Annoucing the New Line of... Em Spade

The couture sweeping the hand-bag world:



Marc Jacobs ain't got nothin' on me. And did he hand-sew the lining into his bags?



I don't think so.

Thanks to Knitty Yoda and her unbelievable stash of fabric (seriously, y'all haven't seen a stash until you've seen Knitty Yoda's piles of fabric), I have an entirely finished project to report. The cabled bag, started right before Christmas, finished in body around the end of January, finally has all its pieces-parts in place and is an official accessory. One hundred percent done.

As soon I figure out where the buttonholes went.

I didn't loose them exactly; this being my first time with buttons, I assumed it would be easy to see the hole where I cast-off (British pattern, you know, got to use the pattern lingo). Turns out, not so easy. After a little sleuthing, Yoda and I thought we found at least two of the three.

Mind you, I think I just sewed a lining over the two that we found.

Did I mention the open-faced, button-free bag is in again?

Speaking of buttons, I've wanted to hold off on mentioning the Harry Potter KAL sweeping the blog world until I worked out a button. Unforunately, well, that's not happened. So as a pre-launch to the real launch which will definitely include a widget, I'll just mention if you click here, you'll see the start of the website Knitty Yoda and I are co-hosting. Of course, I'm knitting something in honor of Book Seven; what kind of fan do you think I am?!

Socks, Colts and Bears- Oh My!

The lace socks are finished!


I must admit, I don't really care for the disembodied look of lower legs and socks; you see it all over knit blogs and I find it creepy. Still, it shows hand-knit socks in action, so I give you I Know What Your Socks Did Last Summer.



The bag (pictures not included) has all pieces made (some assembly required).

It seemed the perfect time to start two new projects!

The free yarn from Brooke came in this gorgeous colorway called Sweet Tarts. I've picked Crusoe from Knitty and while I'm really enjoying the pattern, the stranded stitch isn't showing up brilliantly. So I might be pulling out the ole' stand-by Sensational Knitted Socks for a different pattern (Did I not mention that? I got SKS AND Knitting Vintage Socks with the Christmas gift certificate Pops and Suz Knitter gave us- thanks, guys! A knitter's bestfriend- free pattern book money on Amazon!). So if the stranding doesn't start to pop, then it's good-bye Crusoe (for a later date), hello SKS!



I also picked up the yarn for the French Market bag to cast-on this weekend.

Again with this sudden purple fixation.

So there will be knitting this weekend. And... what else... what else? Oh! That's right.

THE COLTS ARE IN THE SUPERBOWL!

I've been hesitant to mention this for fear I'd brag about it, wake up and discover not only were the Patriots in the Superbowl, but they didn't even have to play another team, just stand around and wave while sports reporters bowed at their feet.

Turns out, the Colts are in the Superbowl. And our home would be the proudest Indianapolis-supporting house in the state of North Carolina if it weren't for the teeny-tiny fact

THE BEARS ARE IN THE SUPERBOWL!

That's all I can say about it right now. I'll post tomorrow (how could I not?) but for the moment I'll leave it at, I'm still a Colt (no matter how many of The Hubba's- clearly stupid- friends think I should come over to the side of the Bears because it's his team) and he's still a Bear and we're still on friendly terms, and tonight (in a spirit of camaraderie and good will I'm sure) we'll hammer out The Rules to the watching of the game, and, oh by the way, Georgie says "hi."