Go do something nice for yourself or a mother you know.

What did I do at the Maker Faire? Well I mainly stood or sat and socialized. There was my Santa Cruz Crafting Contingent made up of Bitter Betty and Michelle of Green Kitchen. Wardrobe Re-Mixer and all-around fiber arts gal Sadhita. The Bay Area Knittas, hizKNITS and

WonderMike looking very Japanese Tourist and

PuNk rAwK pUrL cradling her latest fiber purchase.

There were the people I only got to spend 30 seconds with: Claire of little lovelies, Moxie of made by moxie, and Brooklynn aka brooklynn23. I was sorely tempted to come back for seconds on Sunday, believe me.

There were the folks I met for the first time in real life: Kristina and Adrienne of A Verb for Keeping Warm, Melissa of Under Construction, Claire of both Absolutely Small and The Needle fame:

[That's not Claire, but a photo of one of her amazingly cute creations]

and Tammie the Amigurumi Goddess of Roxy Craft who I keep wanting to call Roxy, but am trying really hard to remember not to.

There was the opportunity to stand behind the Yarn Harlot in an attempt to photograph her knitting prowess - Irish Cottage Knitting. The woman can crank it.

Clustered around the spectacle was my Ravelry crowd: Snuffykin, starryknit, cuteknitter, and Snowpaws.

And lastly there were the Cupcake Cars. How I adore them.

It's perfunctory again folks. Nothing like a weekend away to make the laundry pile up. We were up at Lake Tahoe and let me tell you, spring in the Sierras is a beautiful thing. We're off to the Maker Faire tomorrow, so I'll have plenty to share!

The problem with blogging breaks is how difficult it is to get back in the habit of regular posting. So this is more a formality than anything else. I'll have more to say and more to show next week.

Whatever you want to call it, my little owl has made the big time. The pattern is now available for sale and a kit will be forthcoming. All very exciting! Where can you snap one up? On Ravelry or at the KnitWhits site.

We're not going on any trips out of town, but I need to take some of my time away from the computer and focus it elsewhere. Primarily myself and my family. I'll be back in two weeks or so. Happy Spring.

It all started with seeing this recipe way back in June. Then our local co-op wasn't able to stock our favorite bulk granola for a spell. Seeing this kick-started things again. With good intentions, I trucked home a big bag o' oats, the wheat germ and other ingredients. Life, as it has a habit of doing, got in the way of my granola producing.

The final straw was this. Message from the universe: Make Granola. It does indeed make the whole house smell amazing.

I think Jim Henson must have made indelible impression on me as a child. Everyone needs an egg yolk with legs. You can find a tutorial for bendy i-cord here.

Every year at Stitches I visit the Habu booth. I bought a ball of Fique which is a pineapple fiber yarn, because I overheard another attendee talking about how you could crochet a basket with the stuff. Intriguing. I also pre-ordered a kit for Nette by cocoknits.

At the cocoknits/Article Pract booth I bought a copy of Gisela (using Habu Cotton Gima) as well as a copy of Autumn, one of the new Article Patterns (using Habu Tsumugi Silk). I didn't realize the connection until I got home. The only non-Habu related thing I bought was this hank of Jade Sapphire Cashmere-Silk 2-Ply. Yum.

Meet Bramble, a juvenile Blue Hoot Owl. He will be traveling to Stitches West this weekend to model his lovely pear-shape and inspire other knit softies.