Paying It Forward

I remember how hard it was for me to find the information I needed to submit my designs to various publications. I always wondered how designers got to work with yarn companies or who I needed to contact at a magazine. I figured that I wasn't alone in my search for this information. So to help other inspiring designers out there, I'll be posting submission calls from various companies here on my blog. I hope this information will help both the companies, by generating more great design submission to choose from and for the budding designers out there who's pattern just may very well be the next big thing!

Has The Dust Cleared Yet?

Well, I don't want to jinks myself, but it would seem that life has finally settled down for the time being.

I am more than happy to be seeing the month of May's ass walking away from me. It was a bad time and we are much better off parting ways with each other.

June seems to hold a bit more promise. I got an early gift from June in the form of my very first ever Jury Duty Summon!

Socking as it may seem, yes it is my very first time up for jury duty. You think that's strange, my mom is 63 years old and has never been called for jury duty! She has even called and asked to be put on the list and still no luck.

I've been serious about turning in my sock designs for consideration into various knitting magazines, hence th lack of patterns being posted as I am waiting to see if any of my designs have been accepted.

I've only let one deadline slip through my fingers, mainly due to poor time management and that whole little bit of moving from one state to the other.

Now all my stash is finally in one place and my life- though not taking the shape I had hoped- is starting to take on something that could pass for normal.

So, what's on my needles now?

I'm working on something wooly that i hope to turn in to Knitty.com for consideration. Sorry, must continue with the secrets. But I can tell you that I'm halfway through spinning that baby poo green fiber and when it's all spun I plan to knit a pair of socks knitting it straight from the spindle. Yup, I'm going to knit it without washing the yarn and relaxing the twist. I want those twist to be alive and wirery. It should be fun.