The Inside Loop

The Inside Loop was the British magazine featuring articles and patterns which were free to the readers. In order for them to have decent patterns, they paid fees to designers for their work. This however, had to be recouped by advertising and sadly in this economic climate, it just was not working out for them so the editors decided to close the mag.

I had one design in it which was reasonably popular; Ondine: Sleeves for a Mermaid modelled by Jennifer Gwiazdowski.


The pattern is now available via my Ravelry store and can be downloaded from there free until 31 January 2010. After January I will be selling this pattern for £2.00. I had to do this, because I needed to do more work on the pattern to reformat it and have it checked before putting it up again as it is now on my template rather than The Inside Loop. Nothing has been taken away from the original design but I have made it easier to download with the pattern on just one page and the rest of the details on the cover and back pages.


At the moment, I am beginning to feel that rather than free patterns being appreciated and attracting more business, the whole free thing is devaluing patterns. I spend quite a bit of money on my patterns not just in my labour but the modelling and photography and the testing and technical editing of patterns. I realise, that some patterns are more like personal notes but this is usually a quick process and does not guarantee accuracy. I can see how popular free patterns are by the number of downloads from my store, which is in the many thousands for the free patterns e.g. about 4,000 for a beret pattern that has been there less than a year....if only the ones for sale sold that well too!

However, I honestly don't think that the patterns which go through a professional process are heard above the noise. I will still leave the patterns that are on my store as freebies, free for the moment but if I have to take time out to update or reformat any patterns, then I will be charging for it.

Little Ravens Pattern For Sale

The pattern can now be downloaded via PayPal from here for GBP£3.00

Sizes

Small (Medium, Large)

Shown here in Small (4 colour versions) and Medium (2 colour version)

To fit head size 53.5 (58, 62) cm, approx 21 (22, 24) inches

Materials

Yarns: Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyed 50% Alpaca/50% Merino 91m/100g

Only part of each 100g skein will be used i.e. approx 45 (50, 55) g of each shade

Substitute Yarns: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky, Sirdar Click any Heavy Aran or Light Chunky that knits to the same gauge.

Needles/Hooks: 1 pair of circular needles 5.5mm (or dpns)

1 crochet hook 3.5mm

Little Ravens....again

This is the naturals version. This time I went for a pompon and plaited ties and it cut down on the finishing time needed dramatically. I think that is the reason why so many Peruvian hats do have very thin plaits, far thinner than this, and also small bald pompons. it obviously cuts down on not only yarn costs but labour costs too. However, there is a demand for those cheaper types of hats...just because they are the ones being offered and so it is the choice of the knitter too (or the knitter's own kids, wanting one that does not look obviously home made or better quality...as they don't want to look different!)



The yarn is Sirdar Click chunky and when I first started working with this it felt ok....then it felt awful and looked crinkled but actually, it all seemed to work out in the end in blocking. I thought that although much cheaper, this would be my least favourite version of Little Ravens but now I have test knitted all three, this one is top of the list to wear. It is not a silky yarn and so it is not slipping and sliding but unlike a pure wool, I am not suffering from any allergy reactions.

This is the first time I have relied on some of my own test knits for versions and sizing although I am still having this tested for other accuracies. I normally get other knitters to do the test knitting and that usually greatly delays being able to get a pattern out there. I surprised myself, that once I had worked out the main pattern I could actually produce one of these quite quickly and do the colourwork by memory without the need to consult charts. Sometimes more time can be spent on giving support to test knitters than it can be doing the test yourself. So although I will still go ahead with the test knitting, I can see that after a week of organising the testing nobody has even started it yet so at least this way once tech editing is done, then pattern should be up next week some time.

Little Ravens

This is another version of the Little Ravens hat from the last post.
This time I have used only two shades in extreme contrast with each other. I really like this version but mainly because I love the charcoal smokiness of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky in grey and the cream Ravens. As I did only a little frogging, this version was made in a couple of days and seeing as I am a slow knitter, I reckon someone else could probably do it in less time. Its a perfect snow hat!



It is also the next size up Medium which is why it looks a little baggier on the head form as those heads are quite small and of course, have no hair. Medium is probably the size people will like if they want their crown loose and Small if they want it tight but obviously I will have to point out that getting correct gauge is an absolute must here.

I decided to make this with white ravens but the colours could equally be reversed.Both this version and the four shade version will be included in one pattern.



The pattern is being test knitted and then tech edited this week, so the pattern should be ready by week after next at the latest.

To show…or not to show?

Little Ravens by Erssie Major

Here is my latest project, the four shade version of an earflap hat with simple motifs in colour work. I spent a long time on this, to get the shape I wanted but also the correct style of eaflap. I didn't want just triangles stuck on the side of the head, with a gap just where the back of the ears get cold, so experimented with how deep and how wide I could go and what I could fit onto the earflap itself which is not a lot in a chunky yarn. I am really pleased with the result. It might not look anything special to you but as we are experiencing some very rough weather I can vouch for its usefulness and the size and shape is spot on.

Yes, its a plain and easy crown. I did work colourwork bands right up to the last 8 stitches, and I did include a square design that worked across the top in all segments, but actually...it kept making the hat look really fussy and did not fit at all well with the bottom part of the hat, so after a lot of knitting and reknitting....I just thought, darn it, I just want an earflap hat I can wear now when its snowing so will quickly finish it off. I showed it to non designers, and they didn't get the idea that no pattern right up the crown was a cop out at all....they thought great, its easier to knit but still looks good....so that is the way its staying.


The yarn is Blue Sky Worsted Hand Dyes and in the skein looked quite ordinary but when knitted has a wonderful handpainted effect like faded denim and although wool and alpaca it feels as soft as non mercerised cotton. I had to keep checking the ball bands to see if it really was the fleece I ordered and not the cotton! This yarns crochets like a dream and I used it to crochet a contrast edging around the whole hat and it worked out really neatly around the earflap even though there is an I-cord knitted right down, I managed to find a way of working over the I-cord. No sewing was necessary, even the tassells are tied on.

I am currently working on a two colour version in grey and white, that shows light motifs against a darker background. I also have more elaborate versions with Phoenix motifs, but that is for a totally different hat really.

I also cannot make up my mind if it is good business practice to keep a pattern strictly under wraps until it is released. I always thought so, and have never leaked my own designs really until the pattern is out and on sale. I suppose I imagine that there will be a small flutter of interest for a new design and that those people would have downloaded it had it been available but then later might forget to come back. Later, uploading it as a finished pattern, rather than a WIP in the project pages, means that the flutter of interest has gone.


Some designers don’t pay attention to this at all. Having never worked in the mainstream publishers' world where it is forbidden to leak a design before publication those designers just stick their WIPs up, show pics of it publicly on Ravelry whilst test knitting etc. It doesn’t appear to affect them at all that the design is leaked at the early stages. Neither does it seem to spoil their chances when later they submit it as a finished pattern to a publisher and then retrospectively take photos off their project pages and blogs, with a note saying ‘this design is secret now so have taken it down…..’ They don’t seem to realise that having leaked it already and even mentioning it exists without a photo is supposed to be against a mainstream publisher’s policy.


But I can’t say I have heard of a designer’s work being rejected because it was leaked earlier, it seems that if it is a good design as long as the pattern is not currently leaked and it is not currently up on any blogs the items get published. I also think a lot of the time publishers do not have time to check personal blogs and other places to see if a design they are including is already out there. They are just happy that their design is a good one and being included and it would take a really serious breach of confidence for them to pull it from a publication.



Anyway I was not going to show my latest design. I wanted to get it properly modelled first and decide...do I release pattern myself, or do I submit to a mag. Submitting to a mag might possibly get me around £50 if I am lucky and no more. If I kept it myself and sold it for around £2.50 per pattern....I would need to sell about 20 patterns to get that. But, I have sold more than that of some other simple hat patterns so it could pay off.


So....have decided, never mind here is the finished hat with pattern coming as soon as testing and tech editing are finished. There is a chance to test knit this hat for a fee of $10 payable to one of 5 testers booked. Each tester will get entry into a competition to get enough yarn for one of these hats in addition to their $10 fee. Oh yes, we're currently having IT problems with a slow connection. Cannot wait until Sat when we get the new broadband. This is so slow, I can't even upload pics to Flickr and had to write this post offline, where because of the formatting it won't get properly accepted by Blogger....so apologies for any strange formatting in this post.

First Post of 2010

First of all......who ever would have thought I would live this long eh? I don't mean that any of my conditions are terminal or anything, just that when I was a kid I was asked to write an essay about what life would be like in the year 2000 and I remember making up all sorts of sci fi stuff, and thinking, blimey that is such a long way off....perhaps we won't even be here by then! Especially with all the Cold War nuclear annihalations imagined back then. Anyway I made it to 2010!

Christmas Knitting

I spent Christmas quietly in a cottage with my other half and the dogs and the other half’s Mum.

We kept warm and watched TV and I knitted a couple of things for Kerrie’s new baby Reid.
First of all I made a newborn version of the Pearmain Hat, called Baby Pearmain of course.

Next I panicked and thought, it has taken me a while to get round to this and thought that Reid would probably be too big for a newborn hat, so I made a simple earflap hat to fit a much older baby and called it Reid. Then I ran out of the pale blue Debbie Bliss Rialto yarn so there was not enough for the edging and tassels. So, I used some contrast yarn for the crochet edging and I think it worked quite well. I will put it up as a pattern, possibly free, along with Baby Pearmain.

First Proper Design of 2010

The next piece of knitting I worked on was a hat for an adult, using some of my very simple colour work motifs. I am really struggling with hanging on to it. What I mean is, whenever I make anything that I think is at all commercially viable as a pattern, I usually submit it to a magazine or book and then if it is popular kick myself that I did not add it to my own pattern collection.

A couple of people have remarked, that the best work I do always seems to be for other people rather than myself. And they are right. I think there is a fear that being an unknown pattern writer and designer that if I release something myself, it just gets lost in all the Ravelry noise and so does not get a proper airing or chance to be knitted. It can be frustrating seeing much less worthy designs, or indeed more expensive but less developed patterns raking in the money, and yet quite good ones just getting lost in the backwaters.

Slipper Socks: Lizard and Eagle Moccasin Boots

This is my pattern which is published in Yarn Forward magazine. The motifs are based on animal motifs that traditionally have meaning.


I am currently working on more charts that have a South American, Peruvian or Native American feel using animal motifs interspersed with simple patterns.


I love repeating patterns whether they are pictorial or abstract and knitting is a great way of making up the kind of patterns seen on flloor or wall tiles or rugs and turning them into home furnishings for ourselves.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.................................................
Got bored of my black blog, and white writing....and decided to go all White for Yuletide.
Hoping this makes it easier for people to read as well.

What have I been up to lately?
Mostly knitting samples for a shop.
Also collaborating on some new and exciting crochet designs, and delving deeper into the World of tapestry crochet....so watch out for some new designs, that are not knitting.

However, Stevie has found this fab alternative bring and buy Goth type fayre in the Dome, so cannot wait to get an invite to have a little table there and have been working on some new designs that fit into the theme.

I am always open as well, to someone else contributing their alternative stuff as long as they don't mind me taking some commission to cover cost of rail, stall or table.

Got a fab alternative piece of knitwear? Can you make it up to a high standard and fix a reasonable price? Then feel free to contact me.

And to the person that ordered 150 Christmas Cards from my Zazzle design with proceeds going to Greyhound rescue.....a big thanks!

Inside Crochet, Inside Studio

As well as the little featurette on me in issue 4, there was a more in depth article about me in Inside Crochet 5 in their regular Inside Studio feature.
Steve took some lovely pics of the studio, and I wrote about 700 words about my design process and other bits and pieces.


Even the hounds became featured....but Dizzy Rascal had an extra photo and was actually named in print....and Lily wasn't, so shhhh don't tell her. She would be most disgruntled after me making her wear woolly things and pose for photos for my patterns!

Inside Crochet Magazine

The crochet slipper socks (mukluks) have now been published in this month's issue of Inside Crochet. They use a technique that not many crocheters are used to, which is Tapestry Crochet. This term had confused a lot of UK crochet people, who had perhaps avoided it before thinking that it was a form of Tunisian Crochet, or perhaps another kind using completely different tools or stitches. Many were delighted to find that they did not need new equipment and could easily achieve this effect with the use of the plain ol' dc (UK) or sc (US) stitch.
However, I made a slight variation by working into the back loops only, why I did this is explained in the FAQ below.


To help crochet people on Ravelry with their projects, there is a mini KAL on the Inside Crochet forum going on and I have put up an FAQ there which you can see below.

For anyone who also knits, I designed a knitted version of these too....which will be out in a KAL Media publication soon!

Also, for any extra pics of the mukluks and a close up of tapestry crochet swatches, go to my gallery for Inside Crochet issue 5, with pics (I will be adding more soon) including some explanation and a labelled diagram.
There is an erratum in the magazine, so the following rnds should read:

Rnd 29: *14 (17, 20) dc in A, miss 1 dc, 1 dc in A, rep from * to end of rnd
60 (72, 84) dc
Rnd 30: Idc in B in each dc 60 (72, 84) dc
End of 4th band

MUKLUK FAQ

Q: Where can I get the slipper bottoms

Regarding sourcing the bottoms, they come from Fibertrends and can be ordered from them, or the retailers the readers have found in the UK are:

The Button Lady

Dragon Yarns

The dragon yarns website, can sometimes be difficult to access so you need really to be in Internet Explorer as Firefox is not one of the browsers their website supports

Q: Do I need to use any special tools for tapestry crochet?
A: No, you will be able to use your ordinary crochet hooks but expect to use at least a size smaller than normally used for that gauge of yarn. it is not related to Tunisian crochet or a Tunisan hook. Tapestry Crochet is the term given to crochet which has tight colour work. Sometimes certain types of colour work in crochet are also called Jacquard, colour work, or mosaic crochet.

Q: Tapestry Crochet….is that using special stitches of any kind? Do I need to learn a new skill if I can already crochet?

A: Tapestry crochet mainly uses the same stitches you are used to. Most people use a normal double crochet UK (single crochet US) stitch. Sometimes, you might be asked to work the stitch into the back of a loop, or the front of the loop. Working into the back of the loop does two things. Firstly, it makes your fabric have a lot more drape i.e. it is not so stiff and secondly, it can straighten up stitches that normally have quite a slant on them. Tapestry crochet will be tighter than you are used to working but it is the closeness of these stitches that gives you the beauty of the colourwork with crisp edges. Also, the yarn you are not using are carried underneath the crochet stitching and if you did not work tightly, you might be able to see the other colours poking through.

Q: When I worked with different colours in knitting and crochet before, I got into a terrible mess. There are a lot of shades used in these mukluks…is it going to get in a tangle?

A: No, probably not. When you do colourwork in knitting, you may have lots of bobbins dangling and need to carry and twist yarns at the back of the work. These mukluks were designed with ease of carrying yarns in mind. You will see that on any one row there is no more than two shades used. You will work with one strand of yarn….and the other strand you will hold against the top of the previous row and just crochet around it like it was part of the fabric and cover it up. You will find carrying the colours stiffens your fabric, neatens the stitches and also…no weaving in!

Q: Can I use colour work graphs just like my knitting for tapestry crochet?

A: Yes, you can use existing graphs or you can design your own. However, the stitches are not going to have the same proportion as knit stitches, they are likely as well to have a slant either to the right or the left . This is because stitches are not directly above each other, they are worked and have a bias slightly to the side. Some of this can be straightened out a little by working into the back loops only.

Q: I have never tried tapestry crochet before, can I use it to make these mukluks/slipper socks for the first time?

I don’t see why not. However, I would get some oddments of yarns and a hook and practise on some flat swatches working from side to side, or swatches in the round before launching into the main project, just to see if the technique is for you. Apart from swatching, these slipper socks were my first large project using the technique and I found I could easily step into it from other types of crochet.

Q: I can see from this mukluk pattern, that you’ve got some slipper bottoms to sew on…what are those?

A: They are sole shaped pieces of suede, that also have a lip around the edge. Your foot should fit inside this with your mukluk on, and the lip should just be about 1/2 inch/1cm up the sides/edges of your foot. They should look like this

You can order these from Fibertrends or ask Get Knitted (their UK reps) if they can get hold of them for you. Some people have got them from a lady called The Button Lady that look like this

Leather soles can be bought from Twist Fibre Craft Studio UK

These soles below, are the wrong kind of soles, and the ones that most sheepskin workshops kept making for me. These are inner soles, not outer ones. You could use inner soles of sheepskin in addition to outer soles, but it is the outer sole that will give you the moccasin look.

Others have made their own. Either from cutting suede shapes or cutting felt shapes. If you want to do this, you would need to do this

1. Draw around the sole of your shoe, or your foot, in an oval shape with straight sides (pill shaped) onto a piece of leather, suede or felt
2. Next, add on 1/4 -1/8 inch seam. Then cut a long strip of suede,leather or felt at least 1 inch wide with another 1/4 -1/8 inch added on for the seam.

1. Pin your long strip of suede all the way round the edge of the sole piece, with edges meeting at centre back of heel
2. Next, machine sew this seam all the way around the outer edge as pinned.
3. Trim inner edges of seam if necessary

1. Using a bradawl, or similar tool, punch holes at regular intervals around the top edge of your slipper bottom.
2. Using either a moccasin cross stitch, or a single whip stitch, sew the slipper bottom to the bottom of your slipper passing thread through the punched holes.

I have also heard that Dragon Yarns have something, but can’t recommend that until I have seen it and their website has been down for a couple of days.

Q: What if I can’t get suede soles?
You could equally use sheepskin, as the ‘suede’ side of that is non slip. You could also try using some of the more solid outdoor shoe bottoms people sell.
You can also use a couple of pieces on the bottom, although your Mukluks would look more like socks at least this makes them non slip. The two piece bottoms look like this

You can also buy a special type of non-slip paint/gel that you can blob onto the bottom of your socks/slippers that give a sticky grippy quality to them. You can paint designs like this

Q: I have hand problems/arm disabilities and I am worried about having to use a smaller hook on tighter fabric do you think it is best for me not to try this?

A:No, do give it a go. Even if you work with tiny hooks if you choose a padded wide handled hook e.g. Clover Soft Touch, the handle size does not change even when the hook sizes are tiny. Although the fabric will be firm, if you choose soft yarn like Rowan Felted Tweed rather than a crochet cotton, you will find it is fairly soft to work with. Working into the back loops only is much easier too. Here are some tips

Tips for Working Tapestry Crochet with a hand disability

1. Make sure you use a hook that has a wide or padded handle on it so you can grip easily
2. If you can’t find a wide padded handled hook, then make your own by getting your OT to give you some tubular foam or gripping handle, or make a handle out of Fimo and bake in the oven
3. If your wrists are stiff, or fixed and you cannot flick your wrists to pick up yarn onto your hook, then keep the wrist stable and use the other hand to throw the yarn over the hook much like knitting.
4. Take regular breaks, and try to keep your movements wide and fluid and not small angular and repetitive
5. Choose a yarn which is light and soft rather than a heavy or rough cotton yarn.
6. Alternate between crocheting, and another craft with a different hand movement
7. Don’t work through pain, stop and re-adjust so the pain stops or stop altogether and rest. Listen to your body, if you feel pain it is not a good sign.
8. Always try a technique out on a small swatch, and see if there are problems before launching into a main project and disappointing yourself that you don’t enjoy it because it is awkward or painful.
9. You can have a go at working with arm/hand splints on. It is easier to tapestry crochet with splints on that it is to knit

New Moon

I never go out in the evening....well hardly ever....so was much excited to be going out for the first time in....oooh it must be about a year at least for a trip to the cinema for Sunday afternoon and see a couple of friends I haven't seen since their wedding.

I quite enjoyed the film Twilight when it came out, after having read the Twilight books. The first film did portray the intense teenage passions and yearnings of Bella and Edward with the sort of restraint that normally (of our generation) that age keeps on our actions. The film Twilight was directed by a female director and I thought she had captured that intensity that ran through the book quite well.

However, with this second film(by a male director), after seeing action packed trailers with special effects I was quite geared up to see a very different film with really good effects and action packed...after all there is motorcycle riding, cliff diving, and werewolf packs and fighting as well as the Volturi. I was disappointed in New Moon. We went to the Odeon on Muswell Hill, a great retro style cinema that had sofas! We hired one sofa between 2 of us....and had loads of room to lounge around and then the film started off quite well.


I was anticipating the werewolves bit, so getting quite excited...but after about an hour of constant mumbling, in which I could hear not a lot of dialogue (I mean mumbling between the characters not just mumbling in the cinema!) the werewolf thing happened, but didn't really show much phasing as such, they just appeared really quickly And disappointingly, the best bits had indeed all been in the trailers. I think compared with the books, the plot seemed choppy and seemed more of a filler between Twilight and tne sequel to New Moon. A lot of the plot I only got because I had read the books, and I wondered if this was a film for fans of the books, or a film aimed at a general audience with no knowledge of the books.


However, there was a ripple of effect through the audience when Jake (Taylor Lautner) took his shirt off for the first time....from that point on though, the effect is rather diluted by him always running around with no shirt and shorts on. And he just got bigger and bulkier til he looked like an advert for steroids.

Can anybody recommend a good current film or past film on DVD? I keep borrowing DVDs lately and watching films that I know of mainly from having read the book, and then being totally disappointed with the film. This includes Incendiary, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Day The Earth Stood Still (remake) and many more.

Making Ready To Wear

Alice P Beanie Free Pattern on Ravelry
Has been downloaded 426 times

I am having a short break at the moment from designing stuff for publishing. I am designing knits to be made up for a ready to wear collection. I am thinking of an angle that connects everything in the collection as well as thinking of the season. Thankfully, Julia, a knitter I have worked with before on some publishing stuff has offered to help make some things.

Stashbusting Buster Baby Beanies Free Pattern on Ravelry
Have been downloaded 975 times

This is totally refreshing because the main objectives change slightly. For publishing, you are always trying to rack your brains for something that is unique and edgy, that fits a brief or story and is tempting for the publisher. Sometimes the emphasis on winning a chance to submit does not fall on the end user, the knitter of your pattern. Sometimes it is the magazines that want interesting edgy patterns, and yet when you sell indie published patterns you might be surprised to find that the simple intermediate patterns do better than the 'clever' ones.

Ribbed Clara Beanie in cotton/Angora
Another design popular with Mums but I didn't
write up a pattern thinking it was too simple and not edgy enough

• When you are thinking of making ready to wear these are the main objectivesWhat will suit the season and sell
• What knits are effective but use less yarn
• How can you use leftovers from one project, to make a complimentary project in the collection

• How can you design knits that are slightly edgy and unque but above all quick to knit (e.g. chunky hat with a few colourwork motifs, instead of fingering sock weight and a full pair of socks with overall multi colourwork) How can you make really simple patterns that are easy for your knitters to use.
• Can you specifically design knits that are interesting but use up lots of fragments of skeins e.g. stripy bright beanies.

Of course, if you take something like the stripy bright beanie, I have a pattern like that which is fairly popular but free. 975 people have downloaded, and many have used it. I would never have thought of selling the pattern because it is such a simple beanie to make and I would never have submitted this project, as it is not an edgy design.

A co-ordinated baby set made for friends' babies
Very simple but much appreciated in Cashmere and merino antique Pink for a girl, and faded blue for a boy.
Another pattern never written up as it is seen as too simple

However, it is clear that there are people who do need a pattern however simple and they do want to make this to wear. It seems that designer who make indie patterns to sell on their website or Ravelry, often try to be edgy and unique to attract buyers, but perhaps we should be stopping and thinking.....what is it that mothers will want to make for their kids? What will their kids wear?and Is it quick and easy to make?

In these cases, I think that the objectives of Ready to Wear and making for a Published Pattern actually collide. So, there are one or two patterns I have put together for the Ready to Wear collection, that I can see selling perhaps as individual patterns. Or, perhaps there is also an expectation that an easy non edgy pattern should be free?

The Anticraft: Knitting, Beading & Stitching For the Slightly Sinister

Remember this book? I have 3 knitting designs in this publication which is a multi media craft book. The Anticraft have a small stock of books, once they are sold, this is what Zab has to say about the current situation

''I got a letter from our publisher saying that they have found themselves in an "overstock situation" with Anticraft: Knitting, Stitching, and Beading for the Slightly Sinister ............. ..............So, the bad news is that it will not be reprinted, but the GOOD NEWS is that I was able to buy 150 deeply discounted copies, which I will in turn sell to you, signed and personalized.''

..............We ordered the books Friday morning, and they will reach HQ in 10 business days. Which means that you can preorder a personalized book right now and have your holiday shopping done and out of the way in a trice, and we'll ship it out as soon as we have them in our hot little hands. Aren't we so helpful? You now how your own book order button under the book tab. The price is $16.76 (~£10), including shipping. Enjoy!''



So, this is your last chance really to buy this book...as they are not going to run a reprint. Otherwise, if you don't buy, I will be selling single patterns from this book but at a price of around $7 per knitting pattern. Which means $21 for the three, so buying the book now could get you a bargain of all patterns included for a price of $16.76.