Monday, January 08, 2007

...and back to the drawing board

Checked out Chiagu yesterday only to find that they aren't currently accepting submissions. Bummer. And Knitting Vault might be accepting submissions, but apparently they aren't looking for newbies. Questions like: How many patterns do you have for sale? How many do you want to sell here?

Well...one and one...

Then they want 60% of whatever I think the pattern is worth. So designers are charging $6.00 for a pattern that might be worth $2.00. Are there people out there that will do that? For six bucks you can get a copy of Vogue Knitting and get dozens of patterns.

Guess I'm in the mindset that if I can design, then anyone can design. And it's true. Thank you Elizabeth Zimmerman!

Chiagu might not be accepting designs right now, but they have a lovely blog and an opportunity to join a Web Ring of other knitting blogs. The main catch is that I'd have to post at least once a week...which is what a blog is all about after all.

Meanwhile I've got a personal project on the needles, a pair of socks for The Shuj. It's time to knit from the top down and re-master the old-fashioned heel. Might even show pictures of this one :)

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