Knitting-related notes and news and stuff…

In an attempt to liven up the ravelry group a bit, I’m trying to organize some kind of leethal knit-a-long over there… It’ll probably be a Buttonhead knit-a-long with encouraged Game Knitting on the hat!  I think the buttonhead design is the perfect kind of pattern to game knit on, with its simplicity and custom sizing, so I’m pretty excited about this idea.  But, the forum is still open to suggestions/votes for other knit-a-long ideas…

…and, there’s a giveaway involved!  Now that I’m blogging about it, I’ll put an official deadline on the giveaway part: on Thursday (26th) I’ll pick a poster at random and send along a goodie package of fun craftiness.  Just post in the forum with a vote for what kind of knit-a-long (or other fun group leethal activity) you’d like to participate in!  And then all the knit-a-long info and sharing and stuff will happen there in the rav group. Fun!

In other news, Knit Picks has just announced to designers that we’ll have more control on pricing with the Independent Designers Program, which means my plans have changed for Swerve.  It was that the pattern would be $2.50 until Sept 1st (with $1 going to the Pancreatic Craftacular), then drop down to $2 after that, but now I want to sell through Knit Picks for $2.99 instead of $1.99, so the price will be raising to $3 in September instead of lowering.

So, my only point is that if you were thinking about buying Swerve, now would really be a great time to do so, since you’ll both save some quarters and donate to Pancreatic Cancer research at the same time!  And on that note, be sure to consider grabbing any of my other patterns (or on ravelry) during this last stretch of the month while I’m giving $1 per pattern sold to the fundraiser!

And one more bit of knitty business… I’m just about ready to send my new hat pattern set out to testers, and I’m looking for several of them since this is a customizable, any-gauge, multi-changeable-parts pattern set, so I’ll want testing of all the different options.  I’ll be putting a more detailed call out on the ravelry testers group in a day or two, and sending an email out to the testers list I already have, so comment here if you want to be added to that email list.

The hats have 3 different decrease designs to choose from – these first 3 I’ve made are all kind of bad at showing the patterns, but you can get an idea from the photos below.  All three designs involve some garter stitch, to match the garter brims, and all three have a three-point kind of thing going on…

And for my last piece of news… Pete and I are planning our wedding!  After 2 years of engagement, we’ve finally decided to go ahead and tie that silly knot, keeping it low-key, low-stress, and crafty…

It’s gonna be in Southern California (where our families are) on October 10th, and I’ve started making these crazy recycled-sweater “flowers” for the decorations!  I think I can see a tutorial coming soon…..