Curiouser and Curiouser
The Boy and I have reservations at a very nice restaurant tonight. If you’ve been reading a while, you might recall that I mentioned that the book writing process has surprisingly few moments where it feels like you’ve really reached a milestone. There are lots of concurrent steps, and just because you’ve finished one doesn’t mean you don’t have 4 other things to do. I found that distressing last time around, and I vowed to celebrate all the milestones I could with this one. And I’ve reached one. The website for Book the Second is officially live today. Any chance you’d like to look at it?
The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet:
Twenty Patterns Inspired by Vintage Botanical Prints
And now for some questions I’m guessing someone will ask…plus a few pictures, just because I can!
1) No, you can’t start knitting quite yet! The book is now available for preorder (at a discount). The electronic version will be going out in the Spring and the physical version a month or so later.
2) Yes, it is all up on Ravelry so you can add it to your queue and start making plans and linking to it with abandon. The book’s page is right here.
3) Yes, this one includes more than just socks. There are 10 sock patterns and 10 accessory patterns…something to tempt everyone!
4) Yes there will be more to come. I’m working on a blog tour, some interviews, and some special ways to get started on a few of the patterns early. But that will all be sorted out over the next several weeks, and I wanted to share this with you now.
Wow – it looks great! Have a lovely time out celebrating!
The pictures look beautiful!!! I can’t wait to get the book & make some more of these lovely patterns.
Congrats, Hunter.
You done it again! I am speechless so to say and bow to you. Can not wait for the book to be mine. Congratulations to these beautiful patterns. Just need time for more knitting. Thank you!
Congrats!!! It looks great! Can’t wait to hold it in my hot little hands! :-)….first time I’ve wanted Santa to put a pre-order in my stocking. 🙂
Hmmm, I might have to see if I can work up something folks can download to be a stocking stuffer if they want such a thing…
Oh, I hope it was a really, really nice dinner! It’s glorious. Kudos and felicitations!
I went, I saw, I preordered…
Can’t wait! (though I suppose I’ll have to)
Big hurrah and congratulations and hope that you two thoroughly enjoy your dinner out – it is definitely deserved!
I’m just so happy I can start on a few more of the items I sample knitted for you and show them off now! (Photos have been stolen and put on my Rav pages, hehe!)
Congratulations! It looks awesome and I love the title!!! I’m glad to hear that you are celebrating in style!
love love love love love love love!
Everything looks lovely, and the theme is amazing! You are so very creative.
And I really appreciate your generous preorder offer of the electronic book with the purchase of a hard copy!
I hope you enjoyed your well-deserved dinner. 🙂
Every bit as wonderful as I had expected. Well done, Hunter. Can’t wait to have a copy in my hand.
I’ve tweeted it.
I’ve blogged it.
http://www.woolgathering.org.uk/2011/12/violently-domestics-knitters-curiosity-cabinet/
I’ll extol its virtues everywhere that I can.
Hope you don’t mind me “stealing” a couple of images for the blog post. Tell me if you do.
All I can say is WOW!!! Okay that isn’t true, you are one seriously great designer!!!!
Thanks so much everyone, and you’re all more than welcome to use images for promotional stuff! This has been such an exciting day, you guys are all amazing!
I’ve been waiting and waiting for this announcement and it looks so worth it. Very beautiful designs and I can’t wait to start knitting them.
Congratulations on “completing” another beautiful book!
Congratulations on the new book! As a plant geek, I’m excited both about the botanical motifs and that they bear the Latin names of their inspirations. Yay!