Ever wonder what exactly goes into publishing a craft book? Craftypod talks to a publicist pal of mine (hi Christina!) and a literary agent here. Christina did the PR for The Pillow Book and she is awesome, so I am excited to listen to this.
That said, have you ever wondered what it takes? Do you [...]
If you’re a Ravelry member, you can get pattern help from the new Knitgrrl pattern group there and share pictures of your finished items, etc. It won’t replace the Knitgrrl errata page but it will be a secondary great resource to talk about my book patterns and help each other out/inspire one another.
Share This
(sorry, I’m a little overexcited, I think)
Getting ready to leave for Felt School, not sure how much time I will have to moderate blogposts or respond to emails or stuff. Probably not much. I’ll be back Thursday with plenty of photos and stories, though. Yay!
Share This
See? Electronic books are all the rage. First me, now Interweave. Awesome. Just in time for the holidays, it’s Christmas Stockings: 7 Classic Holiday Treasures To Knit. The patterns in this e-book were taken from Christmas Stockings: Holiday Treasures to Knit by Elaine Lipson (Interweave, 2001), a popular book no longer in print. There’s something [...]
nataliedee.com is the greatest webcomic on earth.
Share This
Marnie MacLean, I love you. Check this out, knitgrrlistas: knitted hot pants. The pattern is due out at the end of this week.
We first met several years ago when she did a pattern for the Knitgrrl books that (sob! sob!) didn’t make it in for lack of space (s’ok, you can still buy it here). [...]
Check it out! How to Knit in the Woods is now available on Kindle!
Since I got my own Kindle — heck, since I heard about them — I have been needling my publishers to get my books onto it. And now one of them is. Hurrah! Just you wait…there’ll be more soon, I’m sure. As [...]
In February 2007 I interviewed Kerrie Allman of Sew Hip. (You can read that post here).
In a few days from now, they’re launching a print edition of the online magazine and you can see previews here. The magazine’s blog, here, has info about this issue’s contributors.
Way to go, Kerrie, Lou and Manda! Congrats!
(And [...]
If you’re a member of the Knitgrrl mailing list (and if you’re not, what are you waiting for? seriously, you just missed a top secret huge pattern sale!) and you’ve recently changed your email address, you’ll probably need to resubscribe. I know I’ve been using Gmail the past 3+ months for all my accounts save [...]
Felt School is next week! There are still a few spots left! I am using a lot of exclamation points! For a reason! Felt School is superfun, so don’t miss it. Details are here. I wish I could stay there all month, I swear. Long story short, if you want to learn to felt — [...]