As I begin what is likely to be my last post of 2013, I wanted to thank you for making it a great year for Fallingblox Designs. While I haven’t been able to take time to design exactly what I wanted, I’ve been designing lots of new stuff for the Willow Yarns Colorwork club, the KnitCompanion kClub, the My Mountain competition, and an extra for my Craftsy class (which has just passed 5000 students)! With the help of Craftsy, my book sales have been up this year as well.
All this is well and good, but I hear the rumbling now and then: “When is he going to release something new for mere mortals?” It’s true — most of these designs have been exclusive in some way: you’ve had to buy in to something else to get access to them. But never fear — time heals all wounds and I’m happy to say I have some news.
First, I’ve got a new pattern just released on Craftsy. It’s called “Rustle Of Leaves” and is a fascinating keyhole scarf pattern with bold ruffles and a double-knit panel of falling leaves down the center. Craftsy is selling it as a standalone pattern as well as in kit form (with all the lovely Miss Babs yarn). It’s a fairly quick knit, for a double-knit item.
Second, SMC finally released the Moosalamoo pattern as a free download on their site. This is the hat that I had in their My Mountain Hat Contest for which there was much drama a few months back.
The patterns for Willow Yarns and the kClub will also eventually be available and I’ll post about those as soon as I can.
Finally, I’d like to announce that I have added a few more dates to my Spring workshop schedule:
Tues, Feb 4 (evening workshop): Kent, WA (Makers’ Mercantile)
Thurs, Feb 20 (daytime event): Boston, MA (Greater Boston Knitting Guild)
Sat, Feb 22: Wayland, MA (Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market Farm Fiber Day)
Mon, Feb 24 (evening workshop): Cambridge, MA (Mind’s Eye Yarns)
Sat/Sun, Apr 26/27 (tentative): Fairport, NY (Yarn Culture)
Thu-Sun, May 15-18: Manchester, NH (Interweave Knitting Lab)
Thanks again for a great year and I hope yours has been as good or better. I’m looking forward to 2014! So whatever holiday you celebrate, or even if you don’t, have a happy one and I’ll see you again soon!