Curls
Wow! You guys are awesome. Enough of you showed up that you crashed the server. The Boy has done some frantic typing (and I have done some helpful swearing) and thing seem to be back on track (slow, but working). If you're still having problems, get in touch and we'll get it sorted out. Thanks guys, I'm totally blown away by your excitement! The presale starts today! You can get the book right here, or just click on the giant picture of the book's cover below to be taken directly to the right spot. Just a few tiny bits [...]
Q&A
You've got questions, I've got answers. Let's see if I can be all cool and answer them in advance! What's in the book? Patterns for 14 lovely, asymmetrical, wearable wraps that you can knit at any gauge and with any weight of yarn. You can see pictures of them over here or in the picture below. And, just to make sure your knitting goes smoothly, there are sections exploring the relationship between gauge and needle choice, detailing how to read a chart, and outlining the best way to block your Curl. There's also a discussion of how Curls work, just [...]
Curls Preorder Schedule
Curls: Versatile, Wearable Wraps to Knit at Any Gauge goes on sale Friday. As always, I've got some great discounts for folks who buy early. But, to make things even more fun, I've also arranged for some marvelous little goody bags (full of all sorts of knitterly tools and indulgences) for the first 250 people to buy the paper version! I know placing a preorder is a bit of an act of trust, so I want to lay out the whole schedule here, just so you know what to expect and when things will happen (and of course, just ask [...]
Ready, Set, …
So did I mention the new book? The one that goes up for presale on Friday? Well, I mean I know I've mentioned it in passing (if you look back at old posts tagged sneakypants, you can see many of the things I've said about it) , but I think I've actually been fairly circumspect about its contents. Given that it's coming out this Friday, I think we can likely lift the veil just a bit, don't you? How about a quick shot of some of the test pages the printer sent? I'll have a proper picture of all the [...]
Conflict
What I want to do is tell you all about our trip and the lovely things we did while we were gone. What I should do is tell you all about the new book that's going up for preorder on Friday. So let's strike a compromise. I'll share three pictures from the trip (because three pictures of someone else's vacation is all anyone should be asked to tolerate), and then we'll talk about the book tomorrow. Sound fair? We spent an unreasonable amount of time watching the sky do this. We spent even more time climbing all over these rocks [...]
Loot
I went to Rhinebeck and didn't buy yarn. I know this sounds a bit odd, but I get rather frazzled when I find myself somewhere crowded. I bailed out after less than three hours. I wanted very badly to be elsewhere, so we left. Luckily, we were up in Maine after Rhinebeck, and Maine seems to be exceptionally well supplied with yarn stores. I visited quite a few of them. Of course we went into Portland, which means of course we went to KnitWit, which means of course I bought yarn from Quince & Co. Rather a lot of yarn actually. [...]
And a Good Plan it Was
There was a plan. It was a plan that involved me finishing the hat and the mitts while we were up here and taking pictures here. I even demonstrated an impressive amount of forethought and planning by bringing appropriate blocking gear and the stuff to make my hair all shiny and well behaved. But then, the leftover yarn proved too much for me to resist, and I had to make a neck thing. Alas, the neck thing won't be done while we're here (close, but not quite). And while I did bring mitt blockers (as you do), I did not [...]
Toasty
I'm clearly overdue to tell you about Rhinebeck. My only excuse is that we've gone of on a bit of an excursion after, and, when faced with the choice between staring at my computer or gazing out across the water, the water wins. But I have found one of the things I picked up at the show to be especially useful on the trip. You see, I did an odd thing. I didn't buy any yarn at Rhinebeck. I know this is a bit scandalous, but alas it's true (don't worry, I have remedied this on the rest of the [...]
Extras
The hat and cuffs are done. Even done and blocked. But there was far too much yarn left to just let it sit about unused, so I decided to do an alarmingly small scarf. It will be a wee little thing, just the sort of fluff that wraps around your neck and pins in place with a lovely fastener (I may possibly have obtained said fastener when I stopped by String Theory, but that's a story for another time). It's well underway and will be shown off more in the days to come.
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