Fixed

Whew, I don't know what was going on with the photos yesterday, but the colours were all off and we just couldn't get anything to work. Much better today and now we're ready for the update.

But first, while I have your attention, check out the knitting progress on Giselle:


It's been slow going because knitting time has been really limited, but now we're finally getting somewhere. I still have one more sleeve flare to go and then the lower half. I've been saving the bottom part for the end, to give myself the option of keeping it short, but it's really a bit too short at the back. But I love this design. I was worried about fit because I saw a lot of people on Ravelry had problems with it gaping at the neckline, so I'm making the smallest size at a smaller gauge and it seems to be doing the trick. It's a little tight, but I'm using Gaia DK, which will grow a little.

Anyway, on to the update, which will be around 8:30 EDT tonight:

We have several new Jenkins Turkish spindles, both large and small, in some really interesting woods. Sarah has those pictures and she'll be adding those to the site later today.

Kypria: #26 - Dyed in Flowers, #34 - Kidnapped (new, shown), #35 - Sacking Towns (new, shown)

Dance: Fandango (new), Foxtrot, Mashed Potato (new, shown), Villanella (new, shown)

Sappho II: Your Crazy Heart (new, shown)


Eidos: Clio, Clotho, Euterpe, Pyrrhus, Orthagoras (new, shown), Zeuxippus (new, shown), Hellenixei

Gaia Lace: Desert Waterhole, Sakura (shown), Fungus, Almandine


Little Traveller: Deception Island (shown)


Fairy Tale kit: Theseus and the Minotaur


Bugga!: Sharpshooter Leaf Hopper (new, shown), Elegant Sheep Moth, Blowfly, Blue-Arsed Fly, Tomato Frog, Orange Assassin Bug, Giant Night Moth, Agapostamen Sweat Bee (semi-new, shown), Blue Metalmark, Hogwood Bonking Beetle, Canada Darner, Flame Skimmer, Ruby-Tailed Wasp (new, shown)


** Please note: we only have a little Bugg!a to spare for this update as we're stocking up for Sock Summit, so there are just four skeins in each of these colourways going up. We're pretty sure the overselling problem has been fixed, but just in case, I'm making the following warning: If anything oversells this time, we *will not* be able to fill those orders, we'll just have to refund the payment. We're really, really sorry about that, in advance, even though we're sure it won't happen.

a slight change in plans

We're having some technical difficulties today; none of our photos want to come out accurately at all. While it is a welcome change from the earlier website- related issues, it is still rather bothersome and as a result, we'll be postponing our update until tomorrow. Same time, same place- just at 8:30 PM on Tuesday, instead of today.

We're terribly sorry for the delay, but of course we want everything to be as accurate as possible, and if it's any comfort at all this will be a rather large update, with some Bugga! to be had, as well.

Yaarghn, Matey!

Late to posting again, but what else is new?

It was pirate week at Lia's daycare last week and, being mighty fond of pirates, I offered to dress up and make a personal pirate appearance. The first part of that was fun and easy:

The second part.... well... No response whatsoever. They stared at me blankly while I doggedly plowed through my routine, until Lia came up in the middle of it and said, "Mommy, can we go home now?" Next time, someone please remind me that there's nothing tougher than an audience of toddlers!

Friday I took her to the carnival, where she had an absurd amount of fun and rode everything twice.

Anyway, update tomorrow morning:

Kypria: #19 - Catching the Bride, #32 - Ravished (new, shown), #33 - Deathless Friendship (new, shown)

Eidos: Ctesippus, Emoige, Loeb, Simonides (new, shown), WRM Lamb (shown) ** Note on Loeb and WRM Lamb: both of these are not real colourways. The names are being assigned to non-repeatable colourways, and are reused, so the colours will have nothing to do with previously seen ones.

Little Traveller: Dunwich (new, shown), Vik (new), Siem Reap (new, shown)

Sappho I: Embroidered Throne, Shadow of Roses, Even on the Ground (new, shown)

Sappho II: Even on the Ground (new), Crocus-Twined (new, shown)

Roving, 65/35 superwash merino/silk: Transmogrification (new, shown)

Handspun for Heifer 

Soap: Warm Vanilla Honey (new, shown), Lemon Honey (new, shown), Honeysuckle, Chesapeake Bay Rum, Coolio, Mardi Gras, Lavender Lunacy, Orange and Lavender Honey (new, shown)

Tonight's Update

Stained hands- and the strange looks that they gain us- are a pretty normal occurrence at Chez Gryphon. But when Helen came away from the dye pots this morning with this, we were all pretty knocked out. We still can't quite figure out how she managed it. Will says it makes her hands look like they are deadly octopus tentacles, which is fun.

We've been hurtling about, getting orders together and preparing for the update tonight. We have scads of new soaps and yarns for you tonight! The update starts at approximately 8:30 pm Eastern (Maryland time).

In the update tonight:

Eidos: Meno, Bacchic, Aspasia, Thumas (new), Cleitophon, Atropos, Charmides (shown), Pittaces (new), Cleinias, Aristodemus.




Kypria: #11- Sharing Immortality (shown), #12- Faithless Wives, #16- Mortal Marriage, #30- A Perfume- Anointed Bed.



Little Traveller: Yosemite, Reindeer Lake (new), Tuscany, Abu Dhabi, Centralia (new), Malta, Everglades, Dublin (new, shown), Nepal, Hanoi, Miletus, Atlantis, Provence (new, shown), Violetville (new), Prince Edward Island (new), Ipswich (new), and Ural'sk (new).




Soap: Pulp Fiction (new), Coconut Bon- Bon (shown), Lime- Scented (new, with animals inside!), Tangerine Grapefruit (new), Goats and Oats (new), Warm Vanilla Sweetgrass (New), and Almond and Balsam (new).



Good luck to everyone!

Hurray for the update!

We know what you’re here for! Let’s get right to it: the update- and oh, what an update it is- will begin at approximately 9:30 am, Eastern Standard time tomorrow, the 23^rd of June.

In the update this week there will be-

Eidos: Harpedone (new), Hellenixei (new, shown), Lysimachus, Ion (shown), Polimarchus.

Kypria: #31- Undivided Mind (new), #5- Nemesis, #22- Deferred (new- to- this- site, previously released in a sock club, shown), #10- Children Of The King , #24- Adopted.

Sappho I: There You Are (new, shown). 

Sappho II: Violet- Breasted Muses (shown).

Little Traveller: Rangoon (new, shown)*, Mandalay (new)*, Mogok (new)*, Arakan Yoma (new)*, Mauritius (new), Maugh Chunk (new), Avalon (new), Varanasi (new), Doha (new), Karachi. 

Bugga!: Southern Green Stink Bug (new), Buffalo Treehopper (new), Darkling Beetle (new, shown), Monarch Chrysalis (new), Potter Wasp Moth, Praying Mantis, Blowfly, Spatula Ant, Periodical Cicada, Horned Beetle, Red- Winged Wave, Autumn Tiger Beetle, Hogwood Bonking Beetle, Blue Morpho, Owl Moth, Smaller Yellow Ant, Mourning Cloak, Cricket, Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer, Leaffooted Bug (shown), Tachina Fly, Arge Moth, Oak Timberworm, Black Swallowtail.

(*- New and all part of a collection of colorways based on the lovely Burma!)

101 thanks to all the lovely folks who helped us stress- test the new site, and thank you to everyone for all of your patience with this transition. We're so pleased to finally be able to offer such a lovely large update- we hope you enjoy it!

Buggie Miscellania

First, the information we know you're really here to find: this week's update. The answer is:

We Have No Clue

We haven't heard from Jess the Web Guru yet, and we have no idea what the progress is on fixing whatever it is that caused last week's crashes. I'm assuming that there's no good news yet or she would have told us, instead of an ominous email that just said "I'll call you after work." So the tentative plan is to do what we did last week, post the new yarns in bits throughout the week, with no Bugga! We'll be sure to alert you if we do have happier news, though, and there can be a real, Bugga-inclusive update after all. We'd really really like that. 

But there's good news to balance the mediocre! We have two new patterns to list, from two new (to us, anyway) designers. Both are delightful, summery lace designs. They are:

The Three of Cups, by Kirsten Hipsky

yarn: Gaia Lace

and

Call of the Sirens, by Anna Dalvi 

in Sappho I

Also, it was pointed out to me that the speedy disappearance of the Theseus and the Minotaur kits *might* have something to do with the yarn being Bugga! (ya mean it's not just my brilliant design?), making it difficult for those who do just want the pattern to get it. So I'm adding the pattern to the site solo, without the kit as well.

Those patterns are going up -- NOW!

New stuff for this week:

Little Traveller: Atlantis, Bergen, Kyoto, Vermont, Pantanal, Scotland, Anywhere But Here (new, shown)

Eidos: Hermocrates, Kallikles, Polis, Menexenus, Kretes (new, shown)

Sappho I: In Her Fullness (new, shown)

Sappho II: Nectar Into Wine (new, shown), Embroidered Throne (new, shown), The Violet-Breasted Muses (in great quantity!), Beyond Their Reach, Holding a Golden Cup (new, shown)

Kypria: #30 - Perfume-Anointed Bed (new, shown), #31 - Undivided Mind (new, shown)

soap: Ginger Orange Nutmet, Honeysuckle, The Healer Goatsmilk, Sandalwood, Lily of the Valley

The Fabulous Return of A Most Extraordinary Yarn

...in other words, Bugga!'s Back...

After much hurrying and scurrying and entertaining Lia today, we are proud to bring you the official June 8th Sanguine Gryphon shop update.
(Brought to you by Rachel)

Look for the update to go into effect about 7:30 pm (or so) this evening.

BUGGA!: Black Swallowtail, Hogwood Bonking Beetle (newly unveiled below), Blue Morpho, Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer, Praying Mantis, Blowfly, Oak Timberworm, Buffalo Treehopper (new, shown), Monarch Chrysalis (new), Leaffooted Bug, Horned Beetle, Red-Winged Wave, Periodical Cicada, Autumn Tiger Beetle, Mourning Cloak, Owl Moth, Cricket, Spatula Ant, Potter-Wasp Moth, Darkling Beetle (new, shown)



Eidos: Aegina, Atropos (shown), Emoige, Apophenai, Epinomis, Sophrosyne, Orpheus (new, shown), Ctesippus


Little Traveller: Cuzco (new, shown), Narnia (new, shown), Everglades, Primmersdorf (new)

Klee: Villa R (shown)



Sappho II: Beautiful in Your Garments (new, shown), You Lay in Wait (new, shown)

Fairy Tale Sock Kits: We will have available the three kits from the second Fairy Tale Sock Club- Rapunzel, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Bopolucci

And finally, we have even more new soap! This week, the funky soap collection:
Rasta (shown), Pear, Edna Lockwood Blend (shown), Rosemary Lemongrass