On Sale Now - Plowline Raglan Pattern!

The Plowline Pattern is up!  You can download it from the Garment House Shop, Ravelry or directly from here.  I am also trying out seamless checking through my shop now, eliminating having to go through Paypal.  I'm pretty excited about it, but make sure to let me know if you experience any problems.  

Almost there!

I'm so, so close to releasing the Plowline Raglan Sweater pattern!  After consulting my company's computer guy (ha, shockingly underpaid husband), I finally got my PDFs looking the way I want them to.  Apple does a terrible job resizing their documents making the graphs hardly legible, but I think that's ironed out now.  I might go back and do the same for all my other patterns and provide an update for those of you who have already bought them.

A little bit about the Plowline.  I plan to release it sometime early next week, and for now it will be released in one size, Garment House Medium (size 6-8).  I will update the pattern to include all sizes in a while, after I've had a chance to get some feedback about the pattern as it is now.  I'll be offering this one-size pattern at a discounted rate until then.

You have all been so kind about the Garment House knitting patterns so far, thank you!  It's something I've wanted to do for a long time, even before I asked if anyone would be interested in the Downton Sweater I hoped to release last year.  If this Plowline release goes well, that's the next sweater pattern on the list!

more patterns available

i finished another knitting pattern over the weekend!  it's a standard size teapot cozy, and I've just added it to the shop!  it's available for purchase in two different ways, alone or combined with the small teapot cozy pattern.

these teapot covers are a lot of fun to make, and they knit up so quickly.  i thoroughly enjoyed having a small project to work on this weekend, even though you'd figure i'd be tired of all this test knitting.  a couple weekends back, i took the time to organize all my yarns and i'm getting a lot of enjoyment out of using up whatever odds and ends are left over from other projects.  i'm even stretching myself a little to modify patterns slightly so that I avoid buying MORE YARN!  although i'm in no way going to set this challenge for myself, i could easily get away with not buying another skein for at least a year!

i've decided to keep the giveaway commenting open for just a little longer too, so make sure to click the post below if you want to add your name to the group.  and thank you to the people who just keep buying away!  the encouragement is helping me to keep pushing ahead!

ravelry store pattern giveaway!

I've decided to open a Garment House Ravelry Store for my pattern downloads, too!  The same two patterns are available for download now.  If you're a knitter and don't have Ravelry account, it's worth signing up.  Especially if you're interested in getting one of my patterns for free!  That's right, it's time for a party.  As a way of saying thank you for the support, I'm giving away one pattern (of your choice) to ten random commenters on this post.  TEN!  If you're shy, or don't know what to comment, let me give you some ideas. Tell me what age you started knitting, who taught you to knit, or what knit item you saw that inspired you to learn.  I'll give it a couple days (the promo codes expires next Friday), then I'll randomly generate some numbers and go through the comment list and try to contact you with a promo code for one free download.  Please leave some way for me to reach you, have a blogger profile with a link to an email, or check back here and i'll leave a response to your comment if you're a winner.  If there's no way to get a hold of you, i'll keep moving down the list.

Let's get this commenting party started!

**thanks for all the comments!  this giveaway is now closed.**  

another knitting pattern is ready for download!

First of all, thank you for buying the Garment House Hot Water Bottle Cover pattern!  Wow!  I'm so thrilled to have your business after such a long hiatus from the shop, and cannot wait to see everyone's hand-knit work!    

Can you tell by the patterns i'm uploading it's been cold?  Really, really cold?  As I sit in a frigid office, I find myself piling on every test knit item I have in my pack mule's worth of stuff I haul from the house to the office every day.  I even have a very hot water bottle in it's cover on my lap.  And another on my back!  It pays to be a knitter.  

Pattern download number two, Small Teapot Cozy, is ready and waiting in the shop!  I have been meaning to share this pattern for a while, and knowing full-time tea drinking weather is on it's way, now is the time!  This project is incredibly fast since it's knit with chunky yarn, which also makes it extra insulating for your teapot.  I use it with my ForLife "Stump" Teapot (which i highly recommend), but it will work with most two-cup (16-18 oz) teapots.  This pattern is perfect for beginners since it's knit flat in garter stitch, meaning you don't have to use one purl stitch to make it!  But really, what knitter doesn't like a simple and quick knitting project?

More patterns are on their way, but for now, i'm going to pile as many quilts and blankets I can find on top of me for the weekend, and catch up on some more knitting.  Thank you for your business, friends!

garment house knitting patterns

it's been quiet on here over the last couple weeks, but i've been hard at work!  my days have been full of making list after list, going through stacks of notebooks filled with my knitted designs, test knitting until my fingers are about to fall off, taking photos in hurricane-speed winds, retaking photos, editing photos, changing layouts, and trying hard to wrap up this first set of garment house knitting patterns for release! i'm getting close. some of the bumps that have come up along the way have been really challenging and tough, but i'm thankful to just keep pushing through, learning as i go.  it keeps me from freaking out about how nervous i am to actually share my patterns with everyone!  i've heard some horror stories and even had some discouraging experiences already, but i've also heard some really encouraging things too.  i hope the good outweighs the bad, and all this hard work will be worth it.

but good news!  to test this [new to me] process of downloadable patterns, i've brushed off my water bottle cover pattern, revised it, and am now offering it as a PDF for sale in my garment house shop. i've changed a couple things about the pattern for the better, but as always, make sure to let me know if you find any errors.

i don't know about you, but we're in full-blown hot water bottle season in our home!  it has been snowing all day, and thankfully i have a bunch of newly test knit covers to make sure there's one for every bed in the house.

well, hello!

one of the toughest years of my life, will end with one of the biggest miracles!

i've missed you!  life has been a little nuts over the last year(s), but i'll kick things off with some incredible news!  doug and i were in the middle of embracing a heartbreaking diagnosis of infertility (and impending hysterectomy) when the most amazing miracle surprised both us and my doctors - a sweet baby boy who is due to arrive in december!  i am still in complete shock and at a loss for words.  i can say i'm 23 weeks along and thankful to be feeling better than i've felt in years!  thank you for all your kind support and concern in the meantime.  i'm slowly picking back up the neglected pieces of my life, and hope to even share some work with everyone here soon!  i'm just taking it one tiny babystep at a time.  winkyface!