Spa Set Share!

Posted on July 1, 2011 by gettinitpegged

My good friend and whiz with a hook, tool or needle 🙂 , Jenny Stark, has recently created the Spa Set and I’m so excited to share her marvelous projects with you!

As you will see, she’s done a bang up job on this and has even used colors that are perfect for posting just before the 4th of July holiday weekend!

One thing of interest before we get into the slide show: She decided to make her Button Box just a bit differently than was detailed in the pattern. Rather than felt her box, she created it with cotton and acrylic, supported the sides with a plastic canvas frame and then added an absolutely adorable fabric liner!  I just love creative ingenuity, don’t you?  Her box and entire set came out so happy looking and very professionally made!  Check and see for yourself:

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Pretty splenderifically sweet, right? 😀

On another note, please don’t forget to pop over and pre-order your very own, personally signed copy of the soon-to-be-released new book: Loom Knitting for Little People!   We’ve been working hard as a team to get this book all polished and perfected for you to enjoy.  By we, I mean a special-ops team of crack-whip editors, graphic designers, dinner makers, general-taking-care-of-things-while-Mom’s-busy people…lol.

One of these special teammates is, wouldn’t you know it, Miss Jenny!  She’s doing a great job keeping me in line and making sure I don’t sound really silly in the end result, lol.  Thank you, friend!  What would I do without you?! 🙂

(I’ll be keeping you updated more as we head through the last month of the pre-launch through Kickstarter…I want to be able to brag about all the aforementioned team members!) 😉

Loom Knitting for Little People! preliminary cover

We’ve now reached 22% of the total funds required to make this Kickstarter launch a success… make sure to get in on the action soon if you’ve at all been thinking about pre-ordering… that way, I’ll know how much I have to panic before the time is up, lol! 😛   Really, when it’s all broken down, just 116 more folks need to pre-order their goodies and copy of the book at the $30 level for it all to happen…that’s not bad! 🙂

Oh, and don’t forget to check here to keep up on all the prizes you’ll be putting your name in for when you put in your pledge and keep sharing about the launch…fun, fun, fun!

I hope you all have a terrifically fantastic Fourth of July holiday!  May it be fun, family filled and minus any singed flesh…;)

Bethany~

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Happy Twenty-One, Baby! :)

Posted on June 22, 2011 by gettinitpegged

Today is our twenty first wedding anniversary. 🙂

Twenty one years of being married to this handsome guy…how lucky can a girl get? ❤

Love you, Babe!

Bethany~

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KidKnits~

Posted on June 17, 2011 by gettinitpegged

“You’re never too young to change a life on the other side of the world.”
-Ellie, Founder of KidKnits, Age 9

Truer words cannot be spoken!  How many companies do you know of that were founded by a nine year old?

I’ve recently had the privilege of seeing first hand what KidKnits has to offer.  In fact, I’ve been able to join forces just a bit with them to create two new projects made entirely out of their hand spun yarn, directly from Rwanda… projects that are included in the new book, Loom Knitting for Little People.

KidKnits Kit

The organization founded by Ellie and her family helps support widows and their children on the other side of the globe.  These families work to create hand spun yarns from their own merino sheep.  The yarns are dyed using natural ingredients indigenous to their area.  It is soft in texture, spun in an organic style chunky weight, perfect for using on the large gauge knitting looms.  The loom kits are very professionally presented with printed literature about the program, a book mark that features the person who actually spun the yarn, a skein of yarn in one of four vibrant colors, a Knifty Knitter green round 36 peg loom, loom tool and yarn needle…all contained in a re-usable hand sewn craft bag. 🙂  The yarn can then be purchased individually, as you’ll quickly go through the one ball and be ready to get on with the next!

The projects in the book use all four colors of KidKnit yarn in a spunky striped pattern.  You can make both of these projects with just the 4 balls of yarn and green loom …a perfect set to go with the hat you’ll be making from your first kit! 😉

My cousin Bryonna modelling them...isn't she adorable? :)

Rwanda Wristers and Walkabout Bag

Rwanda Wristers~

Rwanda Wristers and Walkabout Bag~

Aren’t they fun?  I just love how each of the projects turned out! 🙂  This is a set that you can make for those tweens, teens, or even for YOU!  Who says kids have to have all the fun, lol?

I’m so excited to have been able to work with KidKnits and include their wonderful product and giving, entrepreneurial spirit in the book, Loom Knitting for Little People.  After all, that’s what the book is all about…sharing the art of loom knitting with children, be them from our own family, or clear on the other side of the world!

Don’t forget to pre-order your copy of the book and help spread the news about it’s release!  Here’s all the info on that, as well as the terrific contest giveaways.  😀

Bethany~

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