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Get Hooked, on a poster!

Originally uploaded by kpwerker.

I’m back after a whirlwind six days that involved (in no particular order of importance):

• TNNA and my first Get Hooked signing (more photos and deets to come)
• Driving through four states. (Right. I didn’t drive. But I did sit in the back seat, sick.)
• Lots of planning for the Monsters of Teen Craft book tour, coming to a town near you in October
• A cockroach the size of Manhattan
• My first encounter with the NYPD
• This line, as told to a cab driver at JFK airport: “To La Guardia. As fast as you can!”
• An airport hotel in Toronto
• Yarn, yarn, and more yarn
• A scene made at a restaurant after too much Pepsi and not enough sleep. It did involve banging on the table, a vein popping out of the side of my neck, and Suss Cousins inquiring in response, “Why do crocheters have so much rage?” Yeah. Oy.

More when I’ve had a chance to catch up.

On Sunday, October 1st, Knitgrrl Shannon Okey and I will be kicking off our two-week-long Monsters of Teen Craft Book Tour by participating in the CIBC Run for the Cure in Toronto, Ontario, as members of Team Knitty. The talented women of Knitty.com have been raising money to fight breast cancer for the last couple of years, and I’m thrilled and excited to join their team and to represent, yo.

When crocheters and knitters band together good stuff happens. The event will be taking place in 51 communities across Canada, and money raised will go to fund breast cancer research, education and awareness programs. I’ve set myself a lofty goal, and I hope you’ll help me reach it. So please visit my secure donation page and give as little or as much as you can to help fight this disease, and to foster some love with our two-needled friends. (Donations are in Canadian dollars, so for all you Americans, your dollar goes further! Canadian residents will get a tax receipt by e-mail - just request it when you fill out the donation form.)

If you prefer to donate by check (in Canadian dollars), please send one payable to “Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation” to this address:
Crochet me Magazine
4438 W. 10th Avenue
#185
Vancouver, BC
V6R 4R8

And as I said, this important event will kick off our book tour. Shannon and I will be traveling by rail and signing copies of our respective books in cities from Toronto to Washington, DC. I’ll share more concrete details in coming weeks!