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i’ve got a picture of the view to show you. On monday it was so pretty and i took my camera hoping tuesday would be a repeat. Thank goodness it was, this is directly to my right as i type (but on tuesday of this week)


the entire hallway is all windows from the waist up. on sunny days it’s quite stunning even tho i’m only on the 5th floor.

valentines day was fun around here. here’s some of the stuff i gave to nathaniel


can you tell he likes oscar the grouch? he also got a book by douglas coupland

i got a “Blinky the Eyelash Mite” and a felt donut and flowers! Blinky is because i kiss nat’s eyebrows and i found out everyone’s are loaded with mites. ew! so as a joke i got Blinky from nat.

nat doesn’t understand why girls like flowers if “they just die” i simply keep telling him that IS why. because they are only pretty for a short period of time.


nat traditionally makes me a valentine card..if you look thru the feb archives you can see them thru the years. this is the one he made for me this year, involving a longtime standing joke between us.


we also bought each other one of these a monster made from one continuous piece of string


you can see one of the japanese books i got in the mummy picture, i also got the crochet book i was upset i had to put back in NYC over xmas time. it’s so pretty.

i want to learn the magic loop thing for socks sometimes this year and prepared myself with these:


i also bought some handmade hairpins


felted hairpins in brown and sky blue


i also had a dr’s appointment wed and went home i got in some knitting time with my hometown posse this week

Posted by Jennifer on 02/17 at 03:00 PM ♥ Comments (8)

Self Portrait Tuesday

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I forgot about this last tuesday, with the new freelancing gig and all i simply forgot.  Feb’s challenge is this:
“all of me” embrace your mistakes, love the ugly bits.
I want this to be a challenging month - we have had it easy over christmas and the holidays but now it is time to look deep inside ourselves and embrace and face our whole selves. I don’t want to see any perfect images, any pretty studio like images, no perfect hair or makeup, get rid of the masks you use to face the world.

My terrible habit of BITING MY NAILS. what nails? they are non-existant. People ask if they hurt...no they don’t. My family calls them “nubs” i still don’t care. They have been like this for 33 years. I don’t need them, ever. For anything i can’t open there is someone who will open it for me, if there’s no one there’s always teeth.

Posted by Jennifer on 02/13 at 10:55 PM ♥ Comments (3)

pictures!

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oooh i’ve been knitting away at my mary janes for other people!
the twins are forming..i’m wrestling with the crochet on the brown one for some reason


another pair


i’m waiting STILL to pull out the pie shawl. today would have been good but it was just a no go. perhaps tomorrow. i plan on brining my camera to work to show you my awsome view. it was stunning today with the sun.
here’s some silliness from tonight
i always do pet pictures of the dogs and forget simon nat’s kat. here he is chillin and all rasterized for fun (he crosses his paws a lot)

nat frowning at me (all blurry-like)


because i wanted to take a picture of him using his chopsticks (for no apparent reason)


also i got the coolest xmas (late) present the other day from my awsome friend Jimmy. (the one who resurrected my semi-dead computer this summer)
meet SFlip Flap. He’s a plant that runs on solar power. His little leavves rock, flap, and bounce. At first he’s kind of disturbing...now i love him and freak out if he’s not moving. thanks for the awsome unique gift jimmy!


and lastly i finally finished these for the shop


they are shrinky dink stitch markers of the animals plain and with mustaches, also there is te piddleloop yarn kitty mascot. check them out in the shop.

Posted by Jennifer on 02/13 at 10:18 PM ♥ Comments (4)

yay!

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i have finally updated the KAL’s please oh please if i forgot you in EITHER of them please email me!

Posted by Jennifer on 02/09 at 11:17 PM ♥ Comments (1)

Picture Time

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Hi there! I’m sorry for my lack of updating the KAL’s and for updating here. I am just not used to pulling 11 hr days with commute time and this weather is just making me feel like a drag. By the time i get home it’s 9 or 9:30 i eat and then don’t even want to knit, because it’s basically bedtime. whew.  I haven’t even been able to start my perfect pie shawl. I am finishing Rebecca’s mary janes and i feel way way waaaay too slow with them cause of this working thing. now on to the pictures!

i got my big o bag and mustache clutch from Rebecca and i love them. I am one for intresting shaped bags, i think this will make a great summer bag. Check them out:

i also got some awsome spring inspired cards from liquid sky arts They are so pretty and cheap. I urge you to think spring and get some too.

Go check out Trudesign for some very pretty handmade earrings to buy for your valentine!

Tomorrow i will update the Kal’s tonight i spent photographing new pouches and these. Get yourself some smashing new stationery. Or think spring with Russell. Or check out our updated knitting sheep cards!

also NEW SHEEP HAVE ARRIVED (AGAIN!)

we are up to order number 104 in our giveaway so one more person gets to be 105! YAY! So thank you for checking in, i’m sorry i’ve been bad about updating.  Also i’d like to give a shout out to lesa, ann,tara, and erin my hometown posse. i miss you guys like a rapper misses his entourage.

Posted by Jennifer on 02/09 at 12:13 AM ♥ Comments (5)

♥ stuff and things ♥

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can you see i ♥ the phrase stuff & things a LITTLE too much? i also for some reason can’t get enough of the little HTML hearts you can make with simple code, call me a dork but i didn’t know that til nat showed me.

anyways i wanted to link Hilary’s blog from the chicago group Kelly Girls They meet every wednesday near Nat’s apartment. I signed up on their yahoo group ages and ages ago when i thought i’d find a job in the city. Last wednesday when i was walking home from the El i saw three girls in the Cosmic cafe knitting. I went inside and sat down and had a nice evening. What a way to wind down after a long day of making quark/indesign files work.

also check out Sara’s shop She was the only person to give me a URL from their group aside from Hilary. I will see if i can find more URL’s of theirs next wed. Check out Saras ardvark’s they are very very cute. I also love her flower pins.

also when i get home tomorrow i can’t wait to see if Rebecca’s big O bag and MUSTACHIO clutch have arrived. Also rebecca if you read this if you click on hilary’s link above you can see your sweet mary janes still being knitted!

Also i can’t wait to see if my order from Amyville has arrived yet or if i’ll have to wait til i go home next weekend! i was FINALLY able to throw some cash money love amy’s way for some totally awsome cupcake/donut stitch markers. She has been a very cool internet/live and in person friend to me. I admire her creativity and ability to make things that kill you with cuteness. and how does she not tear out her hair making everything so tiny out of fimo?

Wow, i announced the giveaway at order 98 and we are now at a stand still at order 99! haha i wanted to take a minute here to say a few things to people about the shop
1. if there’s something you’d like in scrabble tiles email me i can do short names or initials or “dirty” markers as was suggested last wednesday please don’t be afraid to email storeATpiddleloopDOTcom to ask away
2. if you have anything you want to say in our testimonial section please email me as well i’d be happy to know what happens to our stuff when i send it out into the big world.
3. i really suck at wire wrapping so i am still TRYING to get our shrinkey dink animal stitch markers as stitch markers this is where i need someone like Amy’s expertice.
4. we have several 12 x 6 poches with SHEEP on them headed down the assembly line please watch they will show up very very soon
5. don’t forget to show you valentine our shop so they can buy the knitter/crafter/cool person they love something to ♥LOVE ♥

ok so untill i get home tomorrow to my camera and other good stuff enjoy all these links and go support handmade and check out those people!!!

Posted by Jennifer on 02/04 at 07:33 PM ♥ Comments (4)

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here’s a sample of one of the limited edition items orders 100-105 will get a special button well there’s a few, but this is one of them

i also have a 4 x 6 pouch and other items to give away! YAY!

Posted by Jennifer on 02/03 at 03:30 PM ♥ Comments (1)

hi *wave*

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hi there. sorry i haven’t said anything recently. I’ve got some work for the month of feb and am busier than usual. but i did like the following things:

1. getting to knit with the kelley girls last nite at cosmic cafe. meeting all of them was fun and they are all very nice.
2. making money...after living really broke for four months this opportunity to work steadily for a month is pretty awsome.
3. the little white dog that barked at me this morning and scared the crap out of me on my way to the train, i did enjoy that.
4. the possibility of meeting up with some of the crafty ladies next week.
5. possibly meeting joy for drinks tomorrow after work.
6. calling zander after work today and asked him if he missed auntie jen and he said YES! and AWW!

i’d like to remind y’all of this as well because we have cool limited edition prizes to giveaway!

Posted by Jennifer on 02/02 at 10:45 PM ♥ Comments (3)