ARGH! My laptop power jack is dead. My awesome BIL will replace it for me, and I’ve ordered the part I need, but for now my e-mail and internet access is very limited. If it’s an e-mail I have downloaded, but haven’t responded to yet, then you will most likely not get a response until this situation is resolved, since the e-mail would have been downloaded onto my laptop, which is rapidly losing power and won’t charge and therefore out of commission.
Wanted to let you all know also that there are errata for the print version of Twist & Knit. Turns out some sentences were coded as Registration All, instead of Black, so they didn’t burn onto the Black plates (in a 4-color press process each color has its own plate that applies the ink of that color to the appropriate spots). So those random bits were missing completely from any of the plates and therefore didn’t get printed, even though they were in my proof.
Anyhow… long, complicated explanation, but the printer took back the remaining books from the first print run and is fixing them with stickers to add the correct info back in and then re-packaging the books and bringing them back to me. I’ve made up an errata sheet that you can print and just insert into your book, or the printer is making me some extra sets of stickers as well. If you would prefer to set of stickers and to insert them into your book where the missing pieces are supposed to go, then e-mail me and I can send the stickers to you. Anything shipping out in the future will be the corrected book.
If you are a shop owner, please feel free to download and print that errata sheet and give it to your customers who have already purchased the book, or stick it into the front of the books you haven’t sold yet.
As a reminder, this problem is only for the print version of Twist & Knit. The digital patterns and add-ons are not missing these pieces. However, both the print and digital version did have one minor error in the Gable Mitts pattern, which you can read about on the errata page. This minor gable mitts errata will not be fixed in the print books. The printer was only obligated to fix the things that were missing, not a typo on my part.
Twist & Knit is done just in time! I’m leaving tomorrow for Calgary to teach at Make One this weekend, and taking books with me for my first signing.
We cracked open a bottle of Sofia to mark the occasion. The rest of the books will ship next week when I’ve returned from Calgary. Thanks to everyone for the help during the pattern sale! Thanks to you all I was able to do this first print run without going into any debt! yay!
The sale is going wonderfully, thank you all so much! The book files are all turned in to the printer and they should be printing them this weekend/next week, so the end of the tunnel is in sight.
I saw a video today that was just so beautiful I thought you all needed to see it. Even if you’re not a spinner, this video is still wonderful, it starts out with spinning, but expounds to all handwork.
Hi everyone, I’m breaking the long silence to ask for your help. I need some quick fund-raising to finish paying for the print run of the book (it will be done and shipping out this month), so I’m offering a pattern sale now through 11:59 pm MST Sunday, July 11th.
Get 3 patterns for the price of 2!
How do I get this discount?
1. Add 2 MimKnits patterns to your Ravelry shopping cart (remember there are 2 pages of patterns there), go through checkout and pay for those 2 patterns.
2. Send a Ravelry message to mimknits telling me which pattern you would like for free.
3. I will gift it to you through Ravelry.
What if I want to gift them instead of buying them for myself?
1. Gift 2 MimKnits patterns to your Ravelry friends (there is a handy tutorial on gifting patterns here), going through the checkout process for each one. Either gift both to one person, or a pattern each to two different people!
2. Send a Ravelry message to mimknits telling me which pattern you would like for free.
3. I will gift it to you through Ravelry.
Easy peasy!
If you purchase or gift 2 single patterns, your free one can be any single pattern. If you purchase or gift 2 digital collections, your free one can be a digital collection. For instance, you could purchase the Twist & Knit Digital Collections 1 & 2 and get #3 for free!
FINALLY, Pre-orders are up here for Twist & Knit: A Dozen Knitted Patterns for Handspun, Hand-dyed and One-of-a-kind Yarns. Or if you’re interested, I’m selling limited edition hand-sewn hard-bound copies of the book here.
Every knitter knows the frustration of running out of yarn. This nagging fear is compounded when the yarn is one-of-a-kind or hand-dyed and simply heartbreaking when you’ve spent hours spinning the yarn yourself. This book offers twelve patterns specifically designed to get the most out of your unique yarn. All of the patterns have small repeats, very flexible gauge, or carefully selected construction to allow you to use every yard of yarn without sacrificing wearability.
12 patterns
27 pages of supporting material, including technique tutorials.
Highly versatile patterns for a variety of yarn weights, with instructions given for modifications in width and length.
Fully charted patterns
And I thought I’d outline all the purchase options for you here.
The print book (or the limited edition hand-sewn hardbound book) can be purchased with a digital add-on from the link above. The digital add-on includes all of the patterns except Cleite, which is under contract and will allow you to have the individual pattern pdf files (which include the text translations of the charts) added to your ravelry library. The downloads are all available now, while the books will be shipped once they’re released.
If you don’t want the print book all the patterns in the digital add-on are available individually and in three digital collections at a substantial discount from their individual prices.
I hope you all enjoy this offering 🙂 If you’re a yarn store interested in purchasing the books wholesale, e-mail me to miriam AT mimknits DOT com for info
Just a quick one to let you all know that Ancient Woodland is available for public purchase now. Either through my shop or Ravelry’s pattern store. Details can be found at either link.
Welcome Knitty.com Patrons! And for those who haven’t seen it, I’ve got a new pattern up for free from knitty.com – The Anthemion Wrap
My goal with Anthemion was to make a wrap that could be worked from one end to the other, in one single piece, with as close-to-matching edgings as possible with very wide borders. And I’m so proud of the effort and that I can offer it for free to you.
My first book is nearing completion (you can see some photos of the projects here) and I was hoping to have book pre-orders up before knitty went live, but for those of you new here, please take a moment to check out my other designs available either through my shop or through ravelry. I’ll be posting to this blog and to twitter (and probably flickr as well) when the book pre-orders are up.
I’m ready to pack up my potholders and send them on their way to Adrian for the swap and I thought you (the blog) might like to see them. I’m very excited to get little pieces of colorful crocheted art back in the mail 🙂
My friend Marge told me about Territorial Seed Company because I was having a hard time finding a seed company online that gave exact planting to harvest dates for every one of their products, but Territorial fit the bill. And now I’ve got a draft garden layout and plans to co-opt a section of dirt behind my apartment building, and a lot of dreams of green growing things and all the preserving I plan to do next year.
I was considering growing sweet potatoes (my staple root veggie since it is higher in nutrients and lower in carbohydrates than regular potatoes, thanks Diabetes), but I would need dirt to mound, which I don’t have and can’t really steal from other community garden plots. So sweet potatoes will wait for another year when I have a bit more time to plan.
Also trying really hard to get the book pre-orders up ASAP. Watch this space.
If you’re local, I’m running a Cookie A Knit-along at Black Sheep during the month of March. Cookie’s patterns can sometimes be a bit intimidating in their complexity, but sign up for the KAL and I’ll help you walk through it while we all knit some of her beautiful patterns! It promises to be fun and informative. Call Black Sheep to sign up. The first session is tomorrow (Saturday, March 6).
Also a quick note to let you know the Pinstripe pattern is up for sale. It’s 6 month exclusivity is done, so if you’re interested, it can be purchased through my online shop, or through Ravelry. I’m eager to knit it again with a bouncy wool yarn to see how different it turns out.
Also, I may be crazy, but I’ve joined the 2010 Potholder Swap. It shouldn’t take me too long to work up my 5 potholders, but it’s been a while since I’ve crocheted. One is done, and I think I’ve perfected the pattern I’m using now.
Also just finishing the button bands on a new sweater. No pics up yet, but soon. It’s been my avoidance project from thinking about the book all the time.
