{"id":2136,"date":"2026-06-04T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:32:40","slug":"the-video-workshops-are-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"The video workshops are live!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL1gHO5-Ll2QfHlFSoe2Fd9zNEQncVAZy9&amp;si=donFzREAdgaNklJv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"475\" data-attachment-id=\"2137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?attachment_id=2137\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?fit=1178%2C848&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1178,848\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?fit=660%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?resize=660%2C475&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?resize=1024%2C737&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png?w=1178&amp;ssl=1 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;or some of them are, anyway. At the moment, 6 of my 2022-23 BuildingBlox virtual workshops are <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL1gHO5-Ll2QfHlFSoe2Fd9zNEQncVAZy9&amp;si=donFzREAdgaNklJv\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL1gHO5-Ll2QfHlFSoe2Fd9zNEQncVAZy9&amp;si=donFzREAdgaNklJv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">live on YouTube<\/a> and beginning to rack up views. There are 16 more that I&#8217;ve prepared and uploaded; the final stage is to watch through each one and put in timestamps so people can jump to the most useful parts for them. This is a time-consuming process but at least it&#8217;s something I can do from anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan is that I will release them in roughly the same order they came out as workshops &#8212; so of course the Intro one was first, then Designing Two-pattern Double-knitting, etc etc. I really want to get them all done and out there before society collapses this Fall (only sort of tongue-in-cheek there). I am also planning to embed them into my workshop pages on my website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re not already subscribed to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/FallingbloxDesigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youtube channel<\/a>, I recommend you subscribe so you can be notified when new workshops are posted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book sales are in a slump<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can&#8217;t really reduce the book prices much more; at this point I am sort of regretting not continuing to sell them through Amazon because even though I&#8217;ve done a couple of guild presentations and virtual workshops, I&#8217;ve still got a lot of books left. My hope had been to sell them all by October &#8212; because the machine I use for fulfillment is running Windows 10, which will expire by then. But at this rate I may just need to move my fulfillment software to my main machine so I can continue past October. So it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to my website, the current count is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/double-knitting.com\/product\/extreme-double-knitting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Extreme Double-knitting<\/a>: 166 copies left<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/double-knitting.com\/product\/double-or-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Double or Nothing<\/a>: 365 copies left<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/double-knitting.com\/product\/parallax-print-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parallax<\/a>: 57 copies left<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am hoping the Youtube videos will expose more people to my work and more books may sell. We&#8217;ll see. In the meantime, if you know of anyone who&#8217;d enjoy my books in physical form and doesn&#8217;t yet have them,  please either buy them as gifts or forward a <a href=\"https:\/\/double-knitting.com\/store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link to my store<\/a>. Thanks for any word-of-mouth help you can offer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In other news<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t often put personal stuff in here (OK, maybe that&#8217;s not true given all the ways my personal life has affected my ability to do knitting stuff) but any signal-boosting I can do can only help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I live in Boston and am car-free &#8212; instead, I ride an ebike. It&#8217;s a Class-1, so before you assume I&#8217;m one of those awful people speeding on the sidewalks and knocking down pedestrians, my bike has to be pedaled and can&#8217;t go any faster than a regular bike piloted by a fit rider. Or more to the point, it couldn&#8217;t &#8212; it was stolen a couple of weeks ago. This has been a big setback for me, mobility-wise. I ride 10-20 miles per day to get to work and back. I was approaching 15,000 miles on the bike&#8217;s odometer when it was stolen. I have a backup (non-electric) bike but it is a chore to ride such a long distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s an expensive bike &#8212; but insurance won&#8217;t cover it without heavy consequence after all the insurance we&#8217;ve used for the fire over these past several years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-alasdair-replace-his-stolen-ebike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I&#8217;ve set up a GoFundMe<\/a> if anyone wants to help me get back on my feet\/wheels. I don&#8217;t expect it&#8217;ll be fully funded, but even if it reduces the amount I have to shell out, it&#8217;ll be worth it. Thank you for any help you can offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-alasdair-replace-his-stolen-ebike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" data-attachment-id=\"2138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?attachment_id=2138\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png?fit=720%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png?fit=660%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png?resize=660%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;or some of them are, anyway. At the moment, 6 of my 2022-23 BuildingBlox virtual workshops are live on YouTube and beginning to rack up views. There are 16 more that I&#8217;ve prepared and uploaded; the final stage is to watch through each one and put in timestamps so people can jump to the most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/?p=2136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The video workshops are live!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eKU9-ys","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140,"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallingblog.double-knitting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}