{"id":1280,"date":"2017-01-30T18:31:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2017-01-30T19:54:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T00:54:25","slug":"alasdairs-fine-mathwear-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?p=1280","title":{"rendered":"Alasdair’s Fine Mathwear revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ve had some projects that have been waiting on the back burner while I finished the book, and now it’s time to bring them forward again. The one that’s been the longest away is a project I wrote about in my Craftstory (for the book). Not merely a knitting project, but a small side business that I stopped before jumping into double-knitting with both feet. I called it “Alasdair’s Fine Mathwear;” I designed moebius scarves, klein bottle hats, hyperbolic surfaces … but I didn’t know anything about pattern writing at that point. I sold or bartered with the pieces themselves, did a few commissions, but this business was ultimately short-lived. Many of the math-related patterns I came up with have been left alone for some time, but I think it’s time I revisited a few — but now, in double-knitting. It’s likely that I’ll be releasing these as a small ebook\/print booklet similar to Parallax.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Here’s the first one — or at least, here it is before it’s been stitched together. It’s a very weird garment and a very weird shape. In case it’s not clear, it’s a tube with a slit in the center. Anyone want to make a guess as to what it becomes when it’s properly assembled?<\/p>\n

In book news<\/h4>\n

It’s been a great first (whole) month, with fantastic book sales numbers at Vogue Knitting Live and again at the Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market this past weekend. Online orders are down to a trickle, but I’ve got hope that a few new publicity opportunities will bear fruit. I’ve had some new wholesale accounts<\/a> opened, so there will be a few LYSs around the country stocking my books as well. I hope Stitches West will be a big success; the Adenydd shawl will get its major runway debut there too (it took a short spin on the catwalk at the Fiber Festival of New England).<\/p>\n

In a couple of weeks, I’ll have a new edition of the Parallax booklet available. I liked the print job on Double or Nothing so much that I decided to do a short run of Parallax there as well. It cost quite a bit, but this is a book that routinely sells well and has never had trouble doing so. I hope that it will continue to do so, since I am about to have 1000 of them. The lower price point per book means I can also afford to wholesale them as well, for those who are interested.<\/p>\n

I’ve also begun having some of my patterns professionally printed. On my store<\/a>, you can now see printed patterns as well as books to order. All of these (as well as my new book and the Parallax booklet) come with a free PDF download from Ravelry. Each book and pattern has a unique code on a sticker inside, so you can even give them as gifts and your recipient can easily redeem the code.<\/p>\n

In other news<\/h4>\n

I’ve got another local class, and have been booked to do two intensive workshop series at two weekend retreats, in addition to the dates posted a couple months back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

March 5, 1-4pm: Intro to Double-Knitting workshop at Stitch House Dorchester<\/a>. There will also be a mini-trunk-show and book signing event afterward at 4pm.<\/p>\n

May 5-7: The Flaming Ice Cube knitting retreat<\/a> in Canfield, Ohio. Learn double-knitting, two-pattern double-knitting and multi-color double-knitting — a great introduction along with some intriguing next steps.<\/p>\n

June 1-5: Camp Stitches Vermont<\/a> in Essex Junction, VT. If you already know double-knitting and want a 3-day, 15-hour intensive workshop on a huge number of double-knitting techniques beyond the basics, this is the event for you. Don’t know double-knitting yet but still want to take this? Get a head start on my Craftsy class<\/a> first.<\/p>\n

Want to see where else I’ll be teaching? Check out my events calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Finally, I’ve just begun to release my patterns on Fibermob<\/a>, a new website recently opened by the good folks at Yarnbox<\/a>. They’re still tweaking things over there, but it seems to be working, so give it a shot if you like. How can you resist the Aardman-like sheep logo?<\/p>\n

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