Rebecca Danger

Comments?

Ok, so I have a rather odd question for y'all. I love, love, love when people leave comments on the blog here. It brings a smile to my face since I get email alerts whenever someone leaves one, and it makes me feel like I am actually talking to someone, not just to myself. That being said, I want to encourage as many comments as I can, so I ask you, what is appropriate comment protocol? Do I comment back in the comments? Do I just read them and enjoy them for myself? Do I mention them in my next post? Do I ignore them? Help! I don't know what to do!! Please comment and let me know!

In other news, well there really isnt much other news. I have been working on a free Easter themed pattern that I should get up tomorrow. The last free pattern I worked on was a total disaster though and I ended up never putting it out so I am hesitant to mention this one. However, with 3 finished samples, and about 2 pages of estimated text I can pretty confidently say it will be done tomorrow. Unless the day falls apart, the ceiling collapses, or a herd of 300 pugs comes trampling through the house today. Unless any of those things happen I have a full day of work ahead of me and I should remain on schedule.

Speaking of, I guess I should go work on aforementioned pattern. Need to get off the internet now as to not get stuck noodling around cyberspace all day.

Meet Chester!

Wohoo! Just in time for Easter:

Bunnies! I think one of these in an Easter basket would be a holiday hit. I love this guy, he is a lot like Herman the bear but a bunny instead. The brown one is huge, over 17" tall, and the perfect huggable size. He is sitting in my knitting chair as we speak and every time I walk past I pick him up and give him a hug.

As usual I have Chester up in my etsy shop and I am getting him loaded to flickr, ravelry, artfire, etc this afternoon. The 5 pattern deal is now a 6 pattern deal: if you already have purchased from me before I will give you a deal on Chester or whatever patterns you don't have. Just email me or convo me on etsy.

The Battle Of The Chair, Episode 2

Welcome to my new knitting area! To the right you can see a bit of the kitchen, to the left is a wall of shelving that houses most of my knitting paraphernalia: knitting books, yarn, finished creatures, etc. Behind you can see the dining room and my room divider, with all of my needles organized on top and 9 empty shelves just asking for more yarn to be stored on them. Behind the camera is my desk and computer in the corner with 2 big windows looking out to trees. Don't you love my vintage suitcase side table?

But, you ask, "Rebecca, why the heck is there an ottoman on your knitting chair?" Aw yes, what seems normal in my house must look completely wacky to everyone else. Well, danger crafter, the battle between the pugs and I over the knitting chair is coming to worse places on a daily basis. There hasn't been a whole lot of activity since I last wrote about the battle, just the usual "my chair!" goings on. But, the last week has seen some jabbing wins on the part of the pugs. Or, one pug in particular.

Yes I know, dear danger crafter, it is had to believe that the above pug, looking oh-so-cute for the camera can cause so much upset and mayhem. But, last week, while very mad at me for not letting her up to snuggle on the couch, she went over and claimed my chair in the most horrendous way possible.

I was knitting during a movie, and since I know pugs and yarn don't mix very well, I told her to stay off the couch, even though she was doing everything in her power to look as cute as possible and get her little bum up next to me. With continued, "No, stay off" she eventually gave up, and being past her bedtime, she stormed off to my knitting area and got in the knitting chair. If you have never seen a pug storm around, I tell you it is a very funny site.

Since this is not the first time she had done this, Mr Danger and I thought nothing of it. But, when we got up to go to bed, much to my horror as I walked past my knitting chair to turn out the light, there was a large puddle in my seat. Yes, that is right, Miss Abbey had peed all over my chair, claiming it as her own. Pug 1 million points, Rebecca -2.

Miss Abbey was scolded greatly and locked in her crate, but I really don't think it did much, she knew she had won this round. Luckily the chairs folds up, so Mr Danger and I threw it in the bathtub, rinsed it for about  20 minutes, threw all kinds of cleaners on it, and left it to dry. I thought I was going to have to throw it out, but we got it really clean and I am ok with again as a temporary solution, while I look for a couple cute vintage chairs or a fun loveseat to take its place. But, I think you can now understand why the ottoman stays on it when my bum is not in it.

Can you believe that?! I certainly couldn't when I came around the corner. For those of you who don't know, Abbey was a resuce dog. We got her when she was 18 months old and we were home #6 for her at that point. We knew we were getting a "special" dog, and she has been very trying at times, but this was certainly the worst thing she has done yet. By far.

It is so funny, whenever we tell people about her they always ask what she does that is so horrible and we respond with the usual "she is very pushy and people dominant, blah, blah, blah," and I don't think most people believe us. Now do I ever have a story the next time some askes. Doesn't really seem worth it, but hey, it is the best silver lining I can come up with! Although, I am on more of a cute seating search now to replace it....

Meet Frances!

Huzzah! I've finally gotten the 5th knitting pattern done and up in the Danger Crafts Etsy Shop! Meet Frances the Charismatic Monster:

I am so, so happy with her, she is definitely my favorite pattern so far. I simply adore those arms and legs and she is so life like! Mr Danger came around the corner the other morning and thought there was a house elf or something alive in my knitting area because I had sat a Frances on an ottoman the night before. Love it! So glad it is finally done!

I'll be getting her up on Ravelry, Artfire, and more pics up on flickr later today too, so check those out later.

Thanks for the lovely comments this week! But man, again with the bag blogging on my end! Every day this week I held off putting a post up because I kept thinking I would have the pattern done that day. I think I haven't allowed myself to realize how much of a chunk of time moving upstairs took from my business, so there has been a bunch of unnecessary flogging of myself. But, the pattern is done now, I am working out more and more of a schedule for myself, and I really love the upstairs here, so it is all for the best.

And, since we are more or less completely moved in, I think I will be sharing pictures of the new digs here on le blog this week. You'll get to see the best part of the new space: my own shoe closet! Keep your eyes peeled!

Bad Blogger

Wow, I have been a really awful blogger the last couple weeks. Moving upstairs has been really, really wonderful, but man it has really taken it out of me and killed my work time and productivity. I have been working on my next pattern for like 3 weeks now, which feels like an eternity and I would really like to be done. But, I am taking pictures this evening and should be getting it photoshopped tomorrow and for sale by wednesday, so it is finally coming together. And, I must say, it is super cute and I think it will be more than worth the wait.

I received another amazingly cute finished Maddox picture yesterday that I have to share:

Bah! How cute! Look at that flower! I think I'm melting! Check out Grace's Blog, for more pictures and a really sweet write-up of my pattern.

Thanks so much everyone for sharing! I love seeing what people come out with from my patterns, it is a really cool feeling.

Another Cutie!

Brenda shared her finished Maddox with me the other day and I loved him so much I wanted to share with you all too:

Isn't he too fun? I love that yarn! You can see more pictures on Brenda's flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fourpeass/ Thanks so much for sharing Brenda!

I'm Here!

Phew, what a week! I'm sorry to have disappeared, I have had blog posts for at least 3 days this week all planned out and just haven't had a chance to sit down at the computer. How about a quick catch up post?

We got all moved upstairs, it seemed like a big job but we finally got it all finished and are so happy in the new space. We get a porch out front which I had the door open to all day friday and the pugs were so happy sitting outside. Plus the extra space up here is wonderful and the kitchen is amazing. Maybe I will start to enjoy cooking now! That's an awfully big maybe. Love, love, love it, but it has taken a lot of time away from my business this week.

In business news I didn't knit since I put out the Albert pattern last Sunday until knit night on thursday when I just grabbed whatever to knit (yikes!). But, I had a great day yesterday and this morning when I got to go on a mini knitting retreat with a couple girlfriends. We stayed at a sweet little B and B out near Everson and were treated to a delicious vegetarian dinner last night and an amazing vegetarian breakfast this morning. Yum! The B and B is owned by my girlfriend's friends who are amazing and do a fantastic job. I think the unexpected best part was though I had my blackberry, I got no data service out there so I went over 24 hours without an email. We just sat and talked and laughed and knit and ate and it totally made up for the hectic week.

So, that's about all that has happened here. Not a whole lot to report but it certainly felt like a long week. Now I'm off to finish setting up my sewing room so I can sew all the knitting bag orders that came in this week. And maybe a nap, all that knitting tired me out!

Meet Albert!

So I got the next installment of the Danger Crafts knitting pattern library in the shop yesterday. Meet Albert the Absent-Minded Monster:

I adore him, that green is just about my favorite color ever. He took a little longer than I anticipated to get done, it certainly has been an interesting couple of weeks here in the Danger household. But he is done now and I feel great about him. I'll be getting more pics up on flickr and listing him on Ravelry and Artfire tomorrow.

In other news I am still sick. Yes. This is day 15 now and I am very irritated. I would be more irritated, but my body is really tired from fighting this off for the last 15 days so I pretty much just go to bed instead of getting irritated.

And to prove once again how truly insane I am, Mr Danger and I decided to move to the upstairs unit of our apartment on Saturday. You all know we live in a house that is divided into 2 apartments, and you all know we have had some serious turn over with the upstairs tenants. Well, the last ones left overnight the week of my birthday and though I have shown the place to a bunch of people, no one has moved in yet. So, Mr Danger and I were up showing it to yet another prospective tenant on Saturday and realized it really is the nicer of the two units, has nicer appliances, a better view, a private porch, a deck, etc, etc, etc, and that the layout would probably work better than our current space. So we talked to the landlord at about 3 pm on saturday and moved the bedroom, bathroom, and 75% of the kitchen up that night by midnight. The rest we are still moving, but I am not moving too quickly thanks to the chest cold.

So there you go. We are insane. But, it makes for interesting blog posts I must say!