So, as part of the patreon reorganization, I’m switching from Community Supported Patterns (which we did from September of 2022 through the end of 2025) to Community Supported Patreon Memberships.

TL;DR version right up top:

I know that knitting patterns and sweet little surprises in the mail don’t fit in everyone’s budget right now, but I also know that sometimes you just really need a little treat, even if it’s not in the budget. So I’m going to do a handful of Community Supported Memberships to the Notable Nonsense tier every month so we can put some good cheer in some mailboxes.

If other people want to donate towards extra memberships, you can do that here (any amount, you pick what works for you). I’ll match whatever is donated (so if we get enough donations to cover three memberships, I’ll add three of my own, if we get enough to do four, I’ll add four of my own), and I’ll always do at least two, even if we don’t get any donations that month.

Longer version for folks who want the details:

I started doing Community Supported Patterns when I first reorganized the business back in September 2022. I set up a way for folks to contribute towards free patterns, matched all the contributions that came in with free copies of my own, and between us we gave away more than 400 patterns over the last three years!

But folks haven’t been contributing to it lately (no one has sent anything to it for the last seven months), and I’m reorganizing a whole bunch of background stuff, so it seemed like a good time to try something new.

Patreon has recently introduced gift memberships, which means I can set up a link that will let the first however many people who use the link get a free month of membership. So I’m going to start making one of those links and including it when I announce each new Notable Nonsense mailing (I’ll do a post over there in a day or two with links for this first month, then going forward I’ll include a link each time when I open the Notable Nonsense tier at the start of the month).

This will keep things streamlined on my end (because I love you all, but the only way I can pull any of this off is if I keep things as simple as possible behind the scenes) and means folks who get one of the gift memberships will be able to get all the patterns available that month (rather than just whatever the new one at the moment is).

I’ve gotten a couple of truly heartwarming messages from some of you asking if there’s a way you can help someone else out right now. And while I’m always going to tell you to do something more important with your money first (no really, go give ten bucks to your local abortion fund or local food bank, that’s more important than knitting patterns), I know some of you want to do this too. So if you want to help someone else get something cheerful in their mailbox, you can do that right over here.