a quick note…

just a little note to say that melissa morgan-oakes (the knitter and author about whom i’ve written before) kicked off a blog tour today. she is spreading the word about her latest knitting book by visiting a select group of blogs listed below. you can read more about her reasons for a blog tour here.

tour schedule (as written on melissa’s blog):

June 14 – Books, Yarn, Ink and Other Pursuits with librarian Kristi – and who knows books better than a librarian, really?
June 15 – OMG! Heart with Alice, who survived 2-at-a-Time class with me – and STILL wanted to be part of this tour.
June 16 – Jessalu Knits with the talented Jessalu – I love those bags!
June 17 – Rock and Purl with the energetic and ebullient Ruth Garcia-Alcantud.
June 20 – Webs Yarn Store with… you know, I am not sure who is going to be doing this entry. I hope it’s someone who loves me. ;)
June 21 – Yarncraft Podcast with the delightful Zontee of Lion Brand Yarn Studio.
June 22 – Knit-a-While with the charming Ida
June 23 – Lorna’s Laces with the talented Beth Casey who controls all of Gene’s favorite sock yarn (Shepherd Socks, color: camouflage).
June 24 – i made it so with cross crafting wiz Ana <– woohoo! that’s me!! (way to play it cool ana)
June 27 – The Woolie Ewe with Jenn, my buddy from Texas who knows just where to find the gluten free food.
June 28 – ShibaGuyz with the lovable Shannon and Jason
June 29 – Nelkin Design with Laura Nelkin who designs the most delightful, lovely knitted things from shawls to jewelry.
June 30 – Getting Stitched on the Farm with the brilliant and undeniably gifted Kristin Nicholas
July 1 – Go Knit in Your Hat with Carol “My Favorite Stalker”.
July 2 – Sunset Cat with Stefanni, who is not only a talented technical editor, but also has the loveliest Tonkinese cats!

so june 24th is the day! i’m looking forward to having her here…i hope you’ll join us.

p.s. that’s a friday… no archive dive that week, but you might want to drop by. you know, if you wanna. there might be free stuff. just sayin’ ;-)

p.p.s. in the meantime, you can read the original post i wrote about one of melissa’s knitting books here.