Wee Tiny Humpback Whale Sock

      Well, I have finally finished this month long adventure.  This little guy still has to pass the Ethan inspection, as he is my whale expert.  If my Wee Tiny Humpback Whale Sock passes with a 100% in flying colors, then I can get started on some other small sock ideas.

     I was approached with the idea of teaching a Wee Tiny Sock of the Month Club KAL (knit along) at our local yarn shop.  However, I need to have some ideas.  I have compiled a list of sorts, and now need to work on what would be a January idea.  I have two whale ideas which will work wonderfully for our local Whaling Days celebrated each June in Silverdale.  I will also need to find bigger sock blockers or maybe sweet talk Daryn into making a few for me that will fit my socks.  At any rate, for purposes of size comparison, this little guy measures about 5 inches from tip of nose to tip of tail.

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!

On a Creative Frenzy

Creating dragons - first an foremost is a dragon sock.  I have the body.  Not quite sure about the nose.  May have to revamp that.  I have also been asked to design a small Christmas sock for the yarn shop, as well as some other designs.  They'd like to sell them at the shop!  I don't know if I'm quite up to that.  Debbie (Macomber) really likes my wee tiny socks, and she off-handedly asked me last December to maybe teach a couple classes at the shop.  I'd have to use original designs, because the others are patterns I get as part of the Wee Tiny Sock Club.

That being said, the creative juices are brewing, but nothing has come to fruition yet.