We're having a KAL for Scintillation, and I'd be delighted if you joined us!  I find I want to knit a few more of these, but it feels like some sort of breach of etiquette to knit in my own KAL.  So I'm going to pretend that what I'm doing is using a few more stars as a way to talk about some finer points of making these.  But we all know what I'm really doing is indulging myself and making a few more.  But don't tell anyone, ok? [pexcirclecta pex_attr_small_title="knitalong" pex_attr_title="SCINTILLATION" pex_attr_button_text="Join Us!" pex_attr_button_link="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/pantsville-press/3826530/" pex_attr_button_link_open="new"][/pexcirclecta] So the most common [...]

Alrighty, since I don't seem to be the only one smitten by these, we're going to have a KAL!  You can grab the pattern right here.  And once you have it, come join the KAL over here. As you can see, I may have accidentally cast on another one myself (this is a lie, there's more than one)...I'll chat a bit in some blog/ig posts over the next few days and weeks about things like casting on, circs vs dpns, sizing, blocking, and stuffing the stars. If you have specific things you’d like me to talk about, let me know [...]

I won't keep you waiting any longer...Scintillation is out, you can grab it on ravelry now (it's 10% off with the code SPARKLE through Friday), and you can totally have one of these finished by tomorrow. I will warn you that they're rather habit forming.  I had to be quite firm and make myself stop knitting them so I could take pictures and bring the pattern out. But I don't think you'll have any trouble finding homes for the ones you make.  I've had quite a few folks sort of quietly mention "my those are lovely and wouldn't they come [...]

 Hi, did you just find this from pinterest?  If you're looking for the star pattern, it's right over here!   Remember? Remember when I was downright scandalized I'd knit thirteen of these things? Yeah, well, those were the good old days.  I had to cut myself off at 21 (by which I mean I made myself go out and take the pictures for the pattern...because if I waited until I was sick of knitting these to take the pictures, I'd totally miss the launch date). The pattern is due out Tuesday, meaning you'll have plenty of time to knit a [...]

It's the nature of yarn to be sneaky.  Some yarn limits itself to basic tricks...tying itself in knots when your back is turned, developing mysterious breaks while sitting safely in your knitting basket, subtly changing color in a way that only becomes apparent once the project is finished.  But some yarn has more gumption...some yarn likes to shrink when you're not looking so you run out of yarn with five rounds to go on your project.  And the harder it is to get more of that yarn (say...a small batch yarn, only ever available from one far-away supplier, that's been [...]

So...books are arriving in mailboxes (yay!), and I've heard from a tiny handful of folks with some very nice version of 'erm...I think my book is maybe missing the download code, help?'  Luckily, the download codes are all totally there.  They're just under some shiny silver scratch off stuff. All you need to do is scratch off the silver bit and you'll see your code right there (be civilized and use a coin or the edge of a credit card, or be a savage like me and just use your fingernail).  Now of course if you ever do find a [...]

Alrighty, it's time for a genera update post.  Because there's rather a lot going on, and it's all swimming around in my head, and I want it out of my head and in one place so I can point you guys at it when you ask.  So, in more or less chronological order: Firmament preorder is done (yay!), books have started arriving in mailboxes across the land.  If you missed it, you can ask your yarn shop to carry the paper one (I promise, they like that, I like that, it's good for everyone) or look on amazon, or you [...]

And with that, the preorder is officially done! The full eversion is live on ravelry now (check your ravelry library for the update).  The vast majority of the books are in the mail (the orders that came in during the last hour or so of the preorder remain, but I'll take care of them today and they'll be in tomorrow's mail).  If you didn't have a chance to grab yours, yarn shops will start to carry it in the next few days, and some time next week or so amazon will have it as well. That was great fun (first [...]

So, this is what the garage looked like Saturday morning. I figured no one would mind if I got the first round out a little ahead of time, and I had a better chance of staying on speaking terms with the postman if I didn't wait till Tuesday and do them all at once.  More will go out today, and more still on Tuesday. You've got until Tuesday at noon to grab the book at the preorder discount.  Once the clock hits noon on Tuesday, I'll set the last of the books out, turn off the preorder, and send out the [...]