the Akamai Knitter

I had a weekend full of basketball and shopping. Of all the things I bought, these are the things I love the most.

I found them on my way back to the car from a rather horrible lunch at the Aloha Marketplace. The shop I got them from is called Millennium.  It was great stumbling onto such a fun shop amidst all the tourist traps.  :)

They kind of remind me of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas.

At first it was the panda that caught my eye, but when I went into the store the cat grabbed me by the hair and threw me to the floor until I said I’d take it home.

Well. Not really.

But I truly couldn’t resist it. :P

The two of them now have a loving home on my desk, which I won’t be showing you. My desk is currently in a state of creative chaos.

Why?

Partly because I’ve restocked the shop with more Off The Hook Markers!

The desk also won’t be seen because I’ve gotten back into Art Journaling. I doubt I’ll blog about it, but I might take some photos and throw them on my Flickr photostream. It just depends on how confident I’m feeling about what I’m doing.

Frankly? After the type of service I got at the art store I went to on Saturday? I’m not feeling very confident. Can you say condescending?

/sigh

Thank goodness I have such furry love to come home to.

Here’s the final installment of Quincy’s three photo series.

From being peacefully asleep to being unhappily awakened. Poor guy. The things he does for the blog.

*Idea gakked from Cookie.

After making a numbered list of everyone who commented and tweeted and Facebooked  and Plurked and blogged, I used a random generator to come up with our winner. Who just happens to be Melanie!  I’ve already emailed her and I’m just waiting to find out what color crystals/beads she’d like on these naked markers.

I want to thank everyone for taking part in this give-away/contest/whatever. I am absolutely flubbadubbed at the response I received!

Special thanks to Norma and Cookie. You two are rock stars.

I’ll probably be holding another contest/give-away/whatever  in about a month or so just for kicks. :)

There’s also a couple more sets of Off The Hook Markers still available in the shop. I’m hoping to have more listed next weekend as I’m waiting for more wire from my supplier.

Sadly, I have no kitty photo to share. They’ve all run for the hills. Silly buggers.

I did watch The Time Traveler’s Wife last night and even though he made me cry, I now have mad love for Eric Bana.

Yum.

Thanks for reading! Happy Monday! (Wow. That sounds so wrong.)

Wow. I can’t believe the response I’ve gotten from my little give away! Thank you all! I’ll post the results sometime tomorrow or at the latest Tuesday. I say Tuesday just to be on the safe side because I’m dealing with some health issues here. I won’t bore you with the details.

I’ve gotten some questions as to how to use the Off The Hook markers, so  I thought I’d post a photo of one of them in action.

See? You just hook it onto a stitch! They don’t fall off either. I’ve been pretty rough with my knitted item there and it hasn’t dislodged or unfastened. If you wanted to be extra careful with them, you could squeeze the marker closed too.

If you wanted to use it on a piece with stockinette stitch, you would just hook it on one of the legs of the “v’s”.

I hope that helps!

Remember, you have until midnight Hawaiian time to enter the give away. I’ve also listed more markers in the shop!

Good luck everyone and many mahalos for participating! :)