Monday, January 07, 2008

Thank you Ravelry

Have you checked out the new knitting site: Ravelry. It looks very cool. Notice I said "looks". I said this because I have yet to be invited in. I feel like a child standing in front of a candy store nose pressed up against the glass while my Mother says, "No, not today."
Oh, poor, Leanne
Time, all it will take is time.
Moving on.
So because I am not on Ravelry I was surprised on to notice that the Extreme Tracking attached to my web site was reporting hits from that web site.
"Why?" I wondered.
The hit appeared like this: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oven-mitts-2
Huh?
So, I typed a note to some friends who checked things out for me.
It appears that some wonderful Ravelry knitters had chosen one of my patterns to knit. I was so very pleased!
Then I realized to my horror that I had posted the following blog entry a few months ago:

Oven mitts
Of course in a perfect world all my patterns would be error free. Unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world and as they say, "to err is human"As a knitwear designer I really appreciate knitters contacting me if they encounter problems with one of my patterns. It is a win - win situation. It helps you because then you get an answer to your dilemma. It helps me because it
allows me to rectify an error or omission as well it helps me to improve my pattern writing skills.I just got off the phone with such a nice knitter. She was eager to knit my Oven Mitt pattern. A pattern she found in the Accord Knitting Pattern-a-Day Calendar (June 20, 2007). However, she thought they seemed long. The pattern asks you to work your knitting to a length is 7 feet. Well this is an error. The total length should be 3 feet. I apologize for this error. I am thankful that the knitter gave me this opportunity to make this correction.As well the type of yarn I used was cotton. (I used Paton's "Sugar n Cream" when I did a search for that yarn I found this:
http://search.ebay.com/sugarn-cream_W0QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQsatitleZsugarQ27nQ20creamQQxpufuZx)I would caution against using acrylic.If you encounter a problem, dilemma with an Olavia's hand knitting pattern please email me: leanne@oknitting.com I will be pleased to help you.

There is an error in my pattern.
Great, this means that the first impression some knitters will have of me is a pattern with an error.
I feel like the new neighbour you meet when their dog digs holes in your yard. Not the best first impression.
Moreover, I can not reach these knitters to tell them about the error.
So, please, can you help me out. If you are a Ravelry knitter (or if you know one) can you please direct them to this blog entry. Thank you so much.
Also, if you have happily knit one of my patterns can you assure them that not all my dogs will pee on their leg. : ) Thank you.
Happy knitting.

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