Wink
These are the last two teasers. No really, I promise. Friday (or maybe just possibly later this evening if I get all my ducks in a row and find myself unable to show restraint any longer) will see the unveiling of the book's website, details on when and how you'll be able to get the book, a new pattern for sale, and a special deal for the impatient eager among you. With any luck at all, it will have been worth the wait. In the meantime, we've got two more lovely socks to preview. First up is Salor. He's wearing [...]
Flip Your Hair
Yes, more snippets. I know it's mean, but it's better than nothing, right? And I promise you a whole pair of socks (and actual useful information) come Friday. Click any of these to see them in more detail So here we go. Our next lovely model is Yomut. He is wearing Knitting Notions' Classic Merino Sport in the color Dark Rose. I initially bought this yarn for myself in a fit of indulgence at a fiber show. As soon as I started playing with it I knew I that simply must use it for the book. It's soft and luscious [...]
Flirt Shamelessly
So yesterday I showed you the 'behind the scenes' side of taking pictures. Well, of me trying to take pictures. I have a feeling the process will be a bit more orderly when we go off for the proper photo shoot with a real photographer. Today I get to show off the pretty glamor shots. Now you'll note I'm still not showing you the whole socks. Why? Because I like to torture you? No, wait, that's supposed to be a secret. Um, because I want their first full frontal shots to have the benefit of the foot model and the [...]
Bursting the Bubble
A big part of becoming a grown up seems to be learning to tell the difference between the make believe and the real world. According to all the pictures you find in magazines (or even worse, the shows on the house porn channels) some important things happen once you are a successful adult. You are always polished and poised and totally pulled together. You own stunning accessories and know what in the world to do with a scarf. Your hair is astonishingly smooth, and your teeth are blindingly white. Dust no longer exists in your world, and while you have [...]
Dippers Redux
As promised, the cleaned up version of Dippers is now available. Again, the old one wasn't exactly wrong -- lots of people made them with great success. It just wasn't quite as tidy as I wanted it to be. And, again, alas, no new pictures. Apparently socks get fuzzy and less photogenic after more than a year of heavy wear. Next week I'll be back with book news (the kind with pictures and dates and specific plans).
Grave Concerns
Ya'll are awesome. You really are. You answer my questions and give me yarn tips and read my ramblings and make my socks. Generally speaking, you are a wise and helpful bunch. But some among you have recently caused me to have some grave concerns. You seem unnaturally interested in the stick I dragged home from some far-flung beach. I have come to terms with my odd fascination with rocks and sticks. It's a long-standing affliction. The trunk of The Boy's car usually has a few finds rattling around it. I expect better from you though. You've asked for pictures. [...]
Unintended Restraint
The plan was to just get whatever I wanted. I really don't buy much yarn, I use what I buy (and the accountant swears it's a business expense), and yarn is a better souvenir than a postcard. I intended to indulge. Apparently giving yourself permission to buy it all ahead of time is some sort of counter-intuitive way to insure self restraint. We only visited two yarn stores. The first was Have A Yarn in Mahone Bay. There I got the Hand Maiden Casbah (over there on the far left). I've been a fan of Casbah for a long time. [...]
Slant Redux
The spiffed up version of Slant is now up. It's two pages shorter, and yet contains more actual useful information. I told you I was shamelessly chatty back then. Alas, I could not get new pictures for you. I still have the socks, but a year and a half of wear have rendered them more than a bit fuzzy. You'll have to make do with the old ones. Dippers is undergoing a similar treatment and should be up later this week.
Strike A Pose
Sunday morning it was time to head back to Halifax. We corralled our stuff (somehow it had rather spread out after four days at the cabin) and cleaned up the kitchen (making grill soup in the dark being a surprisingly messy endeavor). But before we could leave, we had a small situation to deal with. Or, more precisely, a large situation. The true size of the stick had finally sunk in. Plans to mail it had been abandoned. We would have needed to construct a serious box and have a long conversation with the post office staff. Things were closed [...]
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