News:
Totally 90’s Nostalgia Tour featuring Kitty With A Cupcake and Junkyarn will be coming to several yarn shops on the east coast this summer! Wednesday 5/31 in Boston at the Boston Fiber Co., Thursday 6/1 at Circle of Stitches in Salem, and Saturday 6/3 and Sunday 6/4 at Skein Yarn Shop in Providence. There will be brand new products from both Kemper and Emily!
Our next Crafty Discord Hangout for patrons will be Weds 5/24 at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern!
Emily’s next event will be the Pop Con in Louisville the weekend of 6/1...
News:
- Totally 90’s Nostalgia Tour featuring Kitty With A Cupcake and Junkyarn will be coming to several yarn shops on the east coast this summer! Wednesday 5/31 in Boston at the Boston Fiber Co., Thursday 6/1 at Circle of Stitches in Salem, and Saturday 6/3 and Sunday 6/4 at Skein Yarn Shop in Providence. There will be brand new products from both Kemper and Emily!
- Our next Crafty Discord Hangout for patrons will be Weds 5/24 at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern!
- Emily’s next event will be the Pop Con in Louisville the weekend of 6/16- 6/18 https://purchase.growtix.com/eh/PopCon_Louisville_2023
FO: None this week!
WIPS:
Emily - Maema cardigan by Pip and Pin https://www.pipandpin.ca/shop/p/qkhuxyly0m9upaofgle03mar2nrx4o in Junk Yarn, Penelope colorway, Boss Sock base https://www.junkyarn.com/
- Vanilla socks in Lang Jawolle self striping colorway
- Northeasterly Blanket in Lantern Light Fellowship of the Rings Advent calendar mini skeins https://www.lanternlightyarn.com/
Lauren - Heirloom Temperature Blanket by Suraya Hossain in Valkyrie Fibers Rainbow Temperature Gradient https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heirloom-temperature-blanket
- Vanilla hat in Knit Picks Stroll Koi Pond colorway
- Queue Shawl by Darci Kern https://darcidoesit.com/ in Junk Yarn Totally Hair Barbie colorway, Tuxedo Luxe Base and Dorian Gray colorway by Three Irish Girls
- multipurpose wearable tube improvised design in Rapunzel Fiber Arts Chaos Theory handspun
Acquisitions:
Lauren - got another package from Emily including the pins she got in Raleigh that we talked about last week, new 90’s charms and a black cat Pocket Familiar pin, and some stickers and business cards to hand out for the new Pronoun Pals kickstarter
Emily - a pair of mugs from Tiny Cloud Ceramics
- soot sprite embroidery from Floss and Flourish https://www.instagram.com/fortheloveofthreadandplants/
- CMY Cube https://us.cmycubes.com/
Occult Corner: Today we dug into the history of the Beozar, the uglier, terrestrial version of a pearl! These stone found in the GI tract of animals have always fascinated humans who have prescribed strange properties to them. We chat about their history in western folklore as a universal antidote, their occurrence in human GI tracts, and their plausible efficacy against one common poison.
Self Promotion:
The Pronoun Pal Kickstarter will debut on 6/13! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kittywithacupcake/pronoun-pals-a-pride-pin-collection
Emily will be offering her Zodiac pin collection on her website in May, you can display your Big Three in Emily’s signature style!
Lauren will be having a big self striping update on Sunday May 28th with $5 from every skein of self striping going to Point of Pride https://www.pointofpride.org/
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