With Pointed Sticks

Writer, knitter, spinner, hand dyer, blue heeler/corgi mom http://withpointedsticks.com/blog

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Introducing the Killer Fall Collection - Six new colorways of hand-dyed yarn and one new DK base

I'm so excited to announce the launch of With Pointed Sticks Yarn's newest colors and base - the Killer Fall Collection! Inspired by imagery from songs by The Killers, these colors are perfect for autumn!

I heard The Killers' debut album, Hot Fuss, at my best friend's house in 2004. We were almost 15, and baking cookies to impress boys we liked at a pool party later that day. Those boys are long in the past, but Hot Fuss and all of their albums thereafter still live in my heart, and remind me of being a kid dancing in a kitchen with her best friend.

This collection features six new colorways and one new base.

New Base! Flex DK 100% Superwash Merino 231 yards/100 grams

I'm thrilled to introduce With Pointed Sticks Yarn's newest base in the lineup - Flex DK! This 4-ply yarn is soft and squishy, and perfect for winter accessories or garment knitting.

The Killer Fall Collection colorways will be the first to be featured on this base, and others will follow.

This collection will be in the shop on Wednesday, August 10th at 7:00 pm EST in the With Pointed Sticks Etsy shop. Full skeins of each color will be available on Ballpoint Sock and the new Flex DK bases. Mini skein sets of all 6 colors will be available as well, on Ballpoint Sock.

Hope to see you there!!

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Tour de Fleece 2016 - Small Successes

I’m terrible at committing myself to anything with a deadline that is meant to be recreational. Knit-alongs, Stash Dash, Ravellenic Games, Tour de Fleece, whatever. Working on something I love alongside other people who share that same passion seems like a great idea. But the second I commit to it, it turns into a chore. Now I have to do it by a certain date, or else. I’m the least competitive person in the world, which doesn’t help. As soon as something gets competitive, my eyes glaze over. I’m the worst person to play board games with.

I tried recently to participate in the Cookie Jar KAL, held by the hosts of the Pinfeathers and Purls and The Fawn Knits podcasts, where all I had to do was to knit a pair of socks by Cookie A. I had a good start with my No-Purl Monkey Socks in Hedgehog Fibres Sock in the Genie colorway. I was excited, I was motived, I was determined. For about two days. Then I was all, “I have to finish TWO WHOLE SOCKS in a MONTH? Is this a JOKE?” Never mind that I finish socks in that time frame all the time. This voluntary KAL turned into a chore thrust upon me against my will. I got belligerent.

“Oh, this KAL is going to force me to knit socks? When actually what I want to be doing is knitting OTHER socks? Who do they think they are?”

Needless to say, that deadline has passed and those socks are no more done than they were pre-temper tantrum.

So no one was more surprised than me when I met my Tour de Fleece goal. Albeit, one day late, but that still feels like it counts, especially since I wasn’t officially participating.

I was smart this time. I didn’t announce that I was doing it. I didn’t even really plan it. It just so happened that the day the Tour started, I got a package in the mail from Hobbledehoy (battlings in the Crater Lake colorway) and my favorite spindle (from Tina's Angoras) was free.

I wondered if I could spin and ply this 2 ounce package of battlings during the Tour, just to see if I could. It seemed like I should be able to. 2 ounces is NOT a big commitment, though spare time is hard to come by these days.

And at only one day late, those battlings (which ended up being over 2 ounces, thank you very much) were spun and plied!

Great success!

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Reminder! With Pointed Sticks Yarn’s two holiday colorways - Peppermint Stick and All Is Bright - are done for the year as of 12/31/15. Use coupon code SEEYA2015 to take 15% off your order!

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With Pointed Sticks Yarn is having a 15% off sale with coupon code SEEYA2015

Valid until 12/31/15

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Today at therapy was really hard. I was sitting here crying, and generally being miserable, when I felt a nudge at my knee. I looked down to see that Zeus, my service dog, was doing his job… and brought me a potato. it is very hard to cry with a gift of potato.

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Remember this? I’m having a rough time right now. Zeus has a solution.

That would be an empty pill bottle, the *correct* pill bottle, a bottle of embossing powder, and two, TWO potatoes.

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Reasons to Avoid Knitting Sweaters - Oh Wait. There Are None.

I have been on a sweater kick lately, which is very unusual for me. My normal process is to think about knitting a sweater, talk myself out of it, then knit 2 to 7000 fingering weight shawls. I ha...

I have all the excuses...

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I opened a hand-dyed yarn shop yesterday! Yarn dyeing as a hobby/obsession is a lot of fun, until you realize you are completely overcome with pretty yarn and could never possibly use all of it. So! Etsy! 

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Knitted some sun to keep me company during winter. Hand dyed turmeric 4ply merino.

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Doodlebug weighed just about 3 ½ pounds when he was found on the side of a road in Grafton, New South Wales, in southeastern Australia.

It has now been months since the baby kangaroo was rescued. Tim Beshara and his mom, Gillian Abbott, still wonder why he was left on his own.

“We don’t know whether his mother had died either through a car accident or a dog attack, or whether he simply was abandoned,” Beshara told CBS News.

Either way, it looks like the now 15-month-old kangaroo is finally finding a way to cope.

Doodlebug finds companionship in his favorite stuffed animal, a teddy bear. (Source)

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Aaaaanyway, my heart hurts.

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30 Celebs Who You Never Knew Knitted | Top Crochet Pattern Blog

We can sometimes forget that celebrities are people too, and that many of them enjoy the same pastimes as us! It's no surprise then that many celebs like to knit and crochet, especially considering the pressures of fame and the therapeutic benefits these crafts have. Here's a list of 30 famous people who share your passion...

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This makes me really happy.