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I’ve definitely been keeping busy this month.

In shop news, I’m stocking a springtime in hollis sweater at Comfort Wool on the 29th for Knit Night, which involves a really amazing group of ladies, and I must admit that I was totally honored to be asked to participate. <3

The May stocking of dotCA is also just right around the corner and there’s some great stuff going up over there, as well.

In more local news, spring has definitely shown up to stay. It’s been absolutely gorgeous the past couple of weeks! The kick off of barbeque season for sure! My perennials are starting to pop back up for the year and the plum tree that I planted last spring looks like it’s going to have a gorgeous flowering sometime in the next little while. I’m really stoked that most of my trees and shrubs look to have survived the winter. Score one for me!

Summer is also fast approaching. We might be venturing down through Washington state and the Oregon coast in July; any recommendations for must-see-attractions? I’ve been googling, but I want to make sure that I don’t miss anything amazing.

Until my opening!

Previews are up on the HC store, but I like to share, so I’ll post them here, too!

I also participated in a Yarn for Woolies swap on the Hyenacart forums, and knit up these for my partner:

I had a semi-custom listed on the HC Haiti Relief cart from February 14th-21st, and am working on that as we speak – I hope to have it finished up by the end of the week, so I’ll post photos soon!

Aside from knitting, things really have been mostly uneventful. A keeps growing (and we’re pretty sure he’s got some teeth coming in), and I’m kind of in denial that he’ll be 6 months old in a couple of weeks. It’s crazy!

Knitting, knitting, knitting. That is the sum of my entertainment, these days.

I got my approval from Pamela at Wooly Wonder and am now licensed to sell knits made from her Wonderpants pattern! Hooray! In turn, I’ve scheduled my grand opening for March 1st, time tbd. There’s a number of things in store, so I hope you’ll pop over and have a look!

If you’re ever in the market for some excellent design services, you should definitely consider Amanda at Violet Minded. She designed the logo for Boreal Baby Knits (as I think I’ve mentioned before), and she did such an awesome job – I’m madly in love with my little trees.

Also, I’m donating a semi-custom slot to the HC Haiti Relief Auctions starting on February 14th, as well. If you’re in the market for some DD woolies, come and bid! It’s for a good cause.

I am open for YYMN (your yarn, my needles) custom orders, as well. If you’re interested in having some woolies knit up for your little ones, please email me!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas (or whichever Wintery holiday you may or may not have celebrated this past week)! We certainly did. My wonderful mother bought me a 12″ Ashford Knitter’s Loom, I got some clothes (that fit!) and a prime lens for my camera (Canon EF 50mm 1.8) that I’m going to enjoy fiddling around with. We were a little spoiled, but very appreciative. (Fingers crossed that my first foray into weaving is more successful than my foray into spinning. That hobby was woefully neglected from the beginning!)

Christmas was hectic (as I expected), but we definitely had a good time. I’m definitely not one to argue with two turkey dinners! And grandma made homemade turkey soup on Boxing Day which was also fantastic and delicious — it’s nice having family that cooks so well! I do have to say that the food is one of my favorite parts of the holidays. Oh — and the cake balls I made? BIG hit. Everyone loved them! I’m glad, because between baby wrangling and everything else the week before Christmas it took me way too long to finish the batch!

Tangent: we’ve had some beautiful skies the past couple of weeks. It’s been cold, but excessively pretty.

Lastly, my progress on Boreal Baby is coming along nicely. I sent of my licensing contract for Sheepy Pants, and am working out a few details on my licensing for Wonderpants. I’ve also contacted Sugarbubbie regarding the licensing for the Riding Hood Sweater and the Sleuthing Hoodie, so once everything else is organized I think I’m going to pick up those two as well. Manda of Violet Minded sent me my logo prototypes the other day, and they’re perfect. ♥ I’ve decided to host the store cart on Hyenacart (big surprise!), and went ahead and registered BorealBabyKnits.com and forwarded it to the cart for the time being. Now, nothing’s ready to stock yet, but the setup and preparation is keeping me busy!

Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year’s Eve!

There’s been a lot of knitting going on ’round these parts!

Most of it is gift knitting, so I won’t say much, but I will share photos. There’s enough that if any giftees happen along that they should have fun trying to figure out what – if anything – is for them.

In associated news, I sent two samples to Pamela of Wooly Wonder for licensing approval on both Wonderpants and Perfection Pants, and am consequently looking into knitting-longies-for-hire. All things going well, I’m hoping to open up a hyenacart store and start stocking (at least) some custom slots shortly into the new year. Manda of Violetminded has very fantastically agreed to work out a logo for the store, which I’m pretty sure will be called Boreal Baby Knits. Here’s hoping everything works out! I’ll be posting a few of the pairs I’ve done up until this point shortly, once I have a little more time.

As for Christmas, I’m still pretty unprepared. We do have most of our shopping done, but I’m feeling very unmotivated with regards to wrapping. I am looking forward to the holiday, though. Lots of family to spend it with! Can’t wait! Aside from the time I get to spend with my family, my other favorite part of Christmas is my dad’s turkey – PHENOMENAL. I’m going to take photos of it this year for posterity…and to share with the internet, of course!

What’s your favorite part of the holidays?