Things are back in swing in the Splityarn shop studio (ok, the basement) now that the new year is also in full swing. I’m diligently cutting and fusing the last of my remaining fabrics before allowing myself to pick out any new colours for Spring. The next couple months will have plenty of Scooters and Orla to go around, I assure you.

New for this year I’ve added custom listings for boxbags and camera straps. If you’ve got a chunk of fabric hanging around in your stash waiting to be turned …

I know, I know, it’s been forever since I’ve updated the shop, but I’m back on track now! Couple new camera straps and some old faves have now been listed. Enjoy!

New boxbags are now up in the splityarn shop!

The Orla Kiely Abacus Flowers sold out in four (!!) minutes, but there are still heaps of others to go choose from. I’m going to try and whip up a few more of the Orlas this week, but I’m going to be sneaky about it and add them to the shop at random times. Keep your eye on the shop RSS feed if you’re not following me on Twitter to catch one.

I know it’s been forever since the last shop update, but I promise there’s a good reason for it. Behind the scenes chez Splityarn it has been crazypants with fabric cutting and sewing.
 
Along with the next shop update, I’m also preparing for two events. The first I’ll be selling at is the Squam Art Workshop in New Hampshire on June 6th. You don’t have to be attending the workshops to come and play. In fact, there’s going to be a big ol’ Ravelry party that night too.
 
The second one I’m …

I've had this post in my head for a few years now. I've been delaying and putting it off because ultimately, it's really hard to write. I'm sure it will be cathartic once it's out there, but for now the words don't flow easily.
10 years ago, January, my dad died of a brain tumour. It's one of those things that sort of snuck up on us and seemed to happen really quickly. He was diagnosed in the Fall of 1997 and by January 1999, he was gone. I don't …

Aaaand the new straps and pouches are up in the splityarn shop.

I'm furiously working behind the scenes to prep for a decent-sized shop
update tomorrow afternoon at 4pm (Eastern.) If all goes well, I should
have a metric tonne of wee pouches in some cute new fabrics along with
matching long pouches. I also finished up some great SLR camera straps
in a cool faux-bois, some dark chocolate houndstooth and in my
favourite OMG Robots! fabric.

No box bags this time, they'll be in the March 31st update when we're back from Nashville. I'm adding all the official shop update times to the google calendar I …

The splityarn shop has been updated! Next update in two weeks (ish. I'll firm up a date and add it to the calendar soon.)
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Enjoy!

As part of the Year in Pictures group I spent last week photographing the process of sewing camera straps for the shop. Just one photo to sum up each day.  I wanted to focus on some of the details that I get to enjoy every day while sitting at my sewing machine that others don't always get to see. Stacks of fabric, colourful pins and the magic when you turn something right side out and see that it's all coming together. It's so easy to get caught up in the …

In all the excitement of travelling to Vancouver for the holidays, I completely gapped sharing some other exciting news. Check it out, in the Jan/Feb '09 edition of Crochet Today, those are splityarn pouches! So rad. If you want to read the snippet, check out the large size on flickr.

Thanks Crochet Today! I'm honoured!