One day in early February I got a surprise in the mail: a package of delicious yarn I hadn't ordered for myself! Along with the two balls of yarn was an explanation: they were yet-to-be-released lines of Knit Picks yarn, and I was welcome to play around with them to my heart's content, but if I …
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The Contract Is Up!
Over the last few months, the contract has run out on several of my patterns. What does this mean? It means that when I sold the pattern to the publisher, they got exclusive rights to sell it for a period of time (12 or 24 months), and that time is over. Now I get the rights back to sell the …
The Year In Review: 2018
First of all, let me just say: I'm so happy to be back to blogging! Second, let me also say: 2018 has been one tough year. I'm so ready to move on and hope for brighter horizons in the New Year! This goes without saying, but I had to take a bit of a hiatus from my website. After some staffing …
Something Fishy
When I first began publishing knitting designs, I started out with children's clothing designs. They were fun, relatively simple, and quick to knit. They seemed more manageable to me as a first-time designer. They also did double duty as actual garments for my own child, and many were designed with …
Finally Bardsea
I do not know WHY this pattern has taken me ages to put together! Well, ok, I do know: first of all, it's a scarf. I love scarves, but I do not love knitting scarves. They are long and incredibly repetitive, and they seem to take much longer than they should to complete. I don't fear them as I do …