So many new things! And they're all terribly exciting and of such newness, some of them aren't even here yet.
The first is that the August LYOS offering, Sherbert Toe Socks, is finally up for the taking, hurrah! When Lou and I do a pattern together, we each take a foot and knit up a practice sock, and then work the other foot as our 'good' sock -- and of course my good sock belonged to the ankle I twisted, and as you can see in the picture swapping feet was not an option. So not only had we already pushed back the release date, but I held us up even further because I had to wait three days for the swelling to go down enough in order to get the damn thing on.
With this pattern we got eversoslightly obsessed with toe variations and decided to include them all. Check out Lou's sexy shoes pic on the Loumms pattern page! She has the best shoe collection ever, doesn't she?
This wasn't the pattern we had originally envisioned (initially we had wanted to ring in Stonewall with a Big Gay Sock, but in the end had to bow to the Will of Time that that design will have to wait until next year), but I can't tell you how happy we are with the sock we're releasing. The yarn was custom-dyed for us by the amazing Easyknitter himself, as one of his Sushi Sock Rolls. We both worked straight off the roll and spent the entire time delighting over the colourway, the soft halo of the BFL, the colourway, the texture of the fabric it produced, the colourway. Final score: 110%.
The second thing is that Made by Loumms, our spandy new shop, is going to open in two days. Two days! I got in a quick and rewarding photoshoot this afternoon just before the skies darkened completely, and came out of it with decent snaps of our Moth Banishment sachets (and refills) and all but one of our project rolls.
If you haven't already, add us as a favourite seller of yours on Etsy! It would make us feel so loved.
The third new thing is the soon-to-be latest issue of Twist Collective, yay! I was a little underwhelmed by their last issue, though that had more to do with the disappointing photography than anything else, but given the AMAZING latest issues of Interweave Knits and KnitScene, I have high hopes that all this design awesomeness is spreading like a finely tailored, carefully cabled rash.
The fourth thing is that I, as erqsome, Lou, as loutheperson, and Loumms, as itself, can now all be found on Twitter -- finally! While I cannot stand F@cebook, this I can become friends with. I keep wondering why I was such a fool to resist for so long. For months and months I've felt out of the loop because I'm either too skint or too deadlined to make it out to knitting events, but now I feel like I'm back. It might not be face-to-face, but man does it make me feel like less of a leprous old hermit.
In any case, while you're favouriting us on Etsy, follow us on Twitter, too, so we can follow you and we'll all be following each other and it'll be a giant followfest of following and love. Sigh.