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Open today, closed on July 4th

Emily — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:49 +0000

Growing up, the Fourth of July was my favorite holiday. The reason was that every year my parents and I would drive to the little tiny town in Northern Illinois where my mom was raised. And that town of 1,000 people rocked the Fourth like you would not believe.

The park in the middle of town filled up with carnival rides and bingo. My grandma’s house was across the street from the school’s football field, where the disproportionately huge fireworks display was set off. Because of that, Grandma and Grandpa always hosted a huge cookout for all their friends and family. My uncle would buy quasi legal fireworks and set them off over the corn field that abutted their backyard. We would torment Grandma by threatening to climb up on her roof to get a better view. Anyway, it was basically a Middle-American wonderland.

Best of all, the extended family entered a float in the town parade every year. We picked a theme and all dressed up and decorated a hay rack. The float always included this super creepy life sized (when I was small) doll named Becky that my grandfather got at an estate sale a million years ago and, in later years, a stuffed coyote. And – it should go without saying – we usually won our category. Of course, our competition was the same two other entrants every year, but that’s another story altogether.

All this to say: we are closed for the Fourth of July to spend time with our families and friends – and we hope you enjoy your day doing the same!

Knit Baby!!!

Shannon — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:25:50 +0000

Baby by Shannon and Stefan.
Onesie by Michelle.

Getting back in the swing of things…

Shannon — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:22:30 +0000

I wanted to let everyone know how much I appreciate all of the wonderful gifts and the emails and blog comments congratulating Stefan and me on our sweet, sweet baby, Hazel. She’s a joy, and we are the happiest folks in the world right now! She has been gifted with so much love and warmth from all of her knitting friends, I just know she’ll be a crafter as soon as she can figure out how to work her little hands! She was 5 weeks old yesterday, and is now tipping the scales at about 8 and a half pounds. She and I have been coming into the shop sporadically these last two weeks, and will get ourselves into a Twisted schedule soon. She’s looking forward to getting to know all of Twisted’s regulars…

And, now, if you will all indulge me, I’ll share a few photos of my favorite little girl, Hazel Squire Lombard!

Hazel Hearts Handknits

Shannon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:51:38 +0000

Hello, everyone! I am trying to crawl out of newborn-dom to join the adult world again, but, golly, it’s difficult. Stefan and I are so insanely happy to be parents, particularly since Hazel is such a little joy! She’s just a bit over two weeks old right now (in fact, her two-week birthday was actually her due date!), and she now weighs 6 lbs, 13.5 oz. She’s a little peanut. Which means there’s not much that fits her right now – some newborn stuff, but not all of it, and just a few of the many gorgeous handknits we received from all of our fabulous and talented crafty friends! There’s one pair of socks that fits those little feet (thanks, Linda!), and a Baby Surprise Jacket that I made for her out of STR Lightweight on size US 2s. Other than that, we are just waiting for her to grow to trick her out in the many socks, sweaters, and hats we’ve received.

We are having the best time ever – we’ve had family visiting (Aunt Jessica is here now, Gramma and Grampa Squire are coming soon, Grampa Lombard is heading out in a few weeks), and our absolute favorite thing to do is to cuddle with our little girl. Knitting has taken a backseat to her, and that is a-okay! She’s worth it. We’ll be venturing out of the house more in the next few weeks, and will definitely be spending some time at Twisted soon.