List.

I love to make lists. I love writing them on random scraps of paper or old junk mail envelopes. I usually make at least 3 lists before I go out of town, and the addition of pets and/or Bird adds additional subcategories and levels. I relish in them. I love getting things done, crossing items off. I love to get all of the things to do out of my brain, onto paper, and creating concrete evidence of their completion. I never save my lists.

Here, for you, is a List. (In no particular order)

1. I am obsessed with fonts. To my delight, I noticed Anthropologie is using one of my most favoritest fonts ever on their splash page. I first discovered it almost a year ago while creating my textile design website, and also include it in much of the text on Kelbourne Woolens. It is so perfect and neat and sans serif and modern. I also used it on our wedding site. Really, I love it that much. (And no, I don't think its overkill to use it on three websites in one year). Don't ask about my least favorite font. I don't want to offend anyone and it is so prevalent I now spot it -- and unfortunately for those around me most, which happens to be the same 6 people over and over -- point it out all the time.

2. Wedding planning is...intermittent. I am not a reluctant bride, just a reluctant wedding planner. Odd for a control freak such as myself, but it all seems so....unnecessary. One thing I am really excited about is our "registry". Bird and I have pretty much everything we "need" home related except for a new kitchen, and registering for a contractor and brand new subflooring seemed a bit much, so we want to be able to use the wedding as an opportunity to help those in greater need. (And when I threw around the "no gifts please" idea, people freaked out). The bulk of our registry will be charity related, focusing on a few things we support and organizations we believe in. Nothing says "Congrats on your wedding day!" like sponsoring a litters worth of spaying at a local no kill shelter!

3. I am psyched about this. I felt silly doing another cross post, so go read it on the Kelbourne Blog.

4. We just got back from TNNA. It was my first time in the "seller" capacity, and it was really interesting, exhausting, inspiring and fun. Being in sunny warm, avocado filled San Diego on the coldest day Philadelphia experienced in decades was an added bonus.

5. I have 3 or 4 sweater designs I am desperate to knit right now, so I am excited to focus on some larger projects. One on the needles and getting most focus is one of those boring non-bloggable projects, but I do sincerely believe you will be happy when the time comes to share. Hopefully the others will get finished and start their lives as free Fibre Co. patterns. I'll keep you posted.

6. I uploaded a few more free patterns yesterday: Lychee Mittens, Queenie Bee and Tree of Life Wristlets. There are a few more that need editing. pdf-ing, photographing -- a cute scarf/cowly thing, a baby blanket, and that dreaded Tartufo Sweater. (I thought the Knitscene article would give me a workable deadline. Then came TNNA). Those should be up in a week or so, too.

7. I knit this hat in Nature's Palette Fingering over two nights last week for Bird's boss' brand spankin' new baby girl:

It is a mix of a few elements from some vintage patterns, my highly inexperienced idea of what size a baby's head is and a blurry cell phone photo from a cousin's toddler wearing an elf hat her Grandmother knit over 40 years ago. I plan on working up another version (and getting rid of a few more kinks) and writing it up in the next week or so. Because, really, Infants + Elf Inspired Knitwear = Priceless.

8. WOOT!!