What follows is one of those long rambly over-thinky work posts. I will probably, next week, edit it down a little and post it over on my work blog, so think of this as the… rough draft? Since all this started a few weeks ago, all the talk about Covid-19 …
There’s a new Limited Edition HaldeCrate in the works, to be released in May… introducing….. (drum roll please) … Under the Sea. Under the Sea will be offering four different things: yarn (available in all eight base weights); a mug; an incense burner; and a set of small nesting dishes. …
How’s your week going? I’m feeling very… I don’t know if I should say lucky, or privileged. I already worked at home. I live on 15 acres so there’s no-body within half a mile of me, let alone six feet, so I can go outside into the sunlight and walk …
Yeah. So. Right. How’s everyone doing? It is powerfully, heavily difficult to not feel like this is some sort of horrifying social sea change. If the entire world could take a two-week vacation right now, and let all of this blow over? Let the disease die out by not giving …
No matter how scruffy-looking you might be, or whatever type of weird animal you might herd, you’re going to love this colorway! Go ahead, grab one first; then go tooling around the galaxy in some hunk of junk. Smuggle some things, become best friends with a walking teddy bear, maybe …
My focuses this week are trying to focus, writing, dyeing yarn, making ceramics, and trying to focus (ha!). Anyway. Let’s get to it! In ceramics, I have two main things going on this week – playing with shapes and textures, and making a new set of magnets involving the word …
Last week was so busy I didn’t have time for a blog post, and this week I’m just now getting my feet under me for the week. So…. Where does that leave us?! In ceramics, I’m playing around with piece designs for the upcoming May Limited Collection/HaldeCrate, and I’m playing …
Wednesday! It’s the new Monday! I think it’s hilarious that over the years we had the yarn store open, the only day of the week Hanks was closed was Tuesday, and that lead to many a “who’s closed on a TUESDAY” question from people who would show up mid-week needing …
Tatterhood. Let me tell you a story. A childless queen who wants children gives birth to two daughters. One is fair and beautiful, and the other is gray and hideous, and is born riding a goat and waving a wooden spoon. The sisters grow up to be the best of …
Good morning! As I’m writing this, I’m also watching Stargate SG1 — a little over a year ago, two friends and I started watching Babylon 5 when it began streaming. We did four episodes a week, starting early in the morning before work. After we finished all five years of …
What a week, y’all! I wound up postponing today’s dentist appointment just so there would be one day this week I didn’t have to drive into Gainesville, and I could put in a good strong day of work instead. In ceramics I’m doing some slab-work this week, getting ready to …
I sat down to write this blog post first thing in the morning, but noticed that last night I’d closed up shop without finishing the sort of comparison sheet I was drawing up for different mapping programs (I need some maps and would like some ship floor plans for my …
Everything for everyone in December seemed so busy, I know I didn’t have time to recap recently restocked items (and you probably wouldn’t have had time to read about them anyway). So let’s do a small recap of some recently new things that haven’t sold out! Colorful bowls – Inspired …
Most perfectionists and workaholics can agree with me, a lot of the time I don’t feel like I do that much — I feel like I should be always on the move, and everything I do, I should be doing at 103%. It’s posts like this that look back at …
Whoo-hoo! First full work-week of the year! Do mid-week holidays mess you up as much as they do me? I mean, I already have – at most – a tenuous idea of what day of the week it is. When everyone else I know is suddenly off work Tuesday and …
Let’s start the year off with a sale! For the entire month of January, get 20% off your $30 or more purchase of anything in the Tiki Collection (I’ve also added the coconut tumbler from the Monkey Fart crate to that collection for the sale, so, bonus!). That’s right – …
A “one hit wonder” is a non-repeatable colorway that happens when there is dye testing going on, or an accident happens in the dye-pots or something just doesn’t go quite as planned… BAM! Instant One Hit Wonder! This is your chance to snag a one-of-a-kind colorway, because these are not …
It’s time for my annual review! How did I do this year, y’all? Fantastic? Perfectly? Awesome! 37% raise! HAHAHAHAHAHA but really tho. I know I haven’t had a lot of time for blogging lately, so I wanted to do this out here in blogland instead of just in my planner, …
We’re just about two days away from the best craft show in Gainesville – GLAM! A picture is worth a thousand words, and I’m too tired to write a few thousand words tonight… so here’s a slideshow of some awesome things I’ve been working on that I’ll have with me …
Pretty much exactly what it says in the title, kids. The next HaldeCrate, which will ship in February, has a theme of Mardi Gras…. and pre-orders are open now. What is HaldeCrate? Do you like clubs, or things you order for yourself and then immediately forget about, meaning you get …
It’s the week after HaldeCrate and the week before Thanksgiving, and so I’m recovering from the one, planning for the other, and of course trying to get things ready for GLAM on December 8th. In ceramics, I’m slabrolling a bunch of chocolate clay dishes this week, to have them ready …
Hey all! I still am not quite ready to get into all of the things that went wrong when making this Crate (talk about a Series of Unfortunate Events… one day I’m sure I’ll be able to laugh about it with you all!) but it’s been a few days now …
Do you miss yarn club? Just getting yarn? Getting yarn once a month as a surprise to yourself (even though sure, you saw the notification for your credit card, but hey, YARN!)? I have a little surprise for you… Over on Patreon, which (unlike my Shopify site) is easily set …
Hahahaha! I actually wrote this early early early this morning, got busy, and then totally forgot to post it until now. Hey, all! This week I am 103% HaldeCrate! In ceramics, I bisque fired the kiln Sunday, Shop Elf came out and helped me glaze Monday and we were able …
