It’s always nice to hear when you’ve done a job well, and it’s especially nice if it’s something you’ve worked on for a long time. From design to release, the Crafter’s Tool Butler took more than a year to come to pass!
Now that it’s made its way through our warehouse, into the post and into your lives, we’ve started getting some reviews of the Crafter’s Tool Butler. The results? Well, see for yourself:
Jordana Paige’s Crafter’s Tool Butler is a great way to get organized and store your necessities in animal-friendly style…This bag would be a good choice for knitters who need some stylish help to get more organized and finally inventory their needles. Crafters of other persuasions could also use this tool butler to keep some of their smaller tools and necessities all in one place.
The cool thing at About.com is that you can also write your own review. So if you’re in love with your Tool Butler, tell the world! Or just tell us on camera at Stitches West this weekend.
And speaking of videos, do you watch The Knitgirllls? They’ve got a great videocast (coming up on 100 episodes–congrats!), which if you don’t watch for the knitting, or in this case, the review of our Tool Butler (at 46:58), you should at least watch for the accents. These girls sound awesome!
Thanks so much to Leslie and Laura at Knitgirllls as well as Sarah over at About.com. We appreciate the kind words!
About three months ago, my mom showed me how to crochet after I got the bug to create these gift toppers for the holidays, but picking up a crochet hook hasn’t really been tempting me. Until I got the mail last week.
The good folks at Crochet Today! love Bella (Literally: Did you see the headline?), calling it “gorgeous” and “fancy.” Doesn’t the pretty green interior of Bella look great with the spring colors in the photo? And they’re also giving away the sample we sent them! You can enter to win over at their site.
The issue may also inspire me to pick up a crochet hook for another holiday coming up: crochet Easter baskets for the nephews? YES! And there are the most beautiful spring pillow tops and rugs that tug at the DIYer in me.
Want some springtime inspiration? You can check out the entire issue here.
I’m not exactly sure why, but socks have really been on my mind lately. Maybe it’s the cold weather. And I just ran into a link for an article about darning socks from a completely non-knitting related site.
So when the Spring 2012 issue of Sockupied arrived, I wasn’t surprised. But I was delighted to see the L.J. Kaelms highlighted in the “Must-Have Supplies for Socks.”
If you haven’t checked out Sockupied, you can get it here. There’s some great stuff in there. Remember our Knitter Profile about Donna Druchunas? She wrote a great article about Balkan textiles: Did you know the shoes were so flimsy they wore two pairs of socks? They’re so beautiful and intricate, I don’t know how they could bear to cover them up!
(She also raves about her L.J. Kaelms: “I like it so much that it’s now my go-everywhere travel purse.” Thanks Donna!)
And of course, there are some of the most beautiful patterns for socks, which means if I decide socks are my next project, I’ll have some tough decisions to make.
As any child who has younger siblings can tell you, when a new baby comes home they tend to get most of the attention. And rightfully so, because they need guidance in this new world.
That’s how things have been going here lately: the Crafter’s Tool Butler‘s arrival takes our attention off our other products while we guide them (via UPS) into your homes.
Thanks to the latest issue of Vogue Knitting however, we’ve been reminded of just how cute another one of our products is. Wouldn’t you know it? It’s the Crafter’s Tool Butler’s big sister, the Straight Knitting Needle Storage Box!
Check out the latest issue of Vogue Knitting. As usual, it’s full of amazing knits. I’m in love with the cabled topper on the cover. Gorgeous!
Have you seen the latest Knit ‘n’ Style? It’s got a really cute sweater design in it called Getting Ready for Spring by Sandi Prosser. And what else is in there? The Rio in blue lapis!
The Rio does know how to pose for a fashion shoot. Thanks to Knit ‘n’ Style for the love: “fashion-forward” and “gorgeous” are very nice compliments indeed! Who knows? Maybe I’ll be toting around the yarn for the Getting Ready for Spring sweater in a Rio soon!
You know when you find something so adorable or awesome, you can’t believe you didn’t know it existed before? Like the first time you ever had a cheese danish? (Seriously, those things are ridiculous.)
Well that’s how I felt when I read this month’s issue of Stroller Magazine. And I’m not even a mom. There’s an inspiring article about a soap company making a difference for Southeast Asian rainforests and children in Haiti, some great gift ideas for kids for those of us who procrastinate when it comes to gifts, and a special section about knitting.
To be fair, I probably wouldn’t have found this magazine if I didn’t know it called The Knitter’s Satchel one of its favorite knitting must-haves of the holiday season. We’re stoked on that, to be sure!
But what a great find in Stroller Magazine. There’s some absolutely gorgeous fashion and home decorating ideas as well. The digital version is free, so there’s no excuse to check it out yourself. It’s guilt-free, unlike that cheese danish.
But really, our bags have more stamps on their passports than we do! We just shipped a full selection to a LYS in Iceland and the L.J. Kaelms just made its way to New Zealand for a review from entangled.
Entangled has some great things to say about the L.J. Kaelms, in particular about the construction.
“I have to say I’m quite impressed with the quality of the materials used. The red faux leather of my L.J. Kaelms has a nice pebbled effect with a matte finish … The findings (zips, buckles, etc.) used are very solid and obviously good quality – these make or break a bag in my eyes.”
It’s great to hear feedback on things like that, because Jordana puts so much time and effort into designing these details; it’s good to know it gets noticed!
You can read the rest of the review and the magazine by subscribing here. It’s a great issue, with an article about high fashion hand knit design finding its way into patterns we can knit. There are also loads of pictures and stories from places like England, India and New York: more places for us (and our bags) to travel!
There’s nothing like the feeling of a job well done, especially when you get complimented on it by someone else. That’s part of why it’s so nice to read reviews about Jordana Paige products — when someone likes a design and writes about it, it’s like a giant pat on the back.
Glenna over at Knitting to Stay Sane recently posted a review of the Rio, complete with empty and full photos. We love that because it shows just how much you can carry while still being organized and toting around your knitting.
“Even when the bag is stuffed full, it still sits on my shoulder comfortably. That is pretty darned cool … This bag is not fooling around.”
You can read more about Glenna’s experience with her Rio and while you’re there, check out some of her other blog posts. There are so many good ones, but check out her greatest hits listed on the right.
And don’t forget to leave a comment if you’re compelled. Every good pat on the back deserves another. Thanks Glenna!
With November officially underway, many people are starting their gift shopping for the holidays. While I love giving gifts (finding that perfect thing is always so exciting!), receiving is always a little harder. I never know what to tell people I want.
Annie Modesitt writes about the conundrum many knitters have when asked what they’d like for the holidays. She talks about the easy backup (the gift card) but also suggests a few things and our own L.J. Kaelms is among them!
“I love to ride my bike, and this fits beautifully into my back basket with all of my knitting stuff, wallet and my biking stuff – bam! Right there behind me! There are a lot of pockets, a detachable change purse (I’ve been using it for stitch markers) and it wipes clean very easily (ask me how I figured that out…)”
Thanks Annie for the shout out! She’ll be posting some more gift ideas for the next few weeks, so stay tuned for more. What’s on your knitting wish-list this season? What are you drooling over these days?
