Author: Annie

Because it’s 6:30 in the morning, I have to “get up” in 10 minutes, and I still have a slight ‘people hangover’ from last night, this will be short. The flight was pretty good – I had a bulkhead seat, and although it wasn’t my usual preferred position (right side of the plane window seat…

Well, it had to happen. I go and name one sweater after a character in a book, and all the other characters are clamoring to have their own sweater named after them! So I present to you – Karis – another character from World Without End. Yes, I’m boring – when I’m in the middle…

Here are the promised results from the very unofficial survey I put up on Friday. I hadn’t realized that I’d be limited to the first 100 responses – I don’t have a Surveymonkey account (but if I did more surveys I would – the website is very easy to use!)So – for what it’s worth…

… And even worse. Bad sore throat – so bad it even hurts to write… heh, heh But as a consolation prize for everyone who missed Gwenda, here’a a free pattern for all of you. It’s Netty [link to a pdf file], a funky headwrap which utilizes a TTDS – Triple Twist Drop Stitch. It’s…

I should be in bed. Oh, wait – I am! Well, almost. I’m about to go back up to bed because I’m suffering (I tells ya) Suffering with a sore, sore throat (not strep, the doc did the test yesterday and I don’t have THAT, thank heaven) just a sore throat, runny nose and general…

So after all of my spouting off about designer compensation, fees, etc., I decided that it would be a little bit of a cop out to miss TNNA this year. I’d decided earlier not to go – I wanted to just be HERE for January – but Gerry is with me on this. I’m going…

So here’s how we spent our New Years’ Eve! I woke early and rushed over to Minneapolis to pick up a carload of books – and I DO mean a carload of books! Confessions has sold well this Fall, so I placed a large-ish order so I wouldn’t have to think about reprinting in 2008….

A list of gratitude for my blog readers:Thank you to everyone who read my blog this year, to those who commented and to the shy ones who emailed me privately. Thank you to everyone who vicariously lived through my own annus horribilis, and to those of you who helped me see that – in the…

I’m just about finished with the Cabled Yoke Cardigan – I’m VERY happy with it, it looks good on Hannah (who is about 3 sizes too small, and lacking the womanly attributes that will make it fit more as envisioned…) It looks better from the back, and I may rip out the front ribbing and…

I’ve received SO much mail and even phone calls about my post a few days ago alluding to the Interweave Knits contract that I chose not to sign. Most of the mail was from other designers who have been – well – afraid to raise their voices about this because they don’t want to be…