Remember how I said I was going to talk about blocking these? Yeah, well if you want to watch a couple of videos of me talking you through that, you can do that over here (the videos are public, anyone should be able to see them). The gist in blocking anything (snowmen hats, people hats, or most anything else you can think of) is 'get it absolutely thoroughly soaked, wiggle it into shape, let it dry.' Everything beyond that is nuance. But blocking takes our friends' hats from this: Which is lovely but a bit rumpled...To this: Which is ever [...]

Psst, last call for the retired patterns, I'm taking them down tomorrow (Friday) morning! I sort of love going back through the retired patterns and remembering when I knit them and where I took the photos and what my life looked like when they were the shiny new thing. I can't quite manage the thought of updating and rereleasing them all (no seriously, it makes me want to take to my bed and sleep for a month, I really can't), but oh it's fun to visit with them from time to time! Clearly I'm a sucker for a good hat [...]

(Very nearly all of) the gauge card sets have been sent on their way, hurtling through the mail system. They went out Monday, and they should start arriving in mailboxes near you any day now. A couple of super local folks may even have already gotten theirs. A few of the second round (the ones that weren't supposed to hit the mail until the 10th) are going out in a day or two, but it actually looks like pretty much all of these should all be on the way well ahead of schedule! These were little enough that mailing them [...]

Pssst, Shiversome is the next in the ongoing project where I play with this lovely Ontheround yarn this season. I'll be doing a more formal post about it (I want to talk about blocking all the little bits) here in a day or two, but I figured no one would be made if I sent it out to folks today and then talked about blocking later in the week. Anyone who got the kits with the yarn should already have an email with the pattern. And anyone with a Rampant Nonsense membership can get the pattern over here!

I should tell you the retired patterns are back for a couple of days. But in truth, I would much rather tell you to go take a nap. But also I know a bunch of you really do want to grab a couple things while you can before they go back into retirement. ⁠So we'll compromise! I'll tell you about these slipper patterns, all of which you can grab right now and all of which might help get you in the right frame of mind to go take that nap.⁠       These are Quiescent (the blue one with [...]

Twice a year I bring (most of) the retired patterns back for a few days (usually in the summer and then around Thanksgiving). They're up now on ravelry and payhip (you'll know if you're looking at one of the retired ones because it will say so on the pattern page). I am not a big fan of feeling rushed, and I know your inbox is full of folks trying to get you to Hurry Up And Do A Commerce, so I figure maybe we'll take things a little slower. They'll be up for at least a week (I'll probably start [...]

Yeah. So. Those sold out. More specifically, the first batch sold out when patreon folks had access to them over the weekend. Then the second batch (the ones where I said 'I mean ok I can make more, but I probably can't ship them till the 10th because I gotta order more stuff') all sold out when I opened it up more broadly on Monday. Aaaaaand there are still apparently some folks who wanted them and weren't able to get them quick enough. So...I'm working on getting more. I'm working on it, but it I'm truly not sure if I'll [...]

Remember the little gauge cards (and the tiny, perfect scissors)? The ones I put in the last couple of kits? Well enough of you really, really, really wanted a way to get those on their own that I made it happen! You've got two choices (one with a stack of the cards to equip every project bag you're in charge of or hand out to friends at knitting group, one with both cards and scissors and stickers all packed up into a perfect little stocking stuffer). And they should (barring seamonster attack, natural disaster, or further escalation of the breakdown [...]