This Blog Begins Next Year

...but I'm crediting the stock artists whose heart shaped yarn image and curvy Gimp brush I used for the background now. Check out heart yarn by Almasa-stock and Fractal Wing Brushes for Gimp by Xavasia.

What can you expect to see in this blog?

•  It will be irreverent, beautiful, helpful, and dare I say, sixteen kinds of awesome.
• At least once a month (sometimes more often,) I'll be posting free, original, plus sized crochet or knit patterns that are NOT just sweaters.

• The patterns are going to:
• Be season appropriate
• Be body type conscious
• Vary from beginner through advanced level
• Offer suggestions for personalization (so we're not all walking around wearing the same clothes!) and
• Be digital, in downloadable PDF format

• There will be a donation button at the bottom of each post, for those who'd like to help contribute to my yarn stash, the better to bring you new patterns!
• At the end of each year, I'll compile the patterns in a limited edition hard copy book that will be available for purchase, with half my personal profit going to support Doctors Without Borders. 
• The book will include eight extra patterns (two per season) not available on the blog. 
• When the books sell out, I will post the grand total of money donated, along with a special original amigurumi pattern that'll knock your socks off. 
• There will be help for when you get stuck on an instruction.
• Patterns will be updated with corrections if/when mistakes are found.
• General questions about my patterns can be asked in the comments below the post. 
• Fans can submit pattern ideas if the blog (and the rest of the freakin' world) doesn't have what they want or need. 
• If their pattern idea is created and featured, they will be credited on the blog, the design will be named after them, and a $20 donation will be made to Doctors Without Borders. 

Why $20? Because I'm starting this blog in 2020. See you then!