Thank You
Just under a week ago I wrote about my decision to start charging for some of my patterns. I went on at some length, likely too much. I have a tendency to over explain and perhaps even to justify. I do it when I'm unsure of myself. Well it seems I didn't need to be. The response has been tremendously positive. Several people have written to me saying they support my decision. Lots of people have bought my patterns. This has all been marvelously encouraging and I appreciate it more than I can say. There will be more patterns. There [...]
Ensnared
The newest socks, Ensnared, are done and available for sale. I think I'm in love!
Filthy Lucre
Yes, I've decided to start trying to sell some of my patterns. You knew it was coming. Even the underpants gnomes are in it for the bucks. I've given this a lot of thought over the last several days and I've reached a few conclusions. I am not hoping to turn socks/ pattern writing/ knitting into a job or even into a substantial source of income. There are a few people out there who have managed to do that, but I don't think I have the luck, the skill, or - and probably most importantly - the drive to do [...]
Administrata
This website came into being with approximately 45 minutes of effort at 2:30 in the morning at the end of a very long week. I thought it would be a place to host one wee tiny simple pattern. I thought I'd be thrilled if a few dozen people found the pattern, and ecstatic if anyone ever actually knit the things. Turns out it's good to have low expectations. They are easier to exceed. One pattern turned into three, and a fourth is in the hands of test knitters. According to the server stats, a few thousand people have found the [...]
Secret Benefactor
Someone, unbeknownst to me, featured my Popped socks on Whip Up as part of their Week of Socks! I only found out about it because someone on Ravelry was kind enough to to bring it to my attention. I was quite thrilled. There may have been squeaks of delight and hops of glee. Maybe. I could be far too dignified for such things. Possibly even stoic. I must see if I can contact my secret benefactor and find out how she found them in the first place. I'm dreadfully curious. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, a new sock is on [...]
All that and he fixes cars too…
My car is, well, I don't want to say elderly. Perhaps proto-vintage is a better term. He (His name is Theodoric and he does not truck with nicknames. In fact, he prefers you to use his full title, Theodoric King of the Ostrogoths, but I don't encourage this.) will be ten this September. We have a complicated relationship. He's not yet broken 60,000 miles, yet the total of his repair bills would basically finance a new car. I find this distressing. We've been in counseling, and seem to have reached an understanding, but, heeding the once burned twice shy theory [...]
Dippers
I am, for once in my life (and much to the surprise of anyone who has met me), done ahead of schedule. Yes, that's right, the Dippers socks are done being knit, done being photographed, and the pattern done being written. You may find the pattern here. You may also shower me with adulation, expensive presents, and, barring either of those, pictures of your completed socks. One more picture, mostly because I'm smug and self satisfied. Possibly even smugly self satisfied.
The Vapors
No I'm not dead. I am, instead, alternating between knitting and having the vapors. I think the vapors are underrated and are a perfectly valid coping technique for many of life's ills. I am, as they say, bringing them back. Between fits of the vapors I'm knitting away, and have approximately 10/11ths of the second Dippers sock done (what? Yes I count the stitches in a sock and then keep track as I go along, and yes I do like irreducible fractions). With luck they'll be done tonight, photographed tomorrow, and available on Tuesday...barring more vapors.
Dippers
I'm pleased to announce the official name of the newest sock. They are now and shall henceforth be known as Dippers. The first sock is done and the pattern is 90% finished. It goes out to the noble and startlingly attractive test knitters/proof readers tomorrow, and should be up for general consumption some time next week. If your life will end if you are not one of said test knitters, find me on Ravelry and let me know. Holy crispy critters Batman, that was quick. I've been inundated (which is, by the way, totally awesome) and need no more test [...]
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