Good, and yet strangely disappointing...

This is a tale of my own vanity.Last month, the "coming next month" page had this design as its main feature.

(Let's Knit!)

I got very excited, thinking I was going to get a "cover splash" all my own.

Don't know if focus groups were involved, and it is still on the cover,but a smaller picture.
Not complaining, just a victim of my own vanity.

This one, however, I never expected to be anywhere near the cover.

(Inside Crochet)

And it was! Again - not main feature, that honour was reserved for an amigurumi lion, but I'm still happy to be there!

Further publications

Considering my last post was about buying new yarn, it amuses me that my most recent publications are about using up the scraps and burning the stash.

The wonderful people at Let's Knit even had me on their "designer profile" page at the front this time!

The designs stem from ideas I had a while ago about putting brights against black for a stained glass effect. I've tried this in tapestry crochet, which works okay, but the pattern turned out to be a knitted hat and mitts set.

It's about scraps, Russian joins and magic balls and although the end result would look great in wool (and would be fab in felted pattern) my scraps are all nasty from the stash, so that's what we used.

I liked the name "Tracery", but I know nothing about magazines or marketing, so figure that those who do are best placed to chose the names.

May I introduce Amelie.....

....and Isabelle

Some good some bad

Knitting

I've not got any pics (sorry, bad blogger), but I'm in the throes of making a sheep teacosy for a colleague. A friend saw the pattern and may also want one to give as a gift to a sheep fan, so that's keeping me busy.

Writing.

This is the reason for the blog title.

I've had two responses to my synopsis and three chapters.

1) "Thanks, it's fun but not for us". Well, fair enough. Much better than "well, that was crap", or "are you having a laugh" or similar.
2) "Thanks. Could I see the rest of the book?"
Well of course you can!!!

That was sent off last week, and a stony silence has ensued. I like to think it's because the agent is avidly reading it, pitching it to eager publishers, and negotiating my multi-million pound advance in the bidding war.

That's what I like to think. Realistically, it's probably stuck in the Mount Pleasant sorting office.

A magpie landed on my roof this morning (one for sorrow), and if I were superstitious, I would take it as a sign that the novel will never be published. Good job I don't believe in such nonsense then, isn't it?

Wish me luck.

Now published on line! But poorly.

I am now, officially, a suite 101 writer.

This is very exciting, and there's something very special about seeing the copywrite symbol against your name.

I've written a piece on using less paper in the workplace, and I've had lots of ideas for future articles. It's a good exercise.




I'm off work poorly sick today, and despite my lack of wellness, I'm still feeling guilty if I don't DO something, Man, I should have a religion - at least the guilt would have a reason based in culture and history.