International Yarnbombing Day Approacheth!

How many of you are taking part in this year’s International Yarnbombing Day on June 9, 2012 or the World Wide Knit In Public Day (which is actually a whole week from June 9 to June 17, 2012)?

I am going to be at the Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival this Saturday as a shopper, not a vendor. I'm a little sad we weren't able to vend there this year, but it opens up the opportunity to be at a festival and not have to stress about it. I'm getting really excited about it actually.

Saturday is the second annual International Yarn Bombing Day. I really want to participate by making a few quick things to sprinkle about on my way to Adel. They will most likely be crochet and small, but probably also bright and cheery.

After I get to the festival on Saturday morning, I'll be participating in World Wide Knit in Public Day with other people there. I've got a sparkly scarf about half done, so people will be able to see the pattern already, but there will still be enough to work while I'm there.

I'm also taking a class there on Saturday afternoon. My friend Diana from Sam's Icelandic Sheep Farm is teaching a hackle class. She is going to show us how to blend fibers together and then pull them into roving using the hackles. Very interesting, I'm really looking forward to it. She still has openings, so if you are in the area, come by and sign up. Her class is #112.

Also, don't forget, our first online craft show starts tomorrow. Please click and support handmade!

Mr. Yarn Geek, the PR Man

When Mr. Yarn Geek and I vend at fiber festivals and shows people like to ask him what he does for our business. He tells everyone that he's Employee Number Two, but I think he's more the head of PR and Marketing. He is very good at keeping me going when I want to slack off. The thing he is best at is selling custom made things to people he knows. "Hey, my wife can make you one of those!" he says and then nudges me. "Do you have a card on you honey?" Of course I have a card, and I hand it over.

Recently he has kept me very busy knitting Mohawk Hats for people he works with. In just the last month I have made 2 black and dark blue ones, 3 Green Bay Packers themed ones, and just tonight I finished up a baby one in Chicago Bears colors. I don't think there is enough time to do another hat before Christmas, so now there is time to do a little knitting on some long ignored WIPs. There are also some objects, such as a hat and scarf I told my sister-in-law I would make for her, that really should be gotten to this winter. I just can't shake the feeling that Mr. PR and Marketing might have other plans for me, which I think is just marvelous!

Nifty New Site for Teaching, Cool!

I just signed up on Betterfly.com which is a nifty little site I heard about on Facebook today. It allows people who have certain skills, such as mad spinning skills like me, to be found by other people who want to learn said skills. I signed up as a crochet, knitting, and spinning instructor. We'll see how it goes.

When you sign up you can customize your page with as little or as much information as you would like. Decide what you want to teach and then make a class listing with a short description and the price you would like to be paid. Make arrangements for how you would like to be paid and then go to the calendar and set up times you are available. You can upload pictures and other resources for people to look at to help them decide if you are the teacher for them. Pretty nifty right?!

To learn more about Betterfly, click on the Betterfly widget to the right. Now to wait for my first student...maybe it's you?