VATmess update

Happy New Year’s Eve, all!

I’m just popping my head up from a holiday daze to post a quick note about this whole #VATmess business.

Indie Design Gift-a-Long — Designer Interviews! Tania Richter / AetherFang

As part of the Indie Design Gift-a-Long, there’s a massive blog-hop going on, with many of the nearly-300 participating designers interviewing each other. It’s a really fun way for us to get to know each other and learn from one another, AND to introduce our readers to other talented independent designers!

In my last post, I introduced Kate Poe; today, I’m delighted to introduce Tania Richter, also known as AetherFang. You can find Tania on Facebook or on Tumblr in addition to on Ravelry. (All images in this post are copyright to Tania.)

Indie Design Gift-a-Long — Designer Interviews! Kate Poe / Rosegil

As part of the Indie Design Gift-a-Long, there’s a massive blog-hop going on, with many of the nearly-300 participating designers interviewing each other. It’s a really fun way for us to get to know each other and learn from one another, AND to introduce our readers to other talented independent designers!

Today, it’s my pleasure to introduce Kate Poe, also known as Rosegil, and her lovely shawl and sock designs! (All images in this post are Kate’s, and are copyright to her.)

Indie Design Gift-a-long 2014

Have you heard about the Indie Design Gift-a-long yet?

It started last year, on Ravelry, and there were 177 designers who took part — including yours truly — and it was a HUGE amount of fun. This year, there are 293 designers, and a ton more patterns, more prizes, and definitely, more fun!

Draw Winner!

The winner of the random draw for a copy of my Brightness and Contrast pattern is comment #3, from Nicolette!

Unfortunately, Nicolette didn’t leave her Ravelry name, so I can’t just gift the pattern directly to her. I’m off to try to track her down.

Congratulations, Nicolette, and thanks to everyone who commented!

Chawton Mittens — Re-released!

Long-time readers of this blog will remember my Chawton Mittens, which were originally published in the inaugural issue of the Jane Austen Knits magazine all the way back in 2011. Well, the rights reverted back to me after a year, and re-releasing that beloved pattern has been on my to-do list since then. Today, my friends, I’ve finally done it!

Chawton Mittens — including brand new pattern photography!

That Skein

So, my new Brightness and Contrast pattern is really focused on what I call That Skein. I think most people (well, most knitters!) immediately know what I’m talking about… but let’s take a moment to just revel in the sheer variety and wonderful insanity that That Skein can bring to your knitting. And, at the end, I’ll do a draw for a copy of the pattern!

Brightness and Contrast

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that, in all my bloggy silence, I have NOT been idle. Nosireebob. I have, in fact, been knitting! And what’s more, I’ve been designing! And now, I have a lovely new  shawl to share with you all: Brightness and Contrast.

Brightness and Contrast in action

Knittyblogged!

Our little blanket-y world just showed up on the Knitty magazine blog today! How exciting!

Mobbed with Love

Okay, yeah, I know, it’s been forEVER since my last blog post. My energy for blogging just fizzled, or rather, got used elsewhere for a while. But now! I’m back! And holy crow, do I have something awesome to show you.

Mobbed with Love