Archive for December, 2006

S’mitten Factory Up and Running/Sweetpea Store Now Open

BikeCraft II last week at City Hall was simply amazing, and after a short break are back to making our felted wool lobster gloves (Code Name “S’mittens”). In other words: We are now taking orders; operators are standing by.  As these are from recycled sweaters, we can’t really guarantee colors, but if you want a pair we can tell you what we have available. We have a little bit of a wait list, so getting them out before the holidays might be tricky. And for those super crafty ladies out there, we will be open sourcing our knit pattern after one last revision to make sure that the pattern is right. (See a full knit version here.)

We also have a couple of our handmade stainless steel wine stoppers for sale. Natalie actually made one of these for me last year for Christmas, and we thought we would share the love. Hand forged at the Sweetpea Factory.

Still Life with Wine Stoppers and Spoke Card

And finally, we have some more of Natalie’s bike art. We have the Bike Block Print, and a couple of new ones. Collect all four!

Handy internet ordering for all items through PayPal via the Store link above. Thanks for your support. It’s keepin’ the dream alive!

Folks, hold on to your cross-stitch.

As I am sure all you locals are already aware, the Second Annual BikeCraft is happening this Thursday at City Hall. This year Sweetpea Bicycles will be in attendance and will be throwin’ down some mad crafts.

We will be selling both style and function. First, as part of our new “Wool for Steel Program”, we have the felted wool lobster gloves:

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These come in a number of different colors (based on the sweaters we used them from), and will be felted for premium warmth and water resistance. As Natalie likes to say, it’s the buddy system for your fingers. Supplies are limited. Colors are. . . exuberant.

We will be offering some block prints. Featured will be the newly rediscovered Bike Block Print as well as some new ones:

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If anyone out there in internetland is interested in the bike art or wool lobster gloves, send us a love letter. Internet shopping to be set up, just as soon as we figure it out.