Soon to be published

I can not officially announce that I will have one of my little sock patterns published in association with Debbie Macomber's next book, Angels at the Table.  It's a simple red and white Christmas sock with beads.  The book will have a code in the back associated with the pattern.  Readers will be able to plug in the code on her website and be able to download the pattern.  I'm not exactly sure on how it will all work, but as I understand it to date, the pattern will be up for about a year (maybe?) and then it will go to her free patterns page.  She has purchased the pattern from me, so from here on out I do not have the rights to it and I cannot sell or benefit from it in any way.  However, my name will be out there as the designer :)  That is such an amazing thing to me!  Will keep everyone posted when I know more about it.

On a related note, I have also been asked be Debbie Macomber's A Good Yarn Shop to design enough to do 12 monthly knit-alongs for mini socks.  The shop will purchase the patterns and I can teach classes for the knit-alongs and they also want to pre-package the socks with the yarns and patterns, etc., to be sold possibly on their website!

What does this mean?  I have to get a business license!

It appears I have nearly become a designer of miniature socks!

So, what's on my list?  I have about 14 sock ideas ... now I just need to get them written up and decide which ones go with which month!  Here is what I have so far:

January - Owl
February - Snowflake
March - Dragon
April - Rain
May - Trees
June - Sea Shore
July - Whale (to go with Silverdale's Whaling Days)
August - Briar Rose
September - Coffee
October - Apples
November - Moose
December - Angel

Other items on my list that may replace or rearrange the above:
Dog
Whale (I have 2 - short-finned pilot whale and a humpback)
Mt. Rainier
Salmon
Totem
Ferry
Halloween
July 4
Ballet
Harry Potter (couldn't forget something for these!)
Pirate
Magic (Ian wants me to do one for his favorite card game)

A good many of these I have NO idea how I'm going to do them.  They were just ideas we came up with when brainstorming.  Most of them are on the "other" list at this point.

Well, that's my news!