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I would vote for a less leafy plant–it is kind of distracting. Also, if you could do a gray background to show off the piece?

For scale, I really love the corner of the couch peeking into the frame. It really gives that “this is a large art piece you can put in a room” feel. And of course you want interesting but not TOO interesting — maybe a one-color throw pillow? I actually love the plant, but not how it seems to be fighting with the sculpture, so I'll reiterate my…[Read more]

Thank you, @kimberley-bridgwater! I do have an index card for each pattern (with all to-dos on it to check off) but they are all in a stack and working off the one on top does not work well currently.

@lisa-barnes Oops! I'll try to get some in the mail for you tomorrow & I'll let you now if that does not happen!!! (I think I may have hidden them on myself)

@julianna-puccini <3

Whatcha workin on?
Getting ready for a letter-writing challenge on my blog and Instagram for the month of April which means prepping posts/photographing/et al. I'm excited about this since challenges tend to feel more community-like to me than merely writing posts. (They also give a nice focus for the month. :)) Along with that, I'm working on…[Read more]

@tanja-osswald, I love your idea of a check off list of in progress/upcoming designs!

I think I'm going to do the same, then sort them by how much is left to do. Then do them! I have way too many designs on the go that need to get published. They don't make money sitting in a file in Apple ios Pages or a pile of unwritten samples!

I'm glad the…[Read more]

I am not in the US, so I am not sure how relevant to your situation my experience is, but I don't currently have insurance specific to my business. I am a knitwear designer and do not insure the ‘tools of my trade' separately. I do have a $2mm blanket liability insurance rider on my property insurance. The idea is that if I am financially…[Read more]

Welcome, @jennifer609772, both to the Starship and to this thread. I don't think this thread is limited to books about knitting–we just have quite a few Starship captains who are in that industry–so absolutely you should post here!

I'm new to the Starship and just saw this thread so I thought I'd hop on board to learn from everyone. 🙂 I'm self-publishing a workbook this August (that's the goal, anyway) about taking/creating your own personal retreats throughout the year. It's obviously not knit/crochet-related specifically so hopefully it's okay for me to mention my…[Read more]

Whatcha working on?
Enjoying a lot of focus.

What’s going well / on?

I have been making lists of things I want to do each day as well as usually doing a schedule. I don’t usually follow the schedule well, but Iseem to get everything done, so I think the act of creating the schedule solidifies my daily goals.

Because I am off from teaching I’m…[Read more]

what's going well? I'm chipping away at all the things. Settling into life with no routine this week (E's working at home because his business partner is away) easier than I expected.

what are you working on? Trying to finish up client work so I can focus on everything else. I need to actually work on Craft Your Marketing (CYM) and am sketching…[Read more]

We love doggies and kitties! Tigger sleeps with us every night!

Ooh, traffic jams…didn't think about that. Is there decent public transit from near your house to near the convention center? We need to have the van there Friday for set up and Monday for tear down, but not Saturday and Sunday. And you'll have to tell us the best routes to take.…[Read more]

@jessica1061867 welcome! I raise my coffee mug to you!

I just wanted to post that I'm now OK for pairing up with possible designers on my first project(s) of collaboration of design/yarn.

Thanks so much everyone!! But if there's any more advice/knowledge/experience that anyone wants to share it's all appreciated, whether it's something I want to hear or not! lol. You guys are the best. Thank you.