Afghan Delivery in Five Days!
Here we go! The time is upon us - the time for Afghan Delivery! Yay!
DATE: Saturday, March 8, 2008
TIME: 5:30pm
LOCATION: First Baptist Church of Greensburg
MAP: If you are planning to attend please email me for info/directions
OTHER DETAILS: The afghans will be delivered and presented at the beginning of a community event being held the evening of March 8th from 6-8pm. They're hosting the Toney Brothers Quartet at First Baptist that evening. I'll be setting up during the 5:00 hour and doing a brief presentation prior to the concert. I'm not finished counting but I believe we have close to 50 afghans to take with us to Greensburg!
At this point, Jeff and I are probably the only ones going, though it's possible one or two others from church might come along. If you have family in the area who you aren't certain will be at this event and you would like them to receive an afghan please contact me - we can plan to be in town early enough to deliver afghans to those families.
I've arrived at a final decision about care labels. I'm using a sew-in fabric label that I will print the label information onto. It's special fabric for quilts that people print photos and everything onto - washable, permanent, etc. Here's what the label text looks like. What do you think? Suggestions? I'm probably printing these tonight or tomorrow and look forward to seeing how it looks printed on the fabric! (ETA: I'm checking the date - I think it was actually May 4)
What else is going on around the Bunny Hutch? Lots of yarn dyeing and I just got another shipment today of my Benjamin base yarn! Yay! I've been having fun creating ads for Ravelry too...
The babies have been wreaking havoc all over the house while I'm dyeing yarn and making Ravelry ads. (sigh) Here are a few pictures of them not destroying anything or flushing soap down the toilet or any of a number of other crazy things they've done in the past few weeks.
I've continued with with my EPS Immersion. EPS2 has been knit and finished. It's a teeny tiny little raglan cardigan made from just one skein of Cascade 220 - big enough to fit about... oh... I don't really know. I don't have a little baby around to try it on but I think it'll fit up to a 12mo baby. It's too small for Lila Pearl. The simple but pretty buttons are vintage shell buttons that I bought at Twist. That little butterfly of yarn is all that was left over from the skein. This was my first steeking experience. Won't be my last. Won't do it the same way ever again - I had a major steeking panic after cutting when I realized that whatever I did Was Not Enough! Cut ends floating around = panic! panic! panic! heh My biggest mistake was thinking I didn't need to sew the steek as agressively as EZ recommends. Silly me. Repeat: Won't do it the same way ever again. This is such an awesome growing and learning experience as a knitter.
EPS3 has begun and is a striped sweater with round yoke decreases, also child sized, with no color repeats in the striping sequence. I've finished the body and one sleeve. This is a slow one because I'm changing colors "X" number of rows, and increasing every 5 rows on the sleeves. There's been a lot of tinking on this one sleeve that I just finished last night. I need some good time with it so I can get the crazy thing finished - I don't want to do another quite like this again! EPS4 will be a gray cardi with some kind of color work around the bottom with saddle shoulders, also child sized. Most of these small sweaters will be on display at Twist soon to promote the EPS Workshop that I'm leading/teaching beginning March 22nd.
Time to get going - I've got a lot afghans to sew labels on to!
Take good care of every little thing and I'll see you again this week with some afghan pictures and another shop update! XOXOXOX
Safe travel and enjoy delivering!
There is an article about the printable labels in Quilter's Home Magazine (I pretty sure it's in the March/April 08 issue); they tested several brands and had tips for use and getting the best print possible. It's not showing up on their website (that still has the Jan/Feb issue as I'm writing this comment) but I've seen it at Joann Fabrics, Books-A-Million, and Barnes & Noble during the last week or two.
The sweaters look great, I'll look forward to seeing the next ones!
Posted by: Jean Marie | March 03, 2008 at 05:21 PM
Look at you go, busy lady!! Your EPS sweaters are darling and this is a growing experience for everyone!!
Posted by: margene | March 03, 2008 at 05:59 PM
yay for the finale!!! I'm sure you're glad to be passing those blankets on huh!
I love your ads for Ravelry! FANTABULOUS!!
Steeks, woooooweeee your getting brave :)
Posted by: kelly | March 03, 2008 at 06:04 PM
Your ads for Ravelry are awesome! They are going to work so well for you. I really love the Blueberry Buckle - yum!
The little sweaters are too darling.
The presentation sounds fantastic - I think the label is great. It gives all the needed info and the message is beautiful.
Glad your girls took a break from the crazy for you.
Posted by: Miss Scarlett | March 03, 2008 at 08:47 PM
Bless you Laura, I'll plan to join you on Saturday! John may get to come too, so we're excited! How great it will be to see you in Greensburg! Be sure you can get them early enough to look around a little and see what progress has been made! While it still looks devastating, it is growing every day!
Posted by: Pat | March 03, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Yikes! The afghan I've been seaming is almost done, but there's no way the mail will reach you by March 8 - will there be an additional handoff?
Posted by: Donna | March 04, 2008 at 12:21 PM
The afghan labels look good. I can't think of anything else that needs to be said. Good luck with the distribution.
Cute, cute sweater! I love how one basic formula can produce a variety of looks.
Posted by: Wool Winder | March 04, 2008 at 01:27 PM
how exciting that the afghans are getting delivered! i hope you enjoy it -- you deserve it! : )
Posted by: Ren | March 04, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Aww, the sweaters are hugging! I can't believe that the afghan project is almost completed - I am so excited for you!!
Posted by: Emily | March 05, 2008 at 05:28 AM
Wow, you've gone EPS crazy!!! :o) They look great and I can't wait to see the rest!
Posted by: elizabeth | March 05, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Your Ravelry ads are really nice! And the picture of your two girly girls in the box should be labled "Good enough to eat, too"! With all that's going on in your life, please remember to breathe once in a while.
Posted by: Nancy | March 05, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! The time has arrived. I will spread the word to family and friends!
P.S. Not to cause trouble...but the tornado was May 4th...
Posted by: joni | March 05, 2008 at 01:35 PM
My sister has been keeping me posted on your project. So exciting. Have family in Greensburg so can't wait to hear more about it. Thanks for all you've done for these people! You are awesome!
Posted by: Marsha | March 05, 2008 at 02:12 PM