Lot 3 Books, Bags, and Bidding Page—June 25, 2014

Posted by on Jun 25, 2014 in Blog Fun, charity, Knitting, patterns, Web Fun |

Lot 3 —Lifestyle and Home Decor Bidding for Lots 3 AND 4 begin at 3pm EDT Wednesday— June 25, 2014—and ends promptly at 6pm EDT To enter to win, please put your bid in the comments below. Highest bid at 6pm wins. Three knitting bags are included with this lot—seen in picture above. The Knitter’s Life List: To Do, To Know, To Explore, To Make Angels: A Knitter’s Dozen (A Knitter’s Dozen series) Only One Way to Win! The Rules:...

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Lot 2 Books, Bags, and Bidding Page—June 24, 2014

Posted by on Jun 24, 2014 in Blog Fun, charity, Knitting, patterns, Web Fun | 1 comment

Have a Look at Lot 2—Stich Dictionaries Bidding for Lot 2 begins at 3pm EDT Tuesday—June 24, 2014—and ends promptly at 6pm EDT To enter to win, please put your bid in the comments below. Highest bid at 6pm wins. One knitting bag is included with this lot—seen in picture above.   Designing Knitwear   Mon Tricot Knitting Dictionary Stitches Patterns: Knitting and Crocheting 0D14   Cable Needle Freedom **OUT OF PRINT AND NOT...

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Lot 1 Books, Bags, and Bidding Page—June 23, 2014

Posted by on Jun 23, 2014 in Blog Fun, charity, Knitting, patterns, Web Fun | 3 comments

Bid on Lot 1—Sweaters and Wraps Bidding for Lot 1 begins at 3pm EDT Monday—June 23, 2014—and ends promptly at 6pm EDT To win, please put your bid in the comments below. Highest bid at 6pm wins. A large mesh bag is included with this Lot—see below. Wrap Style (Style series) Double Knitting: Reversible Two-Color Designs New Directions in Knitting by House of White Birches **OUT OF PRINT!** Knitting Ganseys Only One Way to Win! The Rules: Read...

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A Friend in Need…

Posted by on Jun 20, 2014 in Blog Fun, charity, Knitting, patterns, Web Fun |

You may recall last Fall when Nanette the Nanny came to my rescue and did All The Work to ship out all of my pre-orders of Grounded. Well, now she needs a hand, too. To help her out, CraftLit, Vanessa at Survival Organs, and the MamaO Knits Too Much site are helping Nanette raffle off eight Lots of books-and-bags to raise money for a (surprise!!! and) suddenly necessary move. Details on how to bid and win will post here and via the CraftLit...

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Chatted Up

Posted by on Jun 5, 2014 in Blog Fun, Defarginess, General Ranting, Podcast, review, Web Fun, Writing |

Marie Grace Berg—the most enthusiastic business woman I’ve ever had the pleasure of talking with—has released the interview she did with me awhile back for her show Today’s Leading Women. If you want to hear a bit about the business side of CraftLit and the Defarge books, you can have a listen by clicking the button above or going here TodaysLeadingWomen.com/heather-ordover or to iTunes...

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? Renate Hiller — “On Handwork”

Posted by on Feb 25, 2014 in Artsy Things, Blog Fun, Knitting, Spinning, Web Fun | 1 comment

The most-awesome Dianne of CraftLit/Knitty-2010-trip-fame pinged me with this early this morning and it was so lovely, I just had to share. This is a short film of Renate Hiller talking about the importance of handwork (spinning, knitting, etc.) in the modern world. Renate is the co-director of the Fiber Craft Studio at the Threefold Educational Center in Chestnut Ridge, NY. The film was uploaded in...

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