Two New Patterns

Two new shawl patterns are now available on the Goddess Knits website:

• Cailleach
• River Dance

Summer Mystery Shawl 09

I am now accepting orders for the Summer Mystery Shawl 09 which will begin Saturday, June 20, 2009. Please make sure you provide the correct Yahoo ID when ordering the pattern - the ID that you join the Yahoo group with - and be sure to join the Summer Mystery Shawl 09 Yahoo group. I will be accepting orders until Saturday, June 27, 2009.

Wendy McDonnell will be kettle dyeing some beautiful merino lace yarn for this KAL and she will ship internationally. Info on ordering the yarn will be emailed to members once they’ve been approved to the group.

Decadently Dark Sock Club

Introducing the Decadently Dark Sock Club from Goddess Knits.

An exclusive three-month sock club with offerings to feed your darkest desires. Each month you will receive an original sock pattern that will be available to club members only and enough decadent sock yarn to complete the pattern.

The option to pay monthly is available, prepayment orders will be discounted.

We will begin taking orders for the club at approximately 10am CST on April 1, 2009 (no April fools!). There are limited spots available and we will take orders until April 15, 2009 or until all spots are full. If all spots are filled before April 15, the club will be closed before that date.

Because this is so new to us, we will only be offering membership to US and Canadian residents. If all goes well we may decide to accept international orders at a later date.

More information is available on the Sock Club page.

Spring Fling Sale!

Goddess Knits Spring Fling Sale!

All regular patterns on sale at 50% off, from now until the end of April! No need to enter any coupon code, just add the patterns you want to your shopping cart and the sale price is automatically calculated.

Sale applies to all regular patterns only, Mystery Shawls are not included in the sale.

Spring Mystery Shawl 09

I am now accepting orders for the Spring Mystery Shawl 09 which will begin Saturday, April 11, 2009. Please make sure you provide the correct Yahoo ID when ordering the pattern - the ID that you join the Yahoo group with - and be sure to join the Spring Mystery Shawl 09 Yahoo group. I will be accepting orders until Saturday, April 18, 2009.

Susan from Susan’s Spinning Bunny will be offering some wonderful sport weight merino yarn for this project. Once you’ve been approved to the Yahoo group you will receive an email message with information on ordering the yarn. All orders placed by March 28, 2009 will receive a discounted price.

Two New Sock Patterns

Two new sock patterns now available:

• Danu
• Éire

A Raffle for Dylan...

...a little boy who just lost his mother. His grandmother and her husband have taken on the responsiblity of raising him. His mother's sister, Dylan's aunt, is wanting to give him something special for his upcoming 5th birthday. As a single mother with limited funds she's decided to raffle of some great yarn to raise the money to buy Dylan a birthday gift. You can find more info, and the PayPal link, here.

Make sure to mention my blog, and that you found the info here, in the comments on your PayPal donation!

Mystery Shawl 12

I am now accepting orders for Mystery Shawl 12 which will begin Saturday, March 7, 2009. Please make sure you provide your correct Yahoo ID when ordering the pattern and be sure to join the Mystery Shawl 12 Yahoo group.

Roxanne from Zen Yarn Garden has dyed up some wonderful merino/silk blend lace yarn for us to use for this project. Once you've been approved to the Yahoo group you will receive an email message with information on ordering the yarn including a coupon code for a 10% discount on the purchase of the yarn.

The Ravelry group is still the Mystery Shawl Along group.

Christmas Bonus!

Special Christmas Bonus Offer!

I will be giving away a $20 Gift Certificate to my website for Christmas! Anyone who has ordered the Mystery Shawl #11, by December 24, 2008, will be eligible for the drawing (all previous orders will be included).

You MUST place your order for MS11 and join the Yahoo group no later than Midnight CST on Wednesday, Deceember 24, 2008 in order to be included in the drawing.

Drawing for the Gift Certificate will be made on December 25, 2008 and will be sent to the winner via the email address on their order confirmation.

Pennies For Bella

For more info on this cause, visit http://penniesforbella.org/

Thanksgiving Holiday Special!

Receive a Free Goddess Knits Pattern!

Order 4 or more patterns and receive an additional pattern Free. Enter coupon code HOL2008 to receive your Free pattern.

Visit HERE for more info!

New Patterns Available

Five new shawl patterns now available on the Goddess Knits website. All previous Mystery Shawls:

Imbolc
Marrakesh
Ostara
Eala
Mandala

Halloween Mystery Shawl

I am now taking orders for the Halloween Mystery Shawl 2008 which will begin on Saturday, September 27, 2008. Orders will be taken until Saturday, October 4, 2008. For this shawl we will be using another indie dyer - Roxanne from Zen Yarn Garden. Roxanne has created three gorgeous colorways for HMS08 members at the price of $38 per skein. Each skein is 1300yds, 100gr and is an extravagant blend of baby alpaca, silk and cashmere. You will need one skein for the HMS08 shawl. Once I receive your order for HMS08 you will be given access to the “HMS08 Files” board where the ordering information will be located.

To order HMS08 visit http://www.goddessknits.com/ and order the Halloween Mystery Shawl 2008. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER ON http://www.mysteryshawl.com/ BEFORE YOU ORDER. If you are already registered on MysteryShawl.com you will NOT need to register again.

Just a note: This shawl design will not be typically Halloween - there will be no witches, bats, jackolanterns, etc. The theme for this shawl will be related to Halloween or Samhain in a more “traditional” way, which is to remember and honor the dead. Elements of the pattern will not be “morbid” such as skulls, skeletons or the grim reaper but will be regular, everyday things that are associated with death.

More Progress

More progress on "Eye of the Storm" - this is with the 2nd chart complete. Trying to work on this in between finishing Mystery Shawls and beginning another. Hoping to have this ready by the end of the year.

Mystery Shawl - September

Orders now being taken for the next Mystery Shawl Along that begins September 13, 2008. To order visit the Goddess Knits website and purchase the Mystery Shawl #10.

You will need to make sure you have registered on MysteryShawl.com before you place your order as you will need to include your user ID from this site.

This time it will be a triangular shawl and we are using yarn from Susan's Spinning Bunny - more info on the yarn will be provided once you've placed your order.

New Beginnings

Finally got started on "Eye of the Storm". So far I've finished the first chart, it will be a little slow going since I have several other projects to complete but here's a peek:

"Storm" Progress...

...finally! I finally found some time to work on the pattern for the "Eye of the Storm" shawl. I spent like 2 full days working on it. The first day I get it all charted out, yay, okay I like this, this is good. Then, next day, getting ready to format it - okay, I really don't like how this part looks...and this part..don't really like it. Another full day, coming up with about six different versions, narrowed it down to four - which one, which one? Hmmm...draw numbers out of a hat (well, not really a hat, more like throwing the peices of paper on the desk, closing my eyes and picking one), then the random number generator. Is this really the one I want? Okay, picked the third version - now it's good! Had to go buy some needles, running out of needles (all of them with WIPs on them), ordered some beads. Now I shall begin...

New Mystery Shawl Along

Orders are now being accepted for the next regular Mystery Shawl Along to begin on July 12, 2008. This is separate from the Anniversary Shawl Along that begins on June 12, 2008.

For more info and to order, visit www.goddessknits.com. This new MS9 will be held on the new website I have setup instead of the Yahoo group. You will need to register on the new website in order to receive the pattern: www.mysteryshawl.com.

"Eye of The Storm"

The name for the tornado shawl - I think it's appropriate. I've decided to make it triangular because of the yardage for the yarn I plan to use. I originally thought about making it square and using a different yarn but then I remembered I had another yarn that would be better.

This:

From Yarn Chef called "Buttercream" in colorway "Calm" - also appropriate. I was planning on using this for a Winter Mystery Shawl but when I remembered I had this I thought this was perfect, mostly because of the color name but the colors themselves also, blues, purples and grays. Don't think this is a regular colorway but maybe you can request it. I did notice she has a "Thunderstorms" colorway up now, that would work as well.

More info to come...

Donations or Not?

I've received quite a lot of feedback on my raffle attempt dilemma. Many good suggestions and a lot of people confused about why I'm not allowed to do this. Basically the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals is the agency responsible for enforcing these rules, approving and issuing licenses, etc.

This is their definition of "Raffle":

26. "Raffle" means a lottery in which each participant buys a ticket for a chance at a prize with the winner determined by a random method and the winner is not required to be present to win. "Raffle" does not include a slot machine.

Basically if someone gives you money for a chance to receive something in return, it is a raffle, even if you call the money receipt a "donation". According to their rules you must have a gaming license to have a raffle AND you must be a non-profit organization to obtain a license. Some of the wording in their "rulebook" is confusing and I would probably need an attorney to figure it all out.

So, this is what I have decided so far: I am going to design a commemorative shawl pattern which I will sell to anyone who wishes to purchase it. I will then be donating the proceeds, less expenses, to an organization offering assistance to those affected by the NE Iowa tornadoes - tentatively this will be the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa.

I will be posting updates here regarding the pattern progress, when it will be available, etc. So bookmark this page!