Right, first things first. Here is the link to download the very pretty and free knitted vest pattern I mentioned a few posts ago.
Wicked Eyelet Rib Vest

I already emailed to my knitting friend SG, so at least I remembered to do that.  Meanwhile I have about 65 tabs open in Firefox with all the things I need to remember to do, so now I’ve done this, that’s one less tab I need.

Next up is a fun thing I saw on Twitter.  Click on the link and then draw your cursor across the screen and see the kitty run.  Run kitty run (another tab gone from FF)

Is it going to rain click in the big yellow box and type in your zip or postal code and you’ll get instant weather predictions and find out if it’s is in fact going to rain.  (deletes yet another tab)

Classic Elite Yarns – list of all their issues with free patterns to download, it’s where the wicked eyelet vest above comes from.  (another tab gone, I am doing so well here)

UK Handmade – quite a new site.  Click on the image on the home page to download a free copy of their magazine (winter issue).  It’s a .pdf file and about 90 pages so give it a little time.  (yup another tab down)

Heart-o-matic – I don’t know why I like this so much as you can get most of the info from Etsy but this site allows you to view who hearts your shop, individual items, how many item views and also quickly do the same for other Etsy sellers.

The rest I’ll put behind a more tag for the LJ people since there’s video etc

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Just a reminder that today is the final posting day for overseas mail that is “guaranteed” to get there for Christmas (of course it doesn’t mean that if you post after today that it won’t get there but it’s not guaranteed)

Consequently Zazzle has free postage offers for today and Cafepress are giving free postage on their FLIP mini camcorders.

There are also lots of sales on Etsy today and this weekend, so now’s your chance to pick up something special at a discount. Remember too you can filter your browsing results by locality which is great if you want something in a hurry – order from someone close to where you live! I’ve been buying a few things there this week and it occurred to me that if anyone came up with handmade things for teenage BOYS they would make a fortune because there isn’t anything and they are so hard to buy for. I checked the gift guides on Etsy and not only is there nothing for teenage boys, men are not really catered for either. I guess it’s a girl thing huh? Wanting to have pretty shiny handmade things lol

*goes into man bag production overdrive*

Speaking of men, I was shopping in the men’s underwear section of Tesco last night because I’ sick of freezing (I’m tempted to say “nuts off” considering what I bought) and decided to invest in some thermal underwear! I bought some men’s long johns in attractive white with handy little pouch for storing things or keeping your mobile phone handy. I may have to dye them purple or something though as I don’t like white. Next week I’m going to get the matching t-shirt, also thermal

I bought the object of my fabric lust yesterday btw. There was never any doubt that I would buy it but I’m still short on ideas what to do with it when it arrives. It is very pretty though. I keep thinking moulin rouge and corsets. I don’t know why.

Only Vampires Love You Forever design remains my top seller on Zazzle. It’s now available in four colour options and it’s selling like hotcakes. Keychains in all designs are also flying off the shelves. I also added some embroidered hats, totes and t-shirts in two new forum related designs – 100% Book Addict and Paranormal Social Club. Probably doesn’t make a lot of sense now but it’s all part of my not so cunning plan.