tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post7695167266838653589..comments2024-03-08T01:37:39.323-05:00Comments on Getting Stitched on the Farm: Reading... checking.... and more readingKristin Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09038900681076035087noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-37522321084564779872007-06-16T00:44:00.000-04:002007-06-16T00:44:00.000-04:00I'm catching up on some back posts and am finding ...I'm catching up on some back posts and am finding all of this so interesting. I look so much more at the names of designers now and I see your name everywhere, it seems.<BR/>Somehow I missed last fall's Vogue Knitting including the colorful knee highs you designed but picked up a back issue while I was in Seattle. They're now on my "to do" list, which unfortunately is ridiculously long.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06210760028111581098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-29188189724346042922007-06-11T22:04:00.000-04:002007-06-11T22:04:00.000-04:00I loved looking at the pics of the different chick...I loved looking at the pics of the different chicks--they look so handsome and so individual. And thank you for the wonderfully clear explanation of the pattern process.Sile Converyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059322859765160749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-75659741675870665562007-06-06T19:36:00.000-04:002007-06-06T19:36:00.000-04:00Thank you for that info on publishing a knitting b...Thank you for that info on publishing a knitting book - to me it is way more than I thought would happen. I admire your tenacity in keeping on doing it - perhaps there are times when you say to yourself, "Never again!"<BR/>Please stick with it, as I love your books. I just finished the little garter stitch cloche in "Knitting For Baby" - clever pattern! I love the photo of the little boy with the 'aran' sweater! That is just priceless.<BR/>Thanks for all the work you put into your books. I like your patterns.<BR/>Which large hosta do you have - I have two Seboldiana and Sum and Substance! Our two Cairn Terriers can get 'lost' under the leaves of those hostas!Peg-woolinmysouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790536800383924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-83262227620160804722007-06-06T16:43:00.000-04:002007-06-06T16:43:00.000-04:00Kristen... do you 'dream' new patterns? You say th...Kristen... do you 'dream' new patterns? You say that after the book goes to bed... well kinda... you have created many more patterns... do they just come to you? Do you just sit down and say "today I will create a new pattern? Or is it like my Pastor once told me when I asked him how he came up with the new subject every week (okay I was 14 YO) Ohhhhhhh Ruth there are sooooo many subjects(Patterns) out there ... so that's my question... with all you do ... how do you set aside the time to just create?<BR/>RuthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-76030554900486199832007-06-06T15:33:00.000-04:002007-06-06T15:33:00.000-04:00Wow, its interesting to hear the behind the scenes...Wow, its interesting to hear the behind the scenes events that take place to prepare the book. You've done a lot of hard work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-30040745864327114022007-06-06T11:40:00.000-04:002007-06-06T11:40:00.000-04:00I'm sure you will be left with a deep sense of sat...I'm sure you will be left with a deep sense of satisfaction when this project has been completed. I have an picture in my mind of the kittens sheltered under the hosta leaves. I will carry that image around with me today and will smile every time I look at it. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-27119767622870277742007-06-06T10:13:00.000-04:002007-06-06T10:13:00.000-04:00"Patterns have to be massaged to fit into the page..."Patterns have to be massaged to fit into the pages [...] This means words can be cut."<BR/><BR/>Do the book designers know anything about knitting or are they just the 'make it pretty/make it fit' people? If the latter, I imagine it would be like someone who doesn't cook designging the layout for a cookbook and cutting an ingredient or a processing step to make the recipe fit. <BR/><BR/>I don't think it's realistic to expect every published pattern to be error free or to expect a designer to catch an inappropriate edit at the point the material 'comes home' for final review. What I look for above all is a publisher's willingness to make errata available. I've been surprised to find several who do not/will not.<BR/><BR/>Well, that was quite a little ramble, wasn't it? :-) And, all that aside, I'm really looking forward to your book, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-65461894386000240782007-06-06T09:43:00.000-04:002007-06-06T09:43:00.000-04:00I'm sure it will be gorgeous!I'm sure it will be gorgeous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-74390655021529679002007-06-06T09:39:00.000-04:002007-06-06T09:39:00.000-04:00My handspun, knitted and felted hat goes off to yo...My handspun, knitted and felted hat goes off to you. I am looking forward to holding the finished product in my hands. What a wonderful place to sit and do anything, I'm truly envious.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02937372599110017905noreply@blogger.com