New Designs!

Finally I am back to posting something on my blog!  It was been far too long since I posted anything!  I keep threatening to do this on a more regular basis but we see how that has worked :)  Maybe this time I will get back into a rhythm of regular posting.

The school year is all done and I have had a bit of time to relax and unwind.  Now I have shifted into gear and am getting things done!  This past week has been quite productive for me! I had two sock designs that I finished the sample, pattern writing, and testing many months ago (like in the fall - October and November!) but then never got around to doing the edits and publishing the patterns.  I finally got that done this past week!!  Both patterns are getting a lot of love on Ravelry and I have sold several patterns :)  YAY!!  I am counting these as finished objects now!!

Broken Glass

Masculine Socks

 I also had two designs that I had knit up the sample (again one was completed in early November and the other one in December) but I had not got around to do any more work on those.  I have now got the two patterns written up and have the first one out for testing.  I will get the second one out for testing on Sunday afternoon.  I will be without reliable internet for the rest of the weekend (beginning around lunch time today) until Sunday afternoon so I thought is best to hold off on the second test until I can more easily answer any questions.  These two also count as finished objects (mostly!!)

Churro is now being tested

Inner Peace will be up for testing Sunday afternoon

And I have ideas for several more sock designs that I want to get started on!  But first I really should get a few of my needles freed up!  I have two partially complete Sock Madness 11 socks to finish (well three actually, but I want to focus on two first and will get to the third pair once those are done).  I hope to make some serious progress on these this weekend!!  I'll report back next week with how I managed!  Hopefully I can report two more FOs next Friday!

Invitation to the Dance - one sock complete and the second is part way through the gusset decreasing.

Symphony Socks - both have gusset stitches picked up and one has a couple rounds of decreases done.

Let's see where I am next week!

R is for my Ravelry Shop

R is for my Ravelry Shop.  Other than my Around the World Quilt-ghan which was published in December 2008, I put my first pattern up for sale on Ravelry in September 2013.  I have not released anything since December 2015 - this must be remedied!!  I have four designs that are nearly ready to go - I just need to do some editing on the patterns and publish them - they have already been test knit!  So, I have published a total of 47 patterns so far - 3 hat patterns, 15 sock patterns, 24 cowl designs, 1 stole, 2 afghans, and two headbands.  Three of the designs are crochet and the rest are all knit design!  I am no where near being able to quit my day job, but this does earn me a few dollars a month that allows me to buy more yarn to knit or crochet with - a win-win situation!!  I have found that the more patterns I have available, the more regular my sales are.  I have not done any paid promotions on Ravelry yet, but I am thinking about it - maybe once my Four Seasons Sock e-book is ready to go or maybe once I have finished all my Herding Cats designs and have that -book ready.