Save the Date: Thursday, May 29, 5:30-8pm
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Residents' Dining Hall
800 South Halsted
Chicago, IL

The book launch includes an official book-signing event and runway presentation featuring the designs from Double Stitch: Designs for the Crochet Fashionista by Erika and Monika Simmons (Interweave Press, May 2008). Don't forget to bring your copy of the book for Erika and Monika to personally autograph! (Books will also be available for sale at the event.) Desserts and refreshments will be served. Please rsvp to info-AT-doublestitchwear.com.

I had the pleasure of meeting Erika and Monika during the TV taping a few weeks ago, and they're awesome. About the sweetest uber-cool people I've ever met. I wish I could be there to celebrate their new book. You'll have to tell me all about it!

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking to Marly of the YarnThing podcast. She brought up several topics including what I'm looking to accomplish through Interweave Crochet, how the submission process works, CrochetMe.com, and more. If you have 45 minutes to spare, have a listen (you don't need an iPod). If questions pop up, ask over on the IC blog and I'll do my best to answer. I hope to talk to Marly more in the future.

[x-posted at Interweave Crochet]

Tags: YarnThing, podcast, interview

I've never been to Minnesota, so it's pretty surreal that the twenty-four hours I'll spend there this weekend will mostly be spent in a hotel and a huge mall. Tens of thousands of folks are expected to come to the huge event, and if you're among them I hope to meet you!

I'll only be there Sunday (the 17th), and this is where you'll be able to find me:

11:00: I'll be doing a demo on how to make Babette-Blanket-like granny squares at Table A.

12:30: I'll be signing books in the Rotunda.

Come say hello! I'll also spend some time at the Interweave booth and I'm looking forward to walking around and checking out what's going on.

At the end of the day Sunday I'll be catching a flight to Colorado to put the spring issue of the magazine to bed, so I might be incommunicado for the next couple of weeks. Wish us luck!

Nearly a week has passed, and I'm still giddy from the Crochet Me book launch. Giddy, exhausted, and in a frenzy to catch up on work.