SpiderWomanKnits

So after yesterdays knitting debacle I came across this hilarious post over at Laurie's blog and it hit the spot. I needed a good knitting laugh! Thanks Laurie! Head on over and check out the Gangsta Knitter Video.

I also spent a few hours after my little guy headed off to bed creating an Etsy Shop. For those of you who haven't come across it already (I can't imagine who) it is a highly addictive crafters marketplace. I am not much of a shopper but if you are looking for handmade items to lust over and covet Etsy is the place to go.

During the 2004 elections I started making politically and socially oriented T-Shirts for my husband and I to wear and got such a great response that my home based business Revoltees was born. I have spent the past few summers selling my shirts at fairs and markets when I could and maintained my own web-site for a while but recently decided that Etsy is the place to be.

I make the shirts using a heat press (the kind they use in tourist shops and years ago in Modell's to adhere those funky, fuzzy letter designs to shirts...think GIGANTIC iron or ENORMOUS panini grill) and I only press on American Apparel shirts. All the magic happens in the "craft room" upstairs in our house :-) A Mom and Pop shop in Washington produces the custom transfers for me that I design. It's really a lot of fun but the greatest part is the conversation and debate that the Shirts provoke. So when you get a chance head on over and check out some of what I do when I am not knitting, then let me know what you think!