I do love this timeline, because it will climax almost exactly one year to the date that it all began.
On November 29, 2016, I sent a proposal to The Fibre Co (maker of many of the very best yarns on the planet). I hoped to be selected as one of their Autumn/Winter 2017/18 designers.
That did not happen. Yet I was placed on a TFC potential designer list to receive an email announcement for their "Yarn Support for Indie Designers - Request no. 1".
The request came in March.
My proposal went back in April.
Early in May, the email to let me know that my (really cool, uniquely reversible) hat was selected.I was selected as a designer for The Fibre Co’s Fall 2017 Yarn Support Programme!
I proposed the hat be knit in the yarn I used for swatching, the amazing lofty and light, bulky weight, Tundra, and TFC sent two skeins in the Taiga colorway.
(Note: Both photos in this post were taken July 26. My love of flowers, and color, and hummingbirds, and summer, all distracted me and lead me to take that first photo.)
The Fibre Co requested a late fall date for the release of my hat pattern. I selected November 28. It will be my grandmother's 110th birthday. I hope she knows how much she gave to me and how often I think of her.
The hat pattern will be available on Ravelry, November 28, 2017.
More to follow.
Carolyn, wonderful news. You are really pushing forward as a knit designed. I have loved all your patterns.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteWhile the entire process is a bit of a mystery to me, how wonderful that you stuck with it and were chosen - congratulations!
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