Speaking of Sabrina Gschwandtner and KnitKnit...

[In some sort of low blood sugar haze yesterday, Marimello published this as Susan...HUGE APOLOGIES]

Sabrina Gschwandtner is over on NPR today rocking like only an extreme knitter would. Give it a listen and check out the slideshow which will probably make you wonder whether the questions in the interview were edited in later. Depending on which order you watch/listen. [She clarified that the slideshow was recorded two days before the on air interview and then edited--Thanks Sabrina!]

Final thought for the day: "knitivism rhymes with recidivism."

Craft Protest Panel in review

It is interesting that while the internet has facilitated craft's recent resurgence, exposed everyone to just about everything, and made it possible for us all to find things we probably didn't need to be exposed to, that we all still need to meet in person once in a while. And we can still use the phrase "guess you had to be there" and mean it. That said, we weren't there last Saturday for the Craft Protest Panel at the New School and we had to hit up Cat Mazza for some info. Since you probably weren't there either, here you go:

"Each of us talked about our projects, mostly drawing from these links...
Allison Smith
Sabrina Gschwandtner, of Knit Knit
Cat Mazza who meant to show Stitch for Senate, too.
Liz Collins"

While they didn't compile notes at the event, you can check out some of the slides here, here, and here.

The Storque ran a piece yesterday with a few more details on the discussions that took place. And we understand that Modern Painters just published an article featuring the same panelists in the February issue.

Craft Job Post: Advertising Sales for Crafts Magazines

Hubert Burda Media Group is one of the Etsy investors...in case you didn't read yesterday's post, there's big new at Etsy.

Vikant Crafts Publishing (VCP), a joint venture between the Hubert Burda Media Group, which publishes over 300 magazines worldwide, and Vikant Holdings, is ready to launch operations in North America and is looking to fill the position of Advertising Sales Representative. In Europe, VCP publishes world famous knitting fashion magazine, VERENA, crafts magazine, ANNA, and several related specials. The North American market is ready for European fashion and crafts publications!

The successful candidate will be an experienced magazine sales professional with a background in the knitting, crafts or sewing markets. He/She should have experience making face to face and virtual sales presentations and have excellent writing and organizational skills. The qualified candidate should exhibit a positive, outgoing personality and understand the importance of developing strong industry relationships.
Being a knitting and/or crafts enthusiast would be an important plus. Also, a comprehensive knowledge of the knitting and crafts markets is highly desirable.

As the advertising sales representative, you would be responsible for contacting, developing and maintaining relationships with all the prospects and customers in your territory. In addition, the qualified candidate would understand the importance of keeping their account records accurate and up to date.

This position requires travel to industry shows as well as personal sales calls throughout your territory. Location of this position is open.

Are you looking for some one to help out with your crafty business, or is your company looking for some one interested, talented and experienced in crafting? Posting your job description on Marimello.com entitles you to a Marimello post about your company and the position available. A great investment for just $25. If you are interested in posting your Crafty job, please contact us at marimellodesign at gmail dot com.

Craft Job Post: Photojojo Writer Extrordinaire

Flickr is a great tool for crafters. Marimello is not so good with the cameras, so you won't see to much of us, but if YOU'RE on flickr, you've probably seen or heard of Photojojo.
If not, here's a little bit about Photojojo:
We publish an insanely great newsletter on photography.

More specifically, we scour the internets, rip pages out of magazines, ransack our friends' closets, and go through dumpsters to find the very best Photo tips, DIY projects, and Gear.

Hello, there.

Photojojo is an email newsletter with awesome photograpy tips, DIY ideas, and gear. We also run an online store, make a product or two, are working on a book that comes out on Random House next year, and some fun online tools and toys for photography. People seem to like us.

We're just two folks, but we have big dreams and big ambition, and we're looking for one amazing boy or girl to join our crusade to stand for everything photography + fun.

This is a dream job for anyone who loves photography, writing, and all this internet stuff, and wants to help invent the future of Photojojo.

Responsibilities and all that jazz
You will be primarily responsible for writing our twice-weekly photo newsletter, working on a Photojojo Book project, and coming up with, discovering, and researching awesome photo projects, then making them happen.

But because we're a tiny company, you'll get to do a little bit of everything -- building and nurturing a community of photo enthusiasts, identifying and working with contributors, helping to find new items for the Photojojo store, spreading the word about Photojojo far and wide, planning the occasional event, etc.

Why this rocks
We have over 150,000 subscribers and over a quarter million people visit our site every month, so your work will be seen far and wide. You'll also get to learn all about marketing and spreading ideas online, and taking an idea from concept to launch and beyond.

Who we're looking for
We're looking for someone to whom this opportunity sounds like a dream come true. Someone who's an excellent and fast writer and handy with crafts and DIY. Someone exceptionally creative and fun who's also self-motivated, disciplined, optimistic, and has stellar follow-through. Basically, a super human.

It's a plus if you have prior writing experience, art/craft background, spunk, a blog and flickr account, and know HTML.

Where/when?
Location: This is a full-time job opening in San Francisco, CA. It starts as soon as we find you.

How to Apply
1) Write us a note and tell us why you're the one. The more you tell us about yourself, the better. We want to know what makes you awesome.
2) Attach a resume, writing samples, links to your photos, your profile on facebook, your blog, whatever. Show us things. (Best formats: links, PDF, JPG, TXT, RTF) Be sure to give us specifics on your writing/editing, photo, and craft/DIY experience.
3) Email it in soon. We're eager to meet you! :)

If we like what we see, we'll either meet up in person or ask you for more information.

our site: http://photojojo.com/
about us: http://photojojo.com/about
press: http://photojojo.com/press

Are you looking for some one to help out with your crafty business, or is your company looking for some one interested, talented and experienced in crafting? Posting your job description on Marimello.com entitles you to a Marimello post about your company and the position available. A great investment for just $25. If you are interested in posting your Crafty job, please contact us at marimellodesign at gmail dot com.

Big Etsy News

Etsy just announced in the Storque that they have accepted a $27 million investment. What does that mean? Says Rob:

"This means that we now have the resources to extend Etsy's reach in this world, to enable so many more people to make a living making things. We want Etsy to exist for hundreds of years. Our goal is for Etsy to be an independent, publicly traded company, focused on all things handmade. Throughout Etsy's growth, we have been very careful when raising money. We run the company as a democracy, meaning no one party has the power to act unilaterally. This new investment preserves these values, and adds to what we can do."

What else does it mean? Etsy will be able to grow...big time. Aside from wanting to add lots of features for buyers and seller, they've been wanting to expand European sales, but only support US dollars. This will help them overcome that. They will also be able to support more languages.

Another interesting point to look at is the current economic climate. As the article points out, some people are running businesses from their Etsy shops. Pre-investment, Etsy ran off fees collected. With sales of just about everything dropping, one could assume that the handmade market will be no different. Seeking and accepting an investment is a survival tactic on Etsy's part. If Etsy chugs through the recession, then presumably so will the indie shops and their owners.

But if this sounds like selling out, then maybe it is. We'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the Etsy investment and you can be sure we'll be keeping our ears to the ground in the forums. Rob has a promised a town hall and it will no doubt be a big one.

Go read the whole article here. For other reports check out CNET and TechCrunch.

New Craft Event: I Made It Market

We don't imaging Vegas was as pleased to see the mafia arrive in town. But then it didn't need a new craft show the way Los Angeles does. So behold! The newly founded Los Angeles Craft Mafia has brought us just such a show!

I Made It! Market
It's a handmade/indie craft fair with 16 Los Angeles area artists. Screenprinting, fused glass, comic books, children's clothes... it's a diverse group of vendors.

It's on Feb 9th from 12-4pm at Billy's Coffee Shop 114 West 5th, Los Angeles, CA 90013.

It's free admission with music, food, good times! We're going to be right on Gallery Row so after you've been to the market, stop by the other galleries and see some art. Downtown at 5th and Main!

More info: www.imadeitmarket.blogspot.com

Upcoming Craft Events: January 30 to February 3 [UPDATED]

Marimello took a snooze this week. We thought of you often and fondly. Pop in later for an update on last week's Craft Protest Panel and check out Craft Arsenal for an interview with Miriam from CrafterByNight.

Tonight:
Action/Reaction Runway Show at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland. Local independent fashion designers have created one-of-a-kind pieces in response to the tactile and distinctive work from the Touching Warms the Art exhibition. Space is tight though and it sounds like if you haven't contacted them yet, you might be SOL.

Friday, February 1:
Indie Valentine at CooperElla in Maplewood, MO. Between 7 and 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday, go lash out against the commercialized corporate travesty that is Valentine’s Day by showing our love of craft.

Saturday, February 2:
You have the usual NYC events: The Market NYC and Artist and Fleas

Sunday, February 3:
Check out a new weekly event in Los Angeles, The Southpark Flea Market. [UPDATE: the Flea Market is canceled]
If you're in Seattle, and you still haven't cleaned out your house for the new year (i.e. made room for all the new stash you will inevitably buy this year), head on down to the Sunday Swap Smackdown. Come meet Kristen, owner of Schmancy and curator of Plush You and Moxie, needle felting master and local artist for the first, Sunday Swap Smackdown.
[NEW] Crafts and Kisses in Washington DC

Upcoming Craft Events: January 24-27

First a Date of note....Yesterday Etsy announced that January 21st was an all time high in number of page views. Drumroll please....

8.6 MILLION page views in one day!

Woah. So onto the onto the other fun stuff. This is going to be a hearty weekend friends.

Tonight:
Craftnight is canceled in Los Angeles. Send some love to JP who is feeling under the weather.


Tomorrow, January 24th:
Craft in Context Lecture, Excellence in Craft, in partnership with OCAC, at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in Portland. This sounds reallllly interesting if you are in the Portland area and if you go we want you to spill all the details:
This quarterly lecture series is designed to examine issues affecting the world of craft today through the lens of people who develop, create and critique new horizons in the arts. Having practiced her craft for more than 50 years, Arline Fisch is one of the most respected jewelry makers in the field. Her work melds jewelry, sculpture, and clothing, and she incorporates the structure of textiles and fiber craft into metal-based pieces that are often inspired by ancient cultures and the natural world.

Saturday, January 26th: (Ahem, Marimello's birthday...shower us with gifts as appropriate.)
Craft Protest Panel at The New School, NY, NY. If you go, we want to hear about it! Here's the blurb: "Many contemporary artists are using craft to make diverse and timely political statements. Because creating crafts is so often social and communal, they can play a vital role in the public sphere. The speakers examine the role of craft in forming national identities, especially in times of political turmoil or war; notions of patriotism; feminism and the domestic sphere; and unconventional economic models."
Artist presenting their projects: Liz Collins, artist/designer; Sabrina Gschwandtner, artist/curator; Cat Mazza, artist/activist; and Allison Smith, visual artist. Moderator: Julia Bryan-Wilson, art historian and critic, University of California at Irvine.

Sunday, January 27th:
The Market NYC, happens every Saturday and Sunday at 368 Mulberry St. Between Prince and Houston, NYC.
Artist and Fleas is also happening every Saturday and Sunday on 6th between Bedford and Berry, NYC.
And though it's not particularly crafty, it still looks like fun: The Lower East Side Girls Club is performing Sunday at 3:30 in NYC. Visit the site for details.

Craft Job Post: Ralph Lauren Knit Designer

Thought knitting would never be a practical job skill. Think again and aim high:

SENIOR DESIGNER, SWEATERS, MEN'S - 5307 NEW YORK, NY

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation is a leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in four categories: apparel, home, accessories and fragrances. For more than 40 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets.

Purpose and Scope: Design and develop men’s sweaters through market research, vintage inspiration, sketches, swatching, and mock ups.

Responsibilities:

• Under the direction of the SVP of design, partner with the design team to rig seasonal inspiration boards and concept rigs for approval.
• Partner with design team to oversee and create sketches and with sweaters ideas for presentation.
• Attend all fittings.
• Partner with merchandising and sales to focus the line within a line plan.
• Input and send out all design info into Wed PDM for proto making.
• Travel to Italy for Pitti Filati yarn show, Asia for factory visits and development.

Job Requirements:

• BA or BS in Fashion Design, preferably received from a design-oriented university.
• Minimum of 5-8 years experience in Designing for a high-end market. Must have extensive knowledge of yarns, hand knitting, fully-fashioned garments and sweater construction.
• Comprehensive understanding of Ralph Lauren aesthetic and sensibility and ability to design within those parameters.
• Ability to sketch.
• Strong attention to detail and strong presentation skills
• Good eye for color and pattern.
• Computer skills: Word, Excel, Illustrator, Photoshop, Web PDM, Pointcarre is a plus.
• Travel as needed.

Are you looking for some one to help out with your crafty business, or is your company looking for some one interested, talented and experienced in crafting? Posting your job description on Marimello.com entitles you to a Marimello post about your company and the position available. A great investment for just $25. If you are interested in posting your Crafty job, please contact us at marimellodesign at gmail dot com.

Craft Mafia Meetup in Los Angeles: Jan. 22

Wondering what Marimello looks like? Cloven footed? Eye-patched? Are we really as infuriated as that picture over there to the right? Well now is your chance to find out because we'll be heading out of the craft cave tomorrow to the Los Angeles Craft Mafia meeting at Saints and Sinners Lounge. Come meet fun and creative people like us, er, you! We’ll be in the back room. They tell us the craft for this months meet-up will be Mafiosa Bath Bombs by Nichole Moraila/Mucha Muchacha .

Here's the details:
Tuesday, January 22nd
7pm @ Saints and Sinners Bar
10899 Venice Boulevard
West Los Angeles, CA 90034

Hey You Bloggers: Budget Fashionista

The web is full of jobs today it seems:

Simply Good Media is looking for a blogger who can successfully and consistently blog about Do it Yourself home decorating and fashion projects twice per week.

Our bloggers must have have a solid grasp of the English language, basic knowledge of HTML, be able to edit their own work, follow directions and be consistent. Please send a short bio and two sample DIY projects (one home, one fashion). The samples should include a list of materials and step by step instructions.

Make sure to include your name, city, and e-mail address.

Application submitted via The Budget Fashionista website will not be opened and will be deleted. This is a paid position.

Read more about the Budget Fashionista here.

Are you looking for some one to help out with your crafty business, or is your company looking for some one interested, talented and experienced in crafting? Posting your job description on Marimello.com entitles you to a Marimello post about your company and the position available. A great investment for just $25. If you are interested in posting your Crafty job, please contact us at marimellodesign at gmail dot com.

Reform School January 19th

Another event to tickle your weekend plans:


This Saturday night from 7 to 9, Reform School in Los Angeles having a great new art show from Matte Stephens. New original work will be on display, including his exclusive Reform School-only print called "Fossil Fuel Fun". You'll also be able to enjoy candy, cupcakes, retro soda and booze.

Fossil Fuel Fun
Saturday, January 19, 7-9pm
Reform School
4014 Santa Monica Blvd.
LA, CA 90029
ph: 323-906-8660

Craft Job Post: Assistant--One Good Bumblebee

**INTERNSHIP (or part-time assistant)**
Location: Dallas, TX
When: ASAP!
Pay: negotiable / to be determined

Job Description:
I’m looking for a super creative, friendly, enthusiastic, crafty type of intern who loves to create but also wants to know more about the business side of being an artist or designer. All work is done at my home in my studio/office located just south of Lakewood / Highland Park in Dallas, TX. Your job would be to assist me in production of products, managing sales and stock, and other various tasks including the creation of new products, customer services, etc. I imagine I will need you for at least 4 days a week from 9am to 4pm or whatever works best for you. My schedule is very flexible so exact times are negotiable.

Specific Responsibilities and Tasks:
- Preparing & completing products: cutting, gluing, trimming, labeling, printing, stuffing, packaging, lots of measuring.
- Shipping and receiving: packaging orders / unloading received packages.
- Keeping track of stock of both materials and finished products.
- Placing orders to re-stock sold out items: calling, emailing, & faxing vendors.
- Communicating with clients and customers via email. Lots of email!
- Running errands (coffee break!) - You must have access to a car, please!
- Helping me with day-to-day decisions, problem solving, creative ideas in terms of invention and design, as well as choosing new products to carry (the really fun part!)
- Organizing the studio, keeping everything tidy and manageable.
- Adding new products to the website: web skills including HTML and blogging are a plus.
- Taking product pictures for both website and print catalog - photography skills are a huge plus.

Qualifications:
Most importantly you should be interested and skilled in craft, art and design. A good sense of aesthetics and design are a must! The ideal intern would be honest, dependable, drama-free, friendly, focused, eager, meticulous, enthusiastic, organized, detail oriented, neat, and tidy. Photoshop skills are a plus.

Application Instructions:
If you are interested in working as an intern at One Good Bumblebee, please contact me at mail@onegoodbumblebee and include a little bio about yourself and tell me why you want to intern at One Good Bumblebee. I will get back to you and we can set up an interview and we’ll go from there! I hope to hear from you soon.

If you have any questions, please contact me at mail@onegoodbumblebee.com

Are you looking for some one to help out with your crafty business, or is your company looking for some one interested, talented and experienced in crafting? Posting your job description on Marimello.com entitles you to a Marimello post about your company and the position available. A great investment for just $25. If you are interested in posting your Crafty job, please contact us at marimellodesign at gmail dot com.

Upcoming Craft Events: January 16-20

As always it seems the Marimello will need to be firing up the teleporter for this weekend...but it uses so much gas...

Tonight:
Craft Night in Los Angeles, CA. As always, the fabulous JP will be hosting Craft Night over at Akbar on Sunset and Fountain in Silverlake. It's always a party and the drinks are both delicious and cheap!
Speaking of drinking...if you're Austin area, toddle down to Ninety Proof and raise a glass or two to improve healthcare in Austin. $2 from every drink will support the People's Community Clinic.

Tomorrow, January 17th:
The Pasadena Design and Bead Show will be happening from 10 to 6 until the 20th at the Pasadena Hilton in Pasadena, CA. You need to register to attend, so check out the site. 250 vendor and professionals will be there.

Friday, January 18th:
CRAFT UPRISING: Creating a Design Revolution, Biddle Gallery, Wyandotte MI, 6-9PM. Check out the site for more info.

Saturday, January 19th:
The Market NYC, happens every Saturday and Sunday at 368 Mulberry St. Between Prince and Houston, NYC.
Artist and Fleas is also happening every Saturday and Sunday on 6th between Bedford and Berry, NYC.
And though it's not particularly crafty, it still looks like fun: The Lower East Side Girls Club is performing Saturday at 3:30 in NYC. Visit the site for details.

Sunday, January 20th:
Well you got the Bead Show, The Market, and Artists and Fleas. What more could you want?

Craft Job Post: Managing Editor -- KP Craft Books

F + W Publications, the leading niche publisher and marketer of magazines, books, events and interactive media, is seeking qualified candidates for a Managing Editor of Book Editorial.

The Managing Editor creates and delivers inspiring soft craft books, fulfilling the development, content edit and production edit on five to seven titles per year; manages editorial staff, and is responsible for schedules, working closely with the Editorial Director to complete these tasks.

For more information on this position, check the listing here. Are you looking for some one to help out with your crafty business, or is your company looking for some one interested, talented and experienced in crafting? Posting your job description on Marimello.com entitles you to a Marimello post about your company and the position available. A great investment for just $25. If you are interested in posting your Crafty job, please contact us at marimellodesign at gmail dot com.

Craft Communication Congress

Everyone has already written up the Craft Communication Congress, but we really like this link fest on We Make Money Not Art. Call us lazy, but it is a nice round up.

Of course we wish we'd been at the congress. We're obviously obsessed with discussions about making, weird science, and trips to Berlin, so we're particularly sad about missing this one. But of course, we're involved in a Craft Congress of our own and Maker Faire is coming up sooner than you think.

There's something to be said for sitting around knitting on your couch with the cat, twirling simple yarn into something useful, but on the other hand, participating in events like the Congress or the Faire puts the whole handmade movement in perspective. It's a bit of an ego trip, but who doesn't want to hang out with like minded people and ride silly motorcycles?

Oooooo New Etsy Plugin

Buying Handmade, or at least searching for it just got a little easier with Etsy's new plugin for your web browser. Sure it only works for tags and titles, but whatever. If you have Firefox 2+ or Internet Explorer 7, why not give it a try? Etsy says, "You can try it elsewhere if you’re feeling adventurous."

OMG...WTF: Naughty Origami

Appologies to Extreme Craft for borrowing the tag, but seriously, OMG...WTF?

It all started with this morning's regular perusal of the craft books on Powell's. We stumbled upon Nick Robinson's Very Naughty Origami, which led us to Origami Underground (peruse at your own risk) and Master Sugoi's Pornogami and on to the topic of crafty porn, er, reflections of sexuality in Craft.

We've seen knitting, cross stitch, quilting, ceramics, hook rugs, crochet, and pretty much anything else you can think of turned into subversive crafts, but this is the first we've seen pornigami.

Unlike so many subversive crafts though, Origami Underground presents anatomy and sex origami under the assumption that origami is childish and has used the taboo of sex to give the craft a more adult image. Not exactly the complexity of most sexuality based art, but not completely invalid. While origami may not necessarily be childish, we always will welcome to the fold anyone with a new idea about how to use something unexpected and crafty to turn a construct on its head.

Craft Job Post: The Tuanton Press

This is a new feature on Marimello. We hope in the future to list more jobs like this...

As part of a bold, new multi-platform initiative, The Taunton Press is looking for an experienced journalist who is keenly interested in CRAFTS to join its staff as managing editor. Duties of this position include all aspects relating to the production and editing of special issues and digital products and the management of an editorial staff. Successful candidates should have proven editing and writing skills and at least 3 years of magazine or newspaper editorial experience. Management and magazine production experience are desirable. Digital photography skills, while not necessary, are an asset. Some travel is required. We offer a competitive salary, an excellent benefits package, and a pleasant work environment. Send letter, resume, and writing samples to HR.

Location: Newtown Connecticut

Please apply by visiting their career site at http://careers.taunton.com

Craft Crest: Part Deux

Is crafting the Britney Spears of DIY? Not really. Is Debbie Stoller an evil marketing mastermind forcing the craft arts into the public sphere? Certainly not. Is it important to discuss the hipster-related frustrations? Debatable.
Did putting extreme-ish, subversive-esque crafts in a Museum really piss off that many people? Really?

Pricked: Extreme Embroidery at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC opened November 8th of last year. The New York Times published an article about the exhibit on December 28th, which got picked up as part of a blog entry on Jezebel. Jezebel makes a point we like, namely, why does embroidery have to be feminist:

"Is it because embroidery and knitting were considered housewifely arts and the feminist movement was reclaiming them by making samplers of penises or something? Is this why Bust is always bombarding us with craft projects? Please explain!! "

Which prompted a slew of comments on the post. Some responded to the fury sparked by NYT's assumption that embroidery in a museum is necessarily feminist. But the more troubling discussion revolved around crafting being something fun, something handed down by grandma, something hipsters do while they drink, and somehow the "downward spiral of Bust." Read the comments on your own, but the general tenor is that crafting has taken on an unacceptable hipster tint, that no one is particularly happy about.

And that friends is exactly the type of discussion we like to start. Momma always said money, religion and politics were taboo topics for polite company, but so far she's been silent on hipsters and instigating crafter fights, er, debates. But while we like crafting and we want other people to craft, we find it is hard to define hipster without using the word annoying.

So which is more annoying, the hipster adoption or the assertion that feminism is necessarily inherent to crafting. Would any of this deter a potential crafter? If crafting is resurfacing as a cool thing to do, will the crafty popularity peak have been reached? Is there any middle ground on either of these points?

If you happen to see us in a bar, be prepared to answer one or all of these questions. Happy Friday! Let's get this party started.

Craft Resurgence Crest: Say it Ain't So

Personally we LIKE football glowing the background while we craft, but when the boys aren't looking, we switch to the DIY network.

Rumors are swirling around the blogs that the DIY Network may be canceling some of the programs we all love though. Average Jane Craft has drawn up a letter and encourages readers to write to the network and express their concerns. Go for it if you like, however upon a little further digging, we discovered that the network is not canceling the programs, just reshuffling their schedule to accommodate their core audience's tastes. Which of course makes sense for a business that survives on advertising revenues.

The one thing that we found has actually been canceled is Vicki Howell's Knitty Gritty marathon on Super Bowl Sunday. Last year this time, we didn't have cable, so watching was out of the question. But this year we won't have the chance. Here's the scoop from Vicki's blog:

Oh, before I forget, I just got word that DIY nixed the Knitty Gritty marathon (aka the Knit In), 2008 in favor of a bathroom renovation they're calling, the Toilet Bowl. Soooo, I know I told a lot of people that the KG special would air on Superbowl Sunday but that's apparently no longer the case. I'll keep you posted on any new developments but in the meantime, if you're looking for more Knitty Gritty love and want to tell the network(s) about it, here's where you can send your comments:
DIY Network Viewer Comments
HGTV Viewer Comments

Toilet Bowl?

Canceling a program sucks. There's no way around it. But, moving the crafty programming to 2 in the morning works great for us night owls. Sure, it doesn't do much to introduce crafting to people who might not otherwise give it a try, but that's our job. Make a point to take your knitting (or whatever) with you somewhere. Bar, Superbowl party, whatever; people are curious and it will keep your hands out of the cheese dip.

And if you're looking for something charitable to do with your Super Bowl sit fest, consider checking out other charities to which you could be donating, and do something for them. Knit a hat. Knit an afghan square. Check out the Witch Fire Project, hint hint. Let the football lull you, crack a beer, and get to it.