Last call for kits!
Last call for kits! The preorder for the amazing kits that Little Skein Anne put together for Bookmarked is ending this weekend. If you find yourself desperate to make a tiny knitted book (fair, fair, who among us has not felt the urge) but slightly leery of tracking down all the bits and pieces you need to make them (I mean it's not that hard, but also we're all kinda overwhelmed right now, and maybe that's just one thing too many), the kits are just what you're looking for. Or, if you're like me, and you have a frankly alarming [...]
Q&A
Ok, tell me what you want to know about the stars! I've been writing knitting patterns long enough that I pretty much know where all the questions will be on those. But the stars are a slightly different thing (amazing how many of the pattern writing skills translate right over though, instructions are instructions no matter what you're making), and I want to make sure I answer any common questions. I've already got sections on supplies/materials (check out yesterday's post if you want links to the paper and other things I use in mine), general folding tips, putting them together, [...]
Star Stuff
The star book is just about ready! But I suspect a few of you may want to have your supplies ready when it comes out, so I wanted to do a quick run down of the things I use to make my stars. Paper The paper you use for these really matters. It needs to be translucent (so light can shine through it and show off all the layers). It needs to be lightweight (so you can fold it several times without it becoming too thick to work with). And it needs to hold a crisp fold (so your star [...]
Almost done!
The star book is juuuuuust about done! I spent yesterday afternoon outside getting pictures (they require the sun to be both bright and low in the sky, which happens for about 20 minutes on November afternoons in Maine, so it requires precision timing). The plan is for the book to come out at the very end of November. Anyone who is a patron at one of the levels where you get stuff (so that's the Utter, Rampant, or Complete Nonsense tiers) at any point from when it comes out until the end of January, 2023 will be able to download [...]
Sneaky Plan
The Sneaky plan is nearing completion. By which I mean all the components are knit, and blocked, and the ends woven in. And the pattern parts are written. And the scheming part is done (mostly...sometimes a scheme appears out of the blue and catches you by surprise and you have to run with it). All I need now is the right weather for pictures, and I'll be good to go (it rained all weekend and now it's blazing sun, neither of which are great for photos, but some time this week the weather is bound to behave, I just have [...]
There was a plan
So there was this whole plan whereby I was supposed to take pictures of those two baby hats you've been seeing around these parts on Friday. And then that didn't end up happening for a variety of good and valid reasons. Which in turn meant that I had time yesterday to sort of bang out a third one real quick. So now I have three baby hats. And a new plan. More or less. Now, if we can just get a nice overcast day so I can get outside and take, well, a whole bunch of pictures, I can bring [...]
Just this once
Ok fine. Fine it really is easier to see how these go together if they're moving around. So I shall fight my natural resistance to all things video and (grudgingly) wiggle them around a bit for the camera. But only because they're so damn cool that it feels like a shame not to show them off to their full advantage. Don't go thinking I'll make a habit of it or anything! I don't actually know how to get videos up here, so you'll have to go over to instagram to see it (yeah, I know, sorry, but I just [...]
Gratuitous feelings
Ok can I just be super sappy for a moment? Because you folks are making me so damn happy...These books have a surprising amount of big tender feelings hidden in them. I had the idea for them, um, a long long time ago. Like over two years ago. I knew I wanted a very particular color palette for them, and I knew Little Skein Anne's work had exactly the right vibe, so I asked if I could use her yarn, and she very graciously said yes. And then? Then, well, the last two years happened. And I don't know about [...]
Bookmarked
Bookmarked is out, and I'll answer the most important questions first. Yes, you can open them, yes you can put things in them! I mean really, I'm not a monster. I wouldn't give you an adorable little knitted book and not put a secret compartment inside. None of us have the emotional reserves for that right now. Or maybe it's just me that's feeling a little fragile at the moment—feeling a bone-deep longing for things that are safe and secure and secret and cozy. Though really, I suspect I'm not alone. I suspect we could all do with a bit [...]
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