W+S Yarn Giveaway!

Thanks to everyone who has bought WORK+SHELTER yarn and patterns over the last three weeks! 

A Chevron Sunshine Cowl made from W+S in three colors.

It's so fun to see the things I've made go out into the world. To celebrate, and keep the WORK+SHELTER love going, I'm giving away a yarn pack of three 100g skeins of TEA+WOOL, with one of each color: Darjeeling, Lemon Grass & Chamomile. 

Anyone who buys anything from the WORK+SHELTER Etsy Shop before midnight on Sunday, August 5th will automatically be entered to win. And if you've bought a pattern or yarn in the last three weeks, you're already entered to win!

I'll announce the winner here on Monday, August 6th, so go ahead and treat yourself!

A little bit of sewing : the Anna Maria Horner scarf

So I mentioned last week that I was gifted the fabric to make one of Anna Maria Horner's Figure Eight Velveteen Scarves. The perks of reading the same blogs as your mom!

Anna posted instructions on how to make it here on her blog, and I sewed my scarf up on Saturday. It could not have been better timing, since we got 6" of snow on Tuesday.

I love this scarf! The fabric is super soft and easy to work with, but because the velveteen is a bit heartier, it stands up to cover my face in the wind. This is a must in Chicago - I spend most of the winter walking around looking like this:

Yeah... attractive. 

Speaking of being attractive in the winter... it always amazes me how guys will still check one out in the winter despite being covered by a giant, puffy, blue coat with a scarf wrapped around one's head. Just a little observation.