (Place your order before 4 pm tomorrow and I’ll make sure it gets in the mail tomorrow -Tuesday!) Unfortunately I will not be able to ship these pots internationally in time for the holiday. Showing your love to your special people should be a year round activity anyhoo

Today I’m glazing a whole kiln load of special pots for sweethearts. I’ll be posting these in my etsy shop as soon as they are out of the kiln and cool enough to photograph. Here’s a sneak peek…

It seems as though my pots have made their way to Knitty! It’s a great issue, as usual. Thanks Knitty!!! As I have a little more time on my hands than usual I decided to do something a little different. I’m posting a listing on my etsy shop for a custom yarn bowl order. There will be 20 available. Each order will be custom made. You choose the color yarn ball and sheep. * Each piece will be delivered in 3 -4 weeks.  If you’ve been jonesing for a yarn bowl here’s your opportunity!! Click here to go straight to the listing!

*The yarn balls are available in red, orange, chartreuse, turquoise, royal blue, purple, black or brown. Sheep can be white, black, brown or gray. Each bowl is painted with one sheep and one yarn bowl – so please choose only one of each. When you purchase the bowl there is a space for special instructions to the seller. Please list your choices there. As usual if you have any questions drop me a line. My contact form is on the right hand side of this page!

It’s been a rough week here. I have been sick with a kidney infection. I have never in my life been this sick. Two trips to the ER and a healthy dose of third generation antibiotics and I’m finally on the mend. I am doing my best to recover and I’m told it will be a while before I’m back to 100%. This has prompted me to make a difficult business decision. I will not be able to attend Stitches West in February. I will instead be posting work that was ear marked for that show, and other pots as I’m able to be in the studio, in a Valentine’s Day update. Stay tuned. I’ll post pics of some special pots here in the coming weeks.

Do me a favor, go do something nice for your kidneys today.

I stopped taking photos of pots to take a picture of the backyard. Good timing I caught a neighbor snowmobiling by.

beautiful blue green spiral of snow

The sale I was scheduled to participate in has been cancelled due to our snow storm. Minnesotans are hearty, but wise. When our businesses and schools close or cancel activities it’s serious. The department of transportation even took the snow plows off the roads in some areas because of the conditions. So we hunker down, read a good book, knit, sip some cocoa and when the wind stops blowing the snow horizontally strap on the snow shoes and take a walk in our winter wonderland!

P.S. : You can still shop from home, visit their etsy shops!

A jar in progress…