Ira Glass

If there are any screen printers out there, I would pay good money for a nice I :heart: Ira Glass tee shirt. Just FYI.

Yes, I am aware that I have posted like 20,000 times today. I am trying to stay up until midnight. It doesn't look good, kids. We are on the last This American Life in our ITunes. Maybe I'll take a shower. But if I stay up until midnight I'll actually be staying up until 1-2 doing the list and sending out emails and whatnot. Eh. I'll do my best. At least since tomorrow is Saturday I won't have to go to work at 7am...

My friend Liz sent me the link to this shirt. I think that Henry needs one.

Tonight's Midnight Craziness...

I just now remembered that tonight is the night for midnight craziness! I'm going to post the gist one more time in case we have any late comers to the party:

I open for custom orders via email (info[at]crankypantshome[dot]com) on the first of each month. All you have to do is email me on the first letting me know that you would like to place a custom order. I take as many orders as I can for the month (usually I sell out at midnight EST-my computer is set to the US Time Clock, you can find it here) and everyone else goes on a waiting list. It starts all over again each month. I know it is crazy, but it is the only way that works for the time being. Crankypants longies run from $68-85 and shorties from $48-65 depending on measurements and design. I do my very best to complete all custom orders the month the order is taken so, depending where you fall on the list, turnaround time is anywhere between 1-5 weeks. If you have any other questions please feel free to email.

I know some of you have people who are planning on sending emails on your behalf. If you do this, can you please ask them to put your name in the subject line? I know this is kind of late to ask, but I thought I'd put it out there. It would just make it easier for me so I can start deleting emails once I've gotten to you. I really don't want to have to open and read 73 emails all asking for a slot for the same person, kwim? And nope, you can't get more than one slot by having someone help you. Sorry guys!

Good luck to everyone!

Jessie's Princess CrazyLegs

I have to admit- this is one my favorite pairs of Crankypants I've done. I had permission to go totally crazy with the stripes, so I took advantage of it. I made the two legs a little different, but not enough where it looks completely nuts. I just inversed the colors in the stripe pattern on the second leg. I think I might have gone a little crazy with the picture taking too...






I can't wait to see pictures of what they look like on!

Whhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I am absolutely over the moon to be included in the Autumn issue of Small Magazine! I think that Small is one of the best kids' design mags out there, so a I am so flattered and excited to be in among all those amazing pictures and such cool kids' gear. Yay!

WIPs

Well, with all this talk about how to order Crankypants and assembling a wait list for Crankypants and stocking the Hyena Cart for Crankypants, I haven't had too much time to actually knit Crankypants.

I do, however, have a couple of WIPs to post pictures of...

Some crazy legs:


And for the literary FEAST stocking coming up in September...

Gryffindor Power!!!

And inspired by Pippi in the South Seas:

...I'll be offering a super duper girly semi-custom Jolly Roger slot using this amazingly soft, amazingly cool organic Blue Faced Leicester hand dyed by Kelly of New Wool Order:

I can't wait to get my needles into that stuff!

Also- I need to ask you to please be patient with the wait list business. I have missed a few emails from people and I am not getting notification of my comments on the other blog. This means I had to go back and stick some names in where they should have been in the first place, which bumped a few people down. Now that the initial email barrage is over and I know to manually check comments I hope that won't happen again.

The Brown Sheep

I almost forgot! Super duper thanks to Parikha over at The Brown Sheep for the kind words! Her blog is absolutely gorgeous, and if you want to drool over amazing pictures of yarn and/or food, go check her out.

Proud mama...

I have been missing Henry since he's at school all day now, so in the evening we have been taking "picture walks" together. He takes the camera, strap around his neck (and me holding the strap-that camera ain't chap, lol) and we walk around the block. He takes pictures of whatever interests him. Then we come home and look at them together. I have loooooved this time with him, especially since bedtime has been a nightmare for us lately. I am so excited that he is excited about photography, and documenting the world around him. He is such a cool kid. And here are some of his photographs:

Rockin' mama

big red rocker

the gigantic tree in the front yard

fire hydrant

Tommy's prayer flags

the sky

rainy bike seat

door knobs



And here he is showing me his hand boo boo:



And his knee boo boos (check out those awesome undies from Sublime Threads-Sonya rocks!):



I finally told him he had to wear sneakers to school because I think the Crocs have been tripping him up when he runs. He's fallen 3 times on the black top this week! Not usual for him. We'll see if he made it through today without wiping out again.

Speaking of which, I shoudl get some work done before he gets home...

Orders of busyness...

1. I edited the list, so if you were worried that you didn't see your name, you should see it now. I can only spend a limited amount of time on this thing, as I am currently 4 orders behind for August and am looking at Friday with a wee bit of dread, knowing that it is going to start all over again. If you DON'T see your name and you sent me an email, let me know. There were 2 people who sent emails that didn't go through, so I had to get their timestamps and add them in. I am happy to do that for anyone who was left off. In the deluge, it was only fair to expect a few to slip through the cybercracks.

2. I added a new rule on the wait list rules post. I know it is going to cause some eyes to roll but whatever, here it is: Lastly, and I know I can't enforce this, I ask that you please not buy these from me and then turn around and auction them off for a bajillion dollars. I know it is a free market, supply and demand, yay Capitalism! and all that. I just don't think it's fair to me or to the people who are waiting patiently for their turn to come up so they can have something they really want for their own little beastie. Nope, there's nothing I can do about it, but I can ask nicely and hope that people listen. I also ask you to think hard about if you want to bid on one of those auctions, because if people make money this way it will encourage others to do the same thing. I know it is difficult to look at yourself in #54680 on the list and not bid, that's fine. No hard feelings. I just ask you to give it a good think first.

3. I finished up Ms. Laura's boy monster longies:




4. I am going to start auctions on Thursday at Hyena Cart, so be on the lookout for them.

5. People have started emailing me about the customs list process, so here it is. I think I'm going to put it on the wait list page, too...

I open for custom orders via email on the first of each month. All you have to do is email me on the first letting me know that you would like to place a custom order. I take as many orders as I can for the month (usually I sell out at midnight EST) and everyone else goes on a waiting list. It starts all over again each month. I know it is crazy, but it is the only way that works for the time being. I am working on an ethical expansion, but it is slow going. Crankypants longies run from $68-85 and shorties from $48-65 depending on measurements and design. I do my very best to complete all custom orders the month the order is taken so, depending where you fall on the list, turnaround time is anywhere between 1-5 weeks. If you have any other questions please feel free to email.

I am adding to that for you folks who have had contact with me in the past- I don't mind if you use my personal email for the midnight email slots, both addresses go to the same inbox. BUT...I'd appreciate it if you don't post my personal email address online. If someone asks on the boards where to order, please only post the info@... address. Thanks guys!

Ta DAAAAA!

My wonderful sister in law and love gave me the great suggestion of just giving the wait list a blog of its very own. It is here:
Classic Crankypants Wait List.

I also reposted the rules over there, so I hope that people will read them and not be confuzzled as to what the list is all about. I also put a link to the list/blog over there in the sidebar, underneath the other Crankypants links. That way you don't have to keep track of yet another blog address, you can just come here and click the link. I will keep editing that same blog post as I go down the list, so there should always just be "The Rules" and "The List". It isn't a blog I will actually write on.

Please note:::: I have a few pairs of Classic Crankypants here right now! They just need to be finished. So if you see someone who is behind you on the list initially get theirs first it is because I happened to have what they need right now. There are only a few and once they are gone it will be straight down the list.

"Zeee Leeeeest, Master!"

Or, more correctly, The Master List. I am trying to figure out the best way to do this and am coming up blank so I'm just going to wing it.

The Rules

1. The wait list is only for the three classic Crankypants designs in their classic colors.





They come in 4 standard sizes:

3-6 months, 15-17" waist, 15-16" rise, 6.5" inseam
6-12 months, 16-18" waist, 16-17" rise, 8" inseam
12-18 months, 17-19" waist, 17-18" rise, 9" inseam
18-24 months, 18-20" waist, 18-19" rise, 10" inseam

I have had a lot of requests for "girly" colors in the classic designs. I'm thinking it over. I don't see why it won't work, but I'm not sure I want to commit to it quite yet. Shorties won't be a problem, use 1/3 of the longies inseam as a shorties inseam. This is stuff we can figure out when your turn gets closer so don't stress about it too much.

2. I have no clue what the wait time is going to be. My partner in crime and I are going to just work through them as quickly as possible. I am working on a way to keep the list posted so you can check your progress, but that is as close as I am going to be able to get to a turnaround time. If you are at the end somewhere, don't worry! I am going to use this list as a master, so the first shipment from Nepal (assuming that is going to work out-positive thinking, right?) will go towards filling this list.

3. I have gone back and forth about ordering more than one pair at a time. I think I am going to hold you to one pair. After your order for the first pair is filled I'll be happy to put you right back on the end of the list. I think that is only fair.

4. Folks are concerned that the size they need will change by the time their turn comes. I will email you when it is getting close to confirm all of the details you gave me in your original request. If you need to change sizing or want to change design at that point, that is totally cool with me. I just wanted to get a basic idea of what sizes are in the highest demand.

5. THIS IS NOT A LIST FOR CUSTOMS! It is also not replacing my current customs system. The customs system is the same as always, except that I won't be offering any BIN customs on Hyena Cart anymore.

6. The list is currently 86 people long. I don't want to type it all out until I have a way to manage it that you guys can keep up with. It will be up by the time I go to bed tonight, I promise! I just have to figure out how to make it public without you guys having to always come back to a certain blog post. I am trying to see if I can put it on the sidebar in a different way. Hang in there, I know you guys are curious!

I think that's it for now. Let me know if I missed anything!

Holy Kamolies!

That's Henry's new phrase.

Wow, but I got a lot of emails tonight! I have gotten a few concerned emails that I have responded to some emails but not others so folks are afraid I didn't get their emails and whatnot (wow, could I use the word 'emails' a few more times? Did that even make sense?). I'm only responding to folks who left off information or who asked a questions, so don't worry if I didn't email you back. There are too many of you to email back individually, I'm sorry! I tried posting the list as it came together on the sidebar of this blog but it is a weird list making thingie and it went from bottom to top and only showed the most recent 8 additions to the list. No good to anyone and quite confusing. Tomorrow I will figure out a way to post the list so you guys can keep track of your progress to the top. It seems long, but I am hoping that once I have help it will go quickly and everyone will be Crankified this longies season. Those of you who are my faithful readers know that I have to be up at the crack of dawn to go wrangle 65 3rd graders, so I am off to bed. I'll answer any and all questions and get the list up tomorrow. If you see folks who don't read the blog voicing concern over issues I've talked about here or looking for sizes or whatever, could you point them in the right direction? I'll have a more making sense type post tomorrow, I promise. Now, I must sleep.

Sweet dreams.

A Buncha Stuff...

First off, April's Rainbow Striped Monster Longies:



To continue with business stuff before I lose you all, I have kind of a big change to the Crankypants system. Starting now, I am going to keep a master wait list for people who are interested in purchasing the 3 classic Crankypants designs: Monster Booty, Sock Monkey and Jolly Roger in their classic colors and standard sizes.

This means:

3-6 months, 15-17" waist, 15-16" rise, 6.5" inseam
6-12 months, 16-18" waist, 16-17" rise, 8" inseam
12-18 months, 17-19" waist, 17-18" rise, 9" inseam
18-24 months, 18-20" waist, 18-19" rise, 10" inseam

I had no idea there was such demand for those until I saw the recent auction that went for more than 3 times the original sale price. I do occasionally have extras of these standard sizes (right now I have 3-4) and I think we'll all be happier if I can have a wait list for them as opposed to just randomly putting them up at Etsy or Hyena Cart. Soooo...email me at info@crankypantshome.com or comment here if you'd like to be on the wait list. Include the design and size you would like to wait for. I'll just go right down the list as the become available. This will also serve as a wait list I can use once this fair trade deal gets worked out. Those on the list will get first crack at the first shipment. THIS IS NOT A LIST FOR CUSTOM ORDERS! I know that Mahar has a similar list, so hopefully between the two of us you will all be swimming in Crankypants soon. I will be making this list public (first name, last initial) so you can see where you are. If you do not want your name to appear on the public list, please let me know when you sign up.

This is one of a few changes I anticipate at Crankypants World HQ. A few things have happened this month that have made me sit down and really evaluate what I want from this business. From now on I'll only be using Hyena Cart for auctions. People have obviously responded to the auction method of buying, so I am going to increase the number to 4 in September. I am hoping that with 4 auctions they will give those who like the auctions a chance to bid and not get priced out in the first 5 minutes. There will be 2 auctions before the first and 2 after. All other custom orders will be taken through the midnight crazy email thing. Since I have to also prepare for the FEAST stocking on Sept. 3 and my guest spot at the Venus Vanguard stocking on Sept. 11, I'll only be taking 5 slots via email in September.

If you have any questions about any of this stuff, please feel free to send me an email. I am taking a break from all of the posting boards, so if you see anyone asking questions, I'd appreciate it if you Crankypants experts help them out or send them my way.

I'm Awesome!

I got almost down to the bottom of the leg I was knitting in 4 color stripe when I noticed it. About 7 stripes up I had made a mistake. I knit into the ladder below the stitch I was trying to knit, creating an uneven looking stripe. I showed Kyle, who of course told me I should forget about it because no one would notice. And of course I couldn't leave it alone.



If you count the rows in that blue stripe, they all have 5 rows per, except for my wonky column which has 4. I pointed to it just in case Kyle was right. All marvel at my mad PhotoShop skillz...



I dropped the stitch all the way down through 7 stripes.



And picked it all back up creating a perfect blue stripe, as it should have been in the first place.

Kyle claims that no one will be impressed because no one will be able to see the mistake anyway (and it really isn't that difficult of a fix), but I had to post pictures anyway. I'm a dork.

Awesomely Cute Customer Pics!

I love these kinds of posts...

Drama, mama!

When I saw the thread at DS this morning, I looked like this:



Oh, I'm just kidding. I think I'm going to try not to talk about board business here anymore. That picture is from the LEAF rock star party benefit last night. I was Robert Smith.







I know, right? I think we might have been separated at birth. I was trying to look forlorn. Henry took that last one. The benefit was great. Unfortunately, Kyle and Henry were both tired and grumpy so they stayed home and it was about 7000 degrees in there, so I got my free drink and my gold record (an award for my "outstanding contribution"-go me!) and headed home to sit on the couch, eat a fudgeicle and watch Damages. I don't know how people wear make up every day. I scrubbed for a half hour when I got home and it still wouldn't come off completely. People at work today were like "Are you wearing make up?" and ran away, fearing that the end of the world was upon us.

My New Boyfriend.

I would like to introduce you all to my new boyfriend. I love him so very much. He came straight to me from the monster crazed and amazingly talented Voz of Fishcakes, who did all of the other members of my loverly monster family as well.



World, meet Sir Grumpypants. Sir Grumpypants, meet world.

MIchelle and Finnegan's Navy Monster, etc.

Michelle and Finnegan's navy monster booty longies are done! I absolutely love this color combination! You guys are always coming up with great color choices that I might never have thought of myself. I love it.





I did another batch of record bowls today and if I do one more batch tomorrow, I should have plenty for the LEAF party. I hope they like them.





Well, back to the 7 million things I have to do before picking Henry up from his very first day at school! I meant to take a first day of school picture this morning but things were so crazy I didn't get a chance. A year ago...



*sniff sniff*