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 [...]

I mean I've always been quite clear about being easily amused. I never suggested I had a particularly sophisticated taste or an especially nuanced perspective on the world. But even I am somewhat concerned by how amusing the tiny knitting robot* and its tiny, perfect icord output are to me. I mean I take comfort from the notion that I am at least in good company, for quite a few of you seem to be as amused as I am. And clearly you are all competent adults who make good choices and run your lives smoothly and without the intervention [...]

Yesterday I went by Ontheround (which yes, is in the next town over, between me and the big grocery store, because I live in fairyland...or Maine, same thing) and picked up the last of the yarn for the kits (because we needed more after the first batch because y'all are cool like that). Then I came home, stuffed envelopes, printed labels, and got everything out for the postman this morning. That means all the kits have gone in the mail. Lots of them have already arrived (because I split the shipping on this one up into a couple of batches [...]

Hi, have I mentioned I'm autistic as hell? Because oh, oh yeah, oh yeah that's kinda key to understanding who I am and what I do. If you want to hear me natter on about that at length, check out the most recent episode of The Autistic Voice Project podcast where I talk about how my brain works and why being autistic makes me good at my job and why I'd rather be weird enough that you either love me or find me hideously annoying (because my god that's more efficient than trying to be boring enough to be tolerated [...]

I am, once again, amused by my tiny army of robots. This one is by Prym.* It makes a four stitch tube with small needles (I have another one by Addi* that makes a 6 stitch tube with bigger needles), and it runs like a champ. You can watch me spin it over here if you're so inclined. This is part of the ongoing 'fill a tree...or maybe a wreath if a tree is too ambitious' project that's taking up the rest of my year, and you will be seeing more of the results soon! *Affiliate link, because while amazon [...]

I'm spending the rest of the year knitting ornaments from my patterns in my friend Rachel's yarn, and right now I'm knitting marshmallows! If you want to knit them along with me, anyone signed up for my Patreon (at any level, yes even the free one) can get the marshmallow pattern on the newest Patreon newsletter right over here. (Oh and if you want the acorns, they went out on my previous Patreon newsletter, which you can get right over here.)  This is totally my (not-so-sneaky) sneaky way of suggesting 'heeeeey, you might wanna sign up for at least the [...]