Two weekends ago we put together all the goodie bags that have taken over my house. You can see a sneak peek here:

Goodie Bags packed up and ready to go for Sticks N Stitches 2011

I am really looking forward to this year’s event. See you there!

This year’s game is Sunday March 20 at 5pm against the New Jersey Devils! We will be sitting in section 207 and tickets are $25 a piece. Tickets can be ordered directly through our contact at the Columbus Blue Jackets. There will also be a copy of the order form on my website as soon as I have it – around January 19th. Please order your tickets early to ensure that you are seated with the group.

We will be supporting the local charity – My Very Own Blanket this year. My Very Own Blanket provides blankets and bath kits to area foster children. They accept knit, crochet, sewn, “no-sew” and quilted blankets. Suggestions for blanket sizes and materials can be found on their website. We will be accepting finished blankets, bath kit supplies, blanket supplies and any monetary donations at the organizer table during the game.

If you know someone who would like to be added to the mailing list please have them pop over and sign up for the email list.

Go Jackets!

Please SAVE THE DATE…

…for the 2010-2011 season’s Sticks N Stitches with the Columbus Blue Jackets! This year’s game is against the New Jersey Devils and the puck drops at 5pm Sunday March 20, 2011.

I will have more details once tickets are available for purchase. If you know someone who would like to be added to the e-mail announcement list have them popover and sign up!

Go Jackets!

Here’s a pretty good shot of us right before the doors opened:

The boy, Myself, Katy and Katy's sister ready to go.

And here are a couple shots of everyone getting their bags:

Sadly the Blue Jackets didn’t win. Although it was a closely contested game with the Chicago Blackhawks pulling it out in the last few minutes to win 6-5. I am updating the pictures and goodies over on the event page. It should all be up by the end of this weekend. (If not today, it depends on how much other work I get done)

We’re really looking forward to next year’s event. I am hoping to get us the Sky Terrace. The one caveat to that is I really really need people to be willing to purchase their tickets earlier than the week before the game. [Preferably a month or three before the game kind of like one does when they decide to get OSU football tickets or to go see their favorite artist play.] This will allow us to make sure we have enough seats and goody bags to go around and gives us more bargaining power. If you would like to be contacted for next year’s event as soon as the date is picked please drop me a line so I can add you to the list.

If you’ve come over from Cast On or anywhere else please drop me a note in the comments to tell me how you heard about us. I am still in shock as our ticket sales went from 47 last weds to 126 tonight. That’s a huge boost! (and it wasn’t all my friends buying theirs at the last minute )

I can’t wait to see everyone next Saturday! Go Jackets!

After that discovery and my second or third (doh!) moment of the week I decided to focus on sending out requests for donations for Sticks N Stitches. Keep your fingers crossed that I am not the only one going into work tom’w! Hopefully we’ll hear back soon.

• So at the gentle nudging of a member of the Mid Ohio Knitting guild I created an event page on Ravelry for Sticks N Stitches. I can’t believe I forgot to do that! You can find the page here. That should be a much more effective way for me to get an idea of attendance levels.
• I have a napping boy and dog on the couch. It’s pretty cute.
• Karaoke is in store tonight to amuse the Iowan who is in town for the holidays.
• I also need to set about looking at stitch dictionaries but I am feeling rather lazy.
• Ravelry has new sorting features for stash yarns. I love it. I also love looking at my stash by color because well for some strange reason I just love my color sense! Shocking I am sure Not to mention all the awesome yellows I found recently are all at the top of my page saying “hello good morning it’s a beautiful cheery day!”
• I managed to locate the recipe for dinner rolls for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the in-laws. They look so delicious. (the rolls not my in-laws!)
• There are 6 completed repeats on the Christmas knitting I am working on. I think there may be 15 repeats total. We shall see. I am only knitting until I run out of yarn. I would like to get this finished this week. Thankfully there will be some car trips and oh that’s right a four day weekend!!!
• I have potentially 3 more knitting projects and a crochet project to be done before Christmas. Anyone taking bets on whether I will finish?
• The boy made dinner tonight. Potato and double corn chowder in bread bowls. It was awesome. Oh and he went to the grocery store and bought me yummy juice. Win!
• On that note I need to wake those two up so we can go to karaoke.

Who – Any crafter who uses needles/hooks and their loved ones.

What – Columbus Blue Jackets ~ Sticks ‘n Stitches

Where – Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio

When – Saturday, January 16, 2010

Puck drops at 2pm, Doors open at 12:45pm

Be sure to arrive early to accommodate extra time at security.

Why – because it’s fun!

How Much – $26 includes your ticket. There will also be crafty goody bags! (while supplies last).

Charitable Donations – We will be collecting garments to donate to Touching Little Lives. Visit their website for patterns and other information.

Sponsored by: YarnMarket