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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Great Northern Pre-order Event!!!

From now until July 31st is the Great Northern Pre-order Event!!! Can you feel the excitement? You're probably waiting to find out what that means, exactly, before getting too excited. Fair enough.

Teresa and I were talking about how much shipping costs can prevent us from pulling the trigger on our own purchases, and realized that doing a free shipping deal would be a fantastic way to get new people interested in the book, and possibly entice our existing audience to buy multiple copies for gifts. So, here we are, making it happen!

For a limited time, take advantage of FREE SHIPPING* on the Great Northern print book (AND yarn from Mrs. Crosby! See below...)

When you pre-order July 21th-31st, you get free shipping on the book. Or many books, as many as you want to buy for gifts.

ALSO! During this time, thanks to our amazing friends at Gather DTLA (srsly go check this place out), you can get free shipping on 4 or more skeins of Mrs. Crosby Steamer Trunk! Whether you're going to use the yarn for a Great Northern sweater or not, stock up on these beauties while they are still available.

-Leah

Preorder the Great Northern print book with free shipping!

(US only)

$27

To pre-order the ebook or the print book to other shipping locations, please visit our pre-order site here.

Please spread the news! Let's get a copy of this baby into the hands of all the lovely, crafty freaks who would appreciate it.

*US only, with apologies to the rest of the world. We will still ship to you! We just can't do it for free :(

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Great Nothern KAL: From Another Place Complete

Hooray! I've completed my own knit of Leah Coccari-Swift's From Another Place Crop Top.

This is one of the sweaters you can currently download, and will be available in the final print and digital copy of Great Northern.

For my own From Another Place top, I substituted a lighter weight yarn which meant I had some gauge math to do!

After I figured out the basic measurements I needed and mu own gauge, I matched those up with the closest size in the pattern that would give me those numbers.
That ended up being 4 sizes larger than I would have knit!

The yarn I used was Anzula's Dreamy, a lovely soft blend of yarn (and some stash diving success! This was some remnants from my Drift's Ridge sweater!)

I ran out of the contrasting colour near the very bottom, and so the ribbing there is about 1" shorter than written in the pattern. Which works out ok for me, since I'm shorter than the average bear, and my backwaist length is more like 15" than 16" (which is the standard for sizing).

Fun Fact: I'm standing in front of Liuna Station in Hamilton. This is the train station they blow up in the first X-Men movie.

Thursday, February 04, 2016

#GreatNorthernKAL: Cherry Pie Video

I thought it would be good to create some helpful tips and tutorials videos for my Great Northern patterns. First up is Cherry Pie.

Cherry Pie is a cozy colourwork sweater that includes a sewn zipper. Never installed a zipper before? No need to fear!
This is the first video in a set I'll be doing about selecting and installing a zipper into Cherry Pie (and really, you can use these tips for nearly any zipper install).

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Great Northern KAL

Exciting news!

Leah and I have finished the first two sweaters from Great Northern, and they are now available for download (all Great Northern backers with $18+ contribution levels will be getting both of these for free!)

I've designed Cherry Pie, a long-sleeved, simple colourwork-yoked zippered sweater with pretty increase and decrease shaping.
Leah has designed a sweater with TWO options! From Another Place has both a long-sleeved, full length version and a short-sleeved, cropped version.

These patterns are now available for digital download for $6 each.

We'll be hosting KALs for both these sweaters from February 1 - March 14.
This 6 week KAL will give you the opportunity to knit these sweaters with guidance, company, and the possibility of prizes!
Sound good?
Hop on over to the Great Northern Ravelry group for From Another Place and Cherry Pie KALs.
Hope to see you there!

Monday, November 09, 2015

Great Northern: One Month in from Kickstarter Success

This owl mug cozy is available for test knitting!

Leah and I have finally made it back to normal after the excitement of the Kickstarter.

We want to keep you all updated on a regular basis; so this is the first in a set of updates we're going to be giving you here on the blog.

So, what have we done in the month that's passed since we've been funded?

as soon as the funds were successfully deposited into our account (which took about 14 days), we began contacting backers to arrange reward delivery; 85% of backers have either been contacted or received their rewards. If you haven't heard from us yet, don't worry! We're working our way through the list! :)
we'll be delivering our first sweater patterns to our tech editor this week
there's a test knit happening for the first of the houseware designs
we're both in the midst of our second sweater designs for the book

Leah's thinking about developing a mod for her "From Another Place" sweater! (It's seeeeeecret! But here's a hint: Teresa is super excited about it!)
We've had an influx of members to the Great Northern Ravelry Group! Welcome, everyone! Hope to see you there, too!
The fantastic CSDye has been added to our list of wonderful yarn support providers.

Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Great Northern: Cherry Pie Sample Complete!

Great Northern can happen with your help! Please consider contributing to our Kickstarter!
ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT!!

I wanted to share with you all my recently completed sample of Cherry Pie.

This is a sweater that will be part of Great Northern.
It's drawn from the great, cozy colourwork sweaters worn by the Log Lady on Twin Peaks, and is done in LOVELY Rain City Knits yarn.

Like the looks of this sweater? Keep an eye out for test knit opportunities by joining the Great Northern mailing list.

AND, bring this sweater to print by supporting the Great Northern Kickstarter!

Monday, October 05, 2015

Great Northern: Twin Peaks Buying Guide for the Crafty Individual

Please help make Great Northern happen: this is the LAST WEEK for our Kickstarter!

Love Twin Peaks?
Know someone who does?

The internet is full of cool Twin Peaks-themed gift ideas for the crafty or crafty-admirers. Here's just a few.

©Bridgeen Gillespie

CherryandCinnamon
Spoonflower is filled with cool fabric designs. But people, check this out. A whole LINE of fabrics inspired by Twin Peaks. The designer, Bridgeen Gillespie, is an artist, writer, and "erstwhile comic book creator" who blogs over at Geen Geenie.
She creates other things inspired by Twin Peaks, including this cool embroidery portrait of Audrey.

image: A selection of fabrics from her spoonflower shop ranging in price from $17.50-$38 USD / yd.

©Melissa Jilk

TheHoneyBeeCrafts
This entire etsy shop is filled with Twin Peaks jewellery and embroidery. In fact, one lucky backer can get this very necklace if you select that incentive in our Kickstarter!

image: Cooper's Favorite Things, $20 USD

KatesLittleStore
This shop has a section devoted entirely to Twin Peaks items. Products include brooches, earrings, and necklaces.
image: Twin Peaks Brooch, $12.84 USD

WelcomeToTwinPeaks
This is the online shop for the Welcome To Twin Peaks website. Items include a cool "Great Northern" wood keychain, t shirts, and "Directed by David Lynch" stickers.
You can also see their own Twin Peaks gift guide on their website, where there's a wide array of types of gifts listed.

BunnyMiele
Stocked with hand drawn illustrations based on Twin Peaks, this shop includes items from patches to pins to stickers and prints. FYI, she's also got some cool X Files pieces too!
image: Lucy Moran Print, $8.00 USD

JennisPrints
With an entire section devoted to Twin Peaks, this shop offers you an array of badges, pins, postcards, and sew-on patches. You can see one of my favourites above.
image: Twin Peaks inspired Sheriff Department Iron-on Badge, $10.00 USD

CSDye Yarn
This handdyer has colourways named after the show.
See them above:
image: Wrapped in Plastic (left) and This Cherry Pie is a Miracle (right), $22.00 USD each

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Great Northern: Twin Peaks Inspires

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Twin Peaks is a television show that is complex, with layered meanings and messages communicated through symbols and stories that have seeped in to our popular culture.

Today I want to give you a peek into the wide world of making that Twin Peaks has inspired.

PRINTS AND PAPER CRAFT