Great Week

This has been a great week.

Theressa Silver's Hat Couture release was announced by Cooperative Press. There is a Mystery KAL on Ravelry and Theressa and other Cooperative Press authors will be at booth #200 at Vogue Knitting Live in Seattle April 5 -7. Theressa (Argentgal on Ravelry) is one of many designers unpaid but published by KAL/ACM.

Another KAL/ACM writer/designer, Penelope Hemingway, whose articles in Yarn Forward and Knit I always loved, has an article in the latest issue of Knitting Traditions Spring 2013, which is available for download and will be on newsstands the first week of April. Check out her blog here.

Knitting

Socks have taken over my life. I have two people to thank. Countrybyrd on Ravelry for starting the 2013 Sock KAL/CAL in the Friends Group on Ravelry and Donna Druchunas' Knit Original Top Down Sock class on Craftsy. Her instructions on heel flaps and turning heels pushed me over (in a very nice and instructive way) the sock knitting hump. Last night I finished a heel flap and turned a Dutch heel without looking at the instructions or the video. GO ME! Confession: I actually made a mistake. Finished my heel flap, picked up stitches for the gussets and then realized I hadn't knit the heel. Tinked back, keeping the gusset stitches on the needles, knit and turned the heel, and then went on the knit the gusset stitches. I felt like such a little pro.

I know I have mentioned Craftsy before. I love the platform. The classes are reasonably priced and on sale often. The platform allows you to make notes while watching the videos. The notes appear as bookmarks that you can return to. There is the 30 second rewind that keeps repeating those instructions until you end the loop. Detailed and helpful class materials that you print to read and carry with you when you're not online. The instructors are really responsive to queries. I have loved all the patterns created by the instructors for teaching. My knitting has improved 100% from taking these classes. And they aren't just for knitters. There are sewing, bead stringing, spinning, quilting, baking and a variety of other classes and workshops on Craftsy. If you haven't tried a Craftsy class, I strongly urge you to do so. You won't regret it.

Leaf Litter Socks

This has been a project of total love, mainly because of the yarn. It is easy to knit with, not splitty, and the stitch definition is amazing. I've finished one sock and need to finish another pair before I go on to the second sock. The yarn is BFL/Nylon Hi Twist Sock from Natural Born Knitters. Highly recommend the yarn and their handmade shawl pins. You won't be disappointed.

Amazing Stitch Definition

Sock One Knit on Size 1 (2.25mm) Bamboo Needles

 

Creditors of Craft Magazines Limited

Your help is needed!
If you are a creditor of Craft Magazines Limited you should have been advised that the company had applied to be struck off. You’re a creditor if you’re owed money or goods - so if you have an unfulfilled magazine subscription or you’re an unpaid designer, then you’re a creditor.
Any of us can object to this company being struck off. They have made no attempt to settle their debts, and their accounts have not been (and will not be) audited by an independent third party if they’re struck off. Creditors therefore have no way of knowing if there is any money to pay them.
To object, you can phone 0303 1234 500 or email enquiries@companies-house.gov.uk. Quote Craft Magazines Limited, Company Number 08051158.
You can object for any or all of the following reasons:

1. The company has an unsatisfied CCJ, and therefore legal action still pending against it.
2. You understand that not all creditors have been advised of the striking off nor were advised that the company has ceased trading.
3. They have disposed of rights that, immediately before ceasing to be in business or trade, they held for disposal or gain in the normal course of that business or trade. (They have to have ceased trading for at least three months prior to the application to be struck off. Simply Beautiful was held as an asset or gain during the normal course of their business. They’ve disposed of it less than three months ago - about 6-8 weeks ago I think - by giving it to a creditor in lieu of payment).

I’m hoping HMRC may object as I’m presuming that once again PAYE, NIC and VAT wasn’t paid.