Praying to the computer gods DOES help!

by Shannon on September 2, 2010

Good news, bad news. First, the good: my laptop’s motherboard needs to be replaced. For all of you out there who just gasped and clutched your chair because you know how much that costs (you might as well buy another laptop, generally), guess what? It’s going to be covered even though it’s out of warranty because it’s a known problem with the graphics chipset! And I’ve had that laptop for a few years now…no problems til last week.

Never, ever say to me that Apple does not take amazing care of its customers.

The bad news: she won’t be back for 2 weeks or so, but the mister is loaning me his laptop so I don’t have to use my ancient G4. We may not start the new classes right on time but we won’t be delayed for long, either — I just need to get onto a machine of more modern vintage and pull out my materials so I can prep everything for class.

Just wanted to let everyone know! Also, email replies are still running behind schedule because technically I was supposed to be taking this week off, but you know me…workaholic.

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School starts later…

by Shannon on August 31, 2010

Due to technical difficulties, namely my computer going boom (that’s the technical description! but seriously…without boring you all to death, best case scenario is that my laptop gets to go to the Apple repair spa), I’ll be starting the next batch of classes a little later. The new planned start date is the 15th instead, since I need time to set up another machine with all my files — grr.

While we’re on this topic, have you backed up your computer recently?

I have access to email, etc at the moment using my old old old laptop but it’s not perfect and it’s very slow, so please forgive any communication delays in the meantime.

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New classes at Knitgrrl [virtual] studio!

August 26, 2010

We ran a poll of existing studio members this week and are trying out some new classes and other offerings (scroll down to the very bottom for a super-cool live teleconference class/Q&A option!). For the initial signup period, they’ll be offered at a lower price than usual. All classes will start 8 September, and Q&As [...]

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Amazing Japanese illustrations

August 23, 2010

Via studiomate dearest Arabella, this fabulous link: Portraits of Women by Ikenaga Yasunari. She told me to look at the sweater ones, but I love the rest, too. Check them out! The Fair Isle ones are my favorite.

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Deeply flawed expectations

August 18, 2010

I’ve got books on the brain.
(First of all, though, go check out this lovely interview Tara did with me, I really enjoyed it. That Tara. She is up to awesome on a regular basis these days).
As I mentioned in the last post, at the moment I am working on my fall/winter pattern collection, the [...]

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Fall collection + books + busy

August 13, 2010

The Fresh Designs books are coming along really nicely — one designer’s even finished her project already and it’s on its way to us. Last week, before we went to the zoo as a reward for much hard work this month, we met up with the photographer who will be taking the pictures for the [...]

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Bursting at the seams with excitement!

August 4, 2010

I have two things to knit on deadline, two exciting blog book tour stops (Knitty today, Stefanie Japel tomorrow) and two new books to announce.
Wow, things are really coming in twos, aren’t they? Well, except for the magazine column I need to write — more on that closer to publication — and the conference call [...]

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Say hello to Jasper

July 30, 2010

Ok, this one took a while. Fast knit, slow pattern release. Remember Jasper? (here and here). Jasper was intended for Knitgrrl CSA: Farm Fresh Knits, but since that booklet is currently on hold while another naughty pattern that’s crucial to the book has a timeout, I decided to release it now.
$6.00, includes detailed instructions as [...]

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ebook news + blog tour stop

July 27, 2010

Ok, big news today. Let’s do a nice list to keep it all organized, shall we?
1. If you ordered the ebook edition of The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design, the updated file was sent out today. Let me know if you didn’t get it (after, of course, checking your spam filters for emails from [...]

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Alice Hoo

July 19, 2010

(And mind you, this post title doesn’t mean “who is Alice Starmore?” It is a very, very geeky joke, since Sutton Hoo is the location of a massive early medieval treasure hoard).
All that said — my mother found me a giant cache of out-of-print Alice Starmore books at the thrift store this weekend, including the [...]

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