(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 [...]

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 [...]