There’s been quite a buzz this spring around the Princess Animal abode. Oh yes. Because Our tiny palace, where the Princess lays Her majestical monkey head (not, we repeat, NOT the store), has been infested ONCE AGAIN with a swarm of black flies. A denizen of the public house the Princess frequents, the Dovre, claimed that he also has received a visitation of the creatures. “My God!” he cried. “We must have had ten flies in the house.”

Ten, my naive little friend, does not an infestation make. Let’s up that number. To literally hundreds. Thankfully in one room. Mmm, delicious!

Why mention these flies in what is ostensibly a craft blog? No reason at all, except that it’s practically all that’s on Our mind these days. And that there’s a rather sharp contrast between the plague of unholy visitors in one room and the Princess feverishly knitting a sweet pea green Shibui baby dress in honor of Her subject Amy’s human baby that’s being hatched about now. The more buzzing, the more knitting. Accompanied by the constant buzzing. “It was the buzzing of his hideous heart!”

In other more exciting and perhaps more pertinent news to you, gentle reader, is the exciting fact of another Craft Night coming up. And this one’s going to be very special indeed.

We are joining forces with Retro Fit, that bastion of foppish forward-thinking fashion folk who festoon themselves with feathers and fake fur, to bring you “Back to the Lab: an Abby Normal Princess Animal Craft Night Production.”

For one night only, we shall bring down the golden curtain for a special craft-while-you-laugh showing of “Young Frankenstein.” This will be accompanied by bubblegum-infused vodka jello, in the shape of brains. Unless We are feeding you reals brains. You’ll be so hopped up on craft and cocktails, you won’t know the difference.

The deets:

Date: Thursday, May 26th
Time: 7p-10ish
Location: Retro Fit Vintage, 910 Valencia (b/w 20th & Liberty)
Why: In honor of Princess Animal’s creating a new yarn in the lab, that’s right

Also, you can wigs and falsh eyelashes & custom tshirts, so put on your big girl crocheted panties and get over there.

Meanwhile, anyone got tips on eradicating this disgusting fly mess? Penny in the bag o’ water doesn’t count. It only distracts them, not kills them. And make no mistake: killing is Our business.

Here at Princess Animal Labs, We’re constantly busy cooking up THE PRODUCTS OF TOMORROW. Well, not literally tomorrow, but any day now.

This post gives you a sneak peek of the soon-to-be-unleashed-on-the-world yarn line created in collaboration between Her Insane Majesty (that’d be Princess Animal) and Sincere Sheep Yarn of Sonoma. We can’t tell you much about it yet, except that it’s going to be all hippy organic, very local and supremely awesome.

The pic is of test swatches…which are being tweaked for optimum pleazshure. When finally unleashed, you will probably weep tears of joy, or feel like like you’ve seen God, or enter another plane of existence where All is Being and One and “To Be” is represented solely by a giant slab of rock and a pair of pretty socks. This line of yarn will also end world hunger, cause enemies to lay down their arms and become brothers, cure cancer and finally lay aside the violent debate of whether the TP should go under or over the roll.

The point is, you should gird your loins and get ready. For reals.

More stuff that’s new! new! new!:

We’re psyched to announce the addition of Pigeonroof Studios to our ever-increasing stable of yarnage. Pigeonroof is independently dyed, made in Oakland, and comes in delish colors like Honey & Morocco, in a fabulous blend of silk and merino and niceness. Make it into something gorgeous now, right now!

And also, tons of colors of Cascade Cotton Rich DK for spring and summer crafting. And of course, more books than you can shake a stick at. Although that phrase doesn’t make any sense. Technically, you could shake a stick at anything, no matter how large or small. You could shake a stick at the whole world, if you had a mind to. And We do.

To celebrate these many new new things, we also are having a contest in the Merry Month of May. Craft your own Human Centipede out of yarn parts (only yarn or felt, please, no actual human parts), post your pic, and the Princess in Her Magnificence will judge the winner–who shall be accorded one FREE skein of Pigeonroof Studios yarn–a $25 value! For reals.

Oh yes. We’re also gearing up for next Xmas/Channukah, Kwanzaa/Intergalactic Awesomeness Day, so please let us know if you have any yarn or book or crafty funness you’d like Us to carry. Fabu!