Traditions
I don't really do Christmas. I don't do presents, I don't do a tree, I don't do a turkey. I mostly think of it as socially sanctioned down time and enjoy the opportunity to have a bit of guilt free rest. But somehow, I still make these. Pretty much every year. I grew up making them and they soothe the part of my brain that takes great joy in bringing order and structure to chaos. Every time I post about them, it becomes awfully clear that quite a few of you like them too. And, while I am officially not [...]
Countdown 3
Today only, Indomitable is on sale on ravelry for 25% off with the code COUNTDOWN. All the fancy bits are in the cuff. Once you're done with the cuff (which is alarmingly lovely if I do say so myself), the rest is just ribbing, which more or less flies. Oh and don't worry...I have you knit them with the mostly knit side facing out (not the mostly purl side), so you won't actually be knitting as many purl stitches as that looks like. I'm not a monster! What’s up? I’m doing a December countdown! Now through Christmas Eve, I’m putting one pattern [...]
Countdown 2
Today only, Sybaritic is on sale on ravelry for 25% off with the code COUNTDOWN. The foot is the secret here…it’s what makes these quick enough to consider for gift knitting (if you’re starting early…and you’re a fast knitter…and you’re still feeling optimistic about the month ahead…). It’s mostly stockinette, which is about as speedy as can be. You can do it! What’s up? I’m doing a December countdown! Now through Christmas Eve, I’m putting one pattern a day on sale for 25% off (I’m starting with socks and moving on to quicker and quicker projects as the month goes on). Each sale only [...]
Countdown 1
Today only, Anemochory is 25% off with the code COUNTDOWN. Alrighty…I know a lot of you are shockingly quick knitters (seriously, I’ve seen you turn out a pair of socks in a long weekend). But socks are still a bit of an undertaking, so if you’re knitting them as presents, I want to make sure you’ve got plenty of time. So we’ll start the countdown off with socks! These work up fairly quickly (the pattern is simple enough you’ll have it memorized in no time), and it’s early in the month…you’re still unreasonably optimistic, right? Right! What’s up? I’m doing a December countdown! Now [...]
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 [...]
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