Great Morning All. I have such exciting news to share with you all.
Drum Roll Please
 'My Aunties Yarn Studio' is being branded. Starting with The Logo. See at left. I like it a lot. I love calling my design self  'KairNettaS. It is very close to my real name but gives me a bit of anonymity.  Room to move around in as I work out design ideas to share with you all. I am having the time of my life with this, and must encourage others to stretch their creative branches as well. This is the COOLEST thing that I have ever endeavored. Please wish me lots of luck with this new path being forged.
I will try to figure out how to put it as the main image here on the blog and on the web site. If you know how please leave a comment.

Fabric has been order to be made with this image; to use as lining in the clutches and bags that I will be making from my own designs. Hand made treasures that will be rather one-of-a-kinds, as you know I cant bare to make the same thing twice, so they will all have a little something unique to themselves. How thrilling this all is. I am sure you will love the looks . I will place them on Etsy within the next couple months.

I am very excited about the new direction I am embarking on. I will not only be a designer but a retailer of luxurious upscale gems. Look for them here and at MyAuntiesYarnStudio.com later this summer.

More on the progress later.
KairNettaS

I Think I Saw A Wabbit

Last evening my little dog kept parking at the back door. When I looked out there was a medium sized rabbit hopping in the back of the yard. As it is only a week until Easter I think he may have been scoping out the neighborhood to see where to hide his Easter eggs. :)

In this picture you can see just a bit of his large white fluffy tail. I wish I had a better shot of that but he thinks he is well hidden and once he did move he was down the alley in a shot.

Happy Easter All.

The Fine Art of Yarn Bombing

This past weekend I was honored to participate in The Big Breast - Global Yarn-bombing to bring awareness.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Big-Breast-Global-Yarnbombing-Event-for-October-1st-2011/
Our local group was from YaY (yarn and yack) from Kristi's tearoom. http://www.facebook.com/groups/
The Oregon District we determined would be the the best place for them. We tried to secret our crochet or knit breast into out of the way nooks and carnies where they would be suddenly seen. However I had a large piece to place. When what did I see but a fine art gallery. At first I just passed the door and windows the turned around and went inside. I described what we were doing and ask if I could leave my last piece there. "Put it in that window", the proprietress said. And so now I have had my work 'Scarred Torso' in a fine art gallery. Good Times.

Daily Scripture eCard (2)

Daily Scripture eCard (2)

What Are You Wearing To The Beach This Summer

Those of us who crochet love to find it everywhere. When I saw these bikini trends on Fashioning dot com, I had to share them with you all. Bikinis were just coming into vouge when I was a teenager. I still love them though I am way past wearing them. So click the link here to see the fashion show of beach ware trends for 2011/2012. Since the trend will carring into next summer you have time to pull out hook or needles and fashion your own remarkable beach ware. Enjoy, Here is the link
http://www.fashionising.com/trends/b--bikinis-2011-2012-swimwear-2011-2012-trends-1293.html#vintageswimwear

Dolce & Gabbana, simple stitch pattern

I saw a fantastic crochet dress by Dolce & Cabbana in the 'mypicot' Blog. Click this link to see all. She also has a diagram of the sweaters pattern if you would like to try it. Enjoy and Thank you to Nicole for the beautiful enlightenment.


Dolce & Gabbana, simple stitch pattern

Tunisian Crochet Necklace and Earrings

It is always gratifying to a designer to be singled out for our attempts to bring our aesthetic forward. A couple years ago now I was to teach Tunisian crochet to our guild. I wanted a quick sample that could hopefully be completed during that one session. Thus was the catalyst for this pretty set.

Encouraged by my friends and family I submitted it for publication and was thrilled when it was chosen for the spring issue. It's first publication was in Crochet! Magazine in 2009 (March issue).

It has now made it's way into a book from House of White Birches. I am so honored to be included in this educational crochet thesaurus. Crochet Compendium

Crochet Compendium - the ultimate collection of crochet techniques, is an excellent resources for the crocheter who is advancing their skill level. Coupled with step-by-step pictorial tutorials each techniques brings a pattern by today's up and coming designers.

You will enjoy the array of projects offered.

This book is a must have for all crochet book collections.

Take a peek at the content page to get excited to hook your yarn in a new direction.