Nantucket Wildlife

Check out these two cuties:

These are two stuffies in the Nantucket Wildlife collections, hand knitted by yours truly (!) and sold exclusively at Sosebee Studio & Fine Art Gallery on Nantucket. Thus far, the collection includes rabbits, lambs, deer, plovers, and whales.
They're all completely one of a kind (as they're hand knitted!) and made from recycled wool.
I am just so excited about this that I had to share!
Images by Jessica.

Homemade Cherry Slushie

I just had to share this recipe I got in Runner's World Magazine. It's perfect for this time of year. I have altered it a bit to be not quite so sweet.

Homemade Cherry Slushie:
2 cups ice
1 cup pitted pitted cherries
8 fl oz water
1 tbsp honey

Pulse two cups ice in a blender until pebble-sized.
Add one cup pitted cherries, one cup water, and one table spoon honey.
Pulse until slushie consistency.

A great way to start the day! <3

Best friends

Look at these two best friends:

I almost don't want to sell them!

It's getting to be summer, which means the farmer's / artisan market season is almost upon us! I am going stuffed animal crazy!

Then, before you know it, it'll be gift knitting season for the holidays! In fact, I've already started planning my holiday knitting, as I am determined not to fall behind this year, which I have done every single other year!
Those are a few of the things I've been working on, what has everyone else been up to?

The Winner Is...

Using the random number generator from the folks at random.org, I've picked a winner...

Which is comment

Congrats Jody! Please e-mail me with your mailing address to natalie.knit@gmail.com within 48 hours (otherwise a new winner will be chosen.)
Thanks for entering everyone! Check back soon for another giveaway.

This is 40 pounds

This is what losing 40 pounds looks like on me! (30 pound lost from the left most picture to the middle, ten pounds from the middle picture to the right most picture). I would like to lose 20 more at least, then see where it goes from there.
I am posting this now because I am off to a wedding in a day, and my face is liable to be twice the size by the end of the weekend, with the amount of calories that'll be going down my gullet!
What are you proud of lately?

Yarn Giveaway

Hi there! Just popping in with a giveaway. :)
I am giving away one skein of KnitPicks Shadow Lace yarn in the colorway Opal Heather on my Blog, and one skein on my FaceBook.

I love this yarn! It is 100% merino wool, lace weight, 440 yards per skein. That's a lot of yarn!
As usual, there are lots of ways to enter:
- One, just leave a comment!
- Two, like my FaceBook page and leave a comment saying you've done so.
- Three, Follow my Blog and leave a comment saying you've done so.
- Four, share this post somehow, and leave a comment saying you've done so!
BE SURE TO LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH ENTRY

Also, be sure to check out my FaceBook page for a chance to win that second skein of yarn.
This contest will be open for about a week, until Thursday, the 30th, 'round about noon EST.

Good luck!

What a Ride

Wow, I did not intend to go on a two month Blogging hiatus! It's a pattern I've noticed - I'll Blog tons for several weeks, then fall off of the face of the Earth, even when I have a schedule to keep.
I've just had a ton of personal stuff going on, too boring to recount here. I pretty much had to shut everything down in my life but the essentials for a while, and work on things that needed to be worked on.
But, good news everyone, everything I've fallen behind on will be rectified later today, and all packages and whatnot will be sent, thanks so much to those super patient awesome people who haven't bitten my head off!

On a better note!
I've lost 40 pounds (18 kilograms) and can run up to five miles (8.04 kilometers).

This picture is from a couple of months ago, and I've lost about another ten pounds since, but it does give a good idea of the weight I've lost. I feel so good!
Well, hopefully I've cured myself of this insomnia and can go nap for another couple of hours before the four year old in the next room comes in to jump on me. :)