How tall
Folks often ask me how tall they should make their hats. And it always sort of strikes me as a funny question, sort of like saying 'how long should I make the leg of my sock' or 'how deep should I make this cowl.' I can tell you how long mine is, I can offer a suggestion or two, but the real answer is 'however tall/long/deep you like it!' Now, that doesn't mean there aren't some guidelines. The first one I ever came across was in Knitting Rules by none other than the Yarn Harlot herself. She says “the distance [...]
Now with more speckles
The speckly hat has continued to grow. I'll admit it can be hard to tell, because one row looks rather a lot like the last, but I assure you it is indeed taller. The real question now is do I keep the lines going as they have been for the whole hat, or do I send them careening back the other way for the second half. I'm leaning slightly toward option one, but I think either would be adorable. And of course I do have a second skein of yarn, so I may well let this one carry on as [...]
Meanwhile
So, it's been sort of all book all the time around here, but I have managed to grab the occasional spare moment and actually knit (not many mind you...but every now and then). There's a hat underway. It started out something like that. Then it was more like that. And these days it's more like this. It's the simplest little thing ever (two row repeat, mostly stockinette, easy to pick up and bang out a row when you have a minute), which makes it the perfect thing for the craziness of launch week. All the interest comes from the yarn [...]
And done!
The postman just took the first round of books away, and with that, the preorder is done! The e-version is live (if you put it in your library during the preorder, you should have gotten a notice from ravelry, and the full version should be in your ravelry library now), and the paper versions have started shipping (that's some of the ones that went out today, there will be more on Friday and Saturday). Now all that's left to do is cast on! Save
So Many Labels
You guys are awesome! You've helped get Curls 2 off to a tremendously good start, and I can't thank you enough. I will be spending today and tomorrow and probably Friday too printing envelopes and packing books (this is a good thing, it's what I want to be doing during the preorder). Your books will start going out in tomorrow's mail (and the eversion will go live tomorrow afternoon). But if you're just itching to cast something on now and don't want to wait, I wanted to remind you that all of my other books available through ravelry are 25% [...]
Preorders are Open
It's live! Head over to the book's page to get your copy! Just as a reminder, both the paper and electronic versions are on sale during the preorder. Also, once Curls 2 is in your ravelry library, you'll find that any of my other books are 25% off on ravelry. The electronic version will go live and the paper books start shipping on August 18. You'll be casting on in no time!
Curls 2 Preorder Schedule
Curls 2 goes up for preorder early next week. I'm keeping this one pretty streamlined, but I still want to lay out the schedule ahead of time, just so everyone knows what to expect! Tuesday morning, August 16: Preorders open During the preorder, both the paper and electronic books are $3.00 off the regular price ($18.95 instead of $21.95). As always, if you order the physical book directly from me, you’ll get the electronic book for free. Once you have Curls 2 in your ravelry library, you'll notice something nifty. Any of my other books available through ravelry will be [...]
Curls 2 Q&A
So, guess what's happening next week... Curls 2 is coming out on Tuesday the 16th (and I'll explain everything you could possibly want to know about the preorder in a day or two), but today I thought I'd see if I could cover any questions you might have about the book! What's in the book? Fourteen brand new curls! Lacy curls. Cabled curls. Reversible curls. Textured curls. They're all in there! You can see them over on ravelry if you want lots of pics, but here's a little preview all in one place! What's it look like? Folks always ask [...]
Swatches
We're going to consider this a lesson on the virtues of swatching. I'm dying to do something with this yarn (from Spun Right Round, the color name is Bug Jar, because I know one of you is going to want it too). But speckled yarn seems to require a bit of extra care in pattern selection. It seems that things with a lot of stockinette show it off best. But as much as I like wearing things with great huge swaths of stockinette, I can't actually stand knitting it. So the most low key way I could think of to [...]
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