But now it has all new color scheme and I'm taking things very easy
I started with a cotton dress, but I'm considering frogging it since I really am not comfortable working with it. This type of cotton is good for crocheting, I'm tired of its unfriendly feel while trying to knit it.
Then I cleaned up my pattern collection and felt a sudden urge to do cables, so I'm doing Debbie Bliss' Catriona:
The mitts I showed you few weeks ago are finished and being blocked, I'm writing down the pattern, and I have to decide whether to try and sell it or give it out as a free pattern. Follow me through the pros and cons and give me some feedback, please.
Cons:
I don't feel 100% comfortable selling a mitten pattern, because overall I find mittens an easy knit.
It would be a little bit of a hassle setting up an account to sell it and I would have to figure out the price and the whole tax situation.
The yarn I'm using is not widely available.
Pros:
I've invested a great deal of time to write up the pattern and draw clear schematics.
I'm explaining a new way to do really neat mitten decreases - I've not come across it yet in any patterns in English, and it is a very old and not widely used technique from Estonia.
The mittens have two versions and I'm giving alternative options.
What would you do?
3 comments:
The mitts are so pretty I'd definitely sell the pattern if I was in your shoes. The Pros outweigh the Cons, and extra points for the unusual decrease technique!
I would also sell the pattern.
As a business owner myself, I can only say KINDLASTI (certainly) sell it, especially if you have discovered or rediscovered a decrease technique that isn't widely known. I was born without a knitting gene, but I am Estonian, and I sew and illustrate, and I found your blog when I was researching folk costumes. I really enjoyed seeing the development of your embroidery on your daughter's apron. Very nice! Ilus!
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