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Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

Congratulations @susan-heyn! That's great news!

Yay! Congratulations @tanja-osswald!

Got the notification that I passed on my second submission! Did learn a few new techniques that I hadn't known before about weaving in ends.

Done! I made it!

@shelley-husbandthat is so great–likely a result of quick response from you.

So great that she's still talking to you! That's the best way to heal it!

Thank you very much @tanja-osswald That was a very good idea to to look at the worst that could happen. I needed that perspective 🙂

Thanks @dana-gervais 🙂 You are right – I could not control, nor predict how the other party would interpret what I did and how they'd react. Thank you for your kind words 🙂 I needed to hear them 🙂

Thanks @ji…[Read more]

what's going well & what are you working on? (since I always seem to combine these)

I'm catching up! Yesterday I queued up a few forum ads for Raverly, blog posts outlined, sketched in design commitments, yes things are moving forward. Mostly forward, I need to rip out about 3 inches of a shawl design because I wasn't paying attention, again.…[Read more]

Hugs!!!!! @shelley-husband, these things are gutting, so I totally understand. However, I want to say that you did something (and you don't say what, so no judgment) that was taken a certain way by someone else. You cannot make amends. That's sadly the truth. Damage done. Now you need to figure out if you can or should do anything else.…[Read more]

I need to start contributing to this thread more regularly.

Whatcha Working On?
Lots of tech editing, two patterns in testing, two patterns with my sample knitters and two patterns with a publisher's sample knitters. Hoping to write one pattern this week and send another to the tech editor.

What's Going Well
Hiring sample knitters is the…[Read more]

(((Hugs))) It's a horrible feeling when you feel that someone else is unhappy because of your actions. You've made amends, you've done everything you can to rectify the situation and the ball is no longer in your court. It may take the other person some time to process everything and get over it. Or they may choose to not get over it – either…[Read more]

Whatcha workin on?
Today, I have step photos and a class description on my to-do list.

What’s going well?
My Year of Mitts is selling steadily. Not a big rush on it but then, people have till the end of next year to buy it. The first special places are almost sold out.
Zitron, my main yarn sponsor, called and told me he's selling my book very w…[Read more]

Thanks, Amy! You are right, I can still pilfer this novel and take out the nice parts to embed them into something more coherent. 🙂
Besides, doing NaNo teaches me a lot about my working habits and the way I motivate myself. Just 9,000 more words…

Thanks, Amy! You are right, I can still pilfer this novel and take out the nice parts to embed them into something more coherent. 🙂
Besides, doing NaNo teaches me a lot about my working habits and the way I motivate myself. Just 9,500 more words…

Thanks, Amy! You are right, I can still pilfer this novel and take out the nice parts to embed them into something more coherent. 🙂
Besides, doing NaNo teaches me a lot about my working habits and the way I motivate myself. Just 9,500 more words…

Thank you, @jess-cook! It seems like it ties in nicely with the gift-a-long on Ravelry – one woman bought one of my discounted patterns and then, minutes later, signed up for the subscription. 🙂

Thank you, @jess-cook! I think it ties in nicely with the gift-a-long on Ravelry – one woman bought one of my discounted patterns and then, minutes later, signed up for the subscription. 🙂

Thank you, @jess-cook! I think it ties in nicely with the gift-a-long on Ravelry – one woman bought one of my discounted patterns and then, minutes later, signed up for the subscription. 🙂