Countdown
So, I try to do something rather scandalous in December. I try to rest. Which, admittedly, I'm not very good at (I say, glancing at my calendar for the year and counting up the 19 individual patterns and 7 patterns in a book I put out this year). But I am trying. And a big part of the way I do that is by not bringing out a new pattern in December and instead shamelessly showing off some of my favorite existing patterns. I've been doing this designing thing for, um, a while now. And it's way too easy to [...]
Indie Gift-A-Long
It's that time of year again. Well actually, that works on several counts. It's Indie Gift-A-Long time, and it's also, for at least some of you, panicked gift knitting time. Now first, I'm going to say right at the top that I think you should only knit gifts if you want to (and please oh please only for people who are worth the time), and you should probably spend way more of your precious time (and yarn!) knitting awesome things for yourself. But if you're the sort who is so darn nice you just can't stop yourself from knitting for [...]
Bright
If you've been here a while, you know all about this. You know that this is a compunction that comes on me this time of year. A compunction that I am more or less helpless to resits. I spend a few minutes folding a bunch of these. Then carefully carefully glueing them together (the glue dots are new this year and so far, they are a tremendous improvement over previous methods). Rinse and repeat until the urge passes or I run out of window space. People always always always ask, so yes, I can tell you how to do it. [...]
Not very glamorous, but…
How about we start the week off with an unlovely photo of a rather lovely thing? That's the first batch of books all set out for the post office to pick up today. A few more will go out tomorrow (at which point I will go sit somewhere quiet and pretty and do nothing at all productive or industrious for several consecutive hours). Now, let me see if I can't preemptively answer a few likely questions: But what about my e book? If you ordered just the electronic version (and not the paper version), you'll get [...]
And done!
Well, done is a tricky concept on anything to do with a book...they tend to have tentacles. But the preorder officially is done! I'll be spending the weekend stuffing envelopes and printing labels and generally doing all the admin things it takes to get several hundred pounds of mail out in the world. If you missed the preorder, you'll be able to get the ebook on ravelry next week, or you can ask your LYS to order the paper book for you (it will be on amazon at some point too, but I like to give yarn shops a chance [...]
Last call!
The Shoreland preorder closes today (that's Friday, November 22nd) at noon eastern time. This is your official last call to grab the book at the preorder discount. I'll be spending the weekend stuffing envelopes (I'll show off the stack of them before they start going out...it's somehow very satisfying to say 'look...look what we did!'). The eversion goes live and paper books start showing up in mailboxes on Tuesday the 26th, so you won't have long to wait!
Let’s show off more socks
Ok, we're juuuuust about to the end of the preorder, which means I'm up to my elbows in mailing labels and book boxes (because you are all awesome, thank you!). So while I do that (which is important, but not photogenic), how about I show off the rest of the socks! These are Netted, and they're in Apex by Seven Sisters Arts in the color Water Nymph. This is what happens when you just give in and indulge your shameless fascination with teeny tiny twisted stitch cables and let them run wild and do whatever they want! These are Poised, and [...]
Let’s show off the socks
Holy smokes that was a busy day! The preorder opened yesterday and it seems like you folks do, indeed, still like socks (which is lovely, I'd have felt really bad if it turned out socks were out this year!). So, while I tend the inbox (I *think* I've gotten back to everyone who has written to me, but between email, ravelry, instagram, twitter, and blog comments, it's always possible I overlooked something, if you got in touch and haven't heard from me, an email to hunter at pantsvillepress dot com is always the best way to reach me) and do [...]
Shoreland preorder is open!
The Shoreland preorder is open! You can grab yours right over here. The preorder runs through Friday, and you won't have long to wait for your book. Paper books start going in the mail this weekend (everyone's book will be in the mail within one week of their order, though a lot of them tend to go out sooner), and the full electronic book will go live on ravelry on the 26th. If you're looking for more info on the patterns, they're all up on ravelry over here. And you can read all the gory details of the preorder schedule [...]
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