Last month I talked about the We Care campaign taking place at Stitches Texas. Well, now you can take part too! Raffle tickets are currently being sold to benefit the Houston Food Bank. You get to choose: would you like to take your chances on one of the quilts, one of the afghans, or Franklin Habit’s original drawing?
 

All the choices are spectacular, but my favorite is the We Care Quilt by Jennifer Stern-Hasemann and Katrina Walker.

 

Hurry! Ticket sales close October 16.

 

Alas, I’ve been stymied at the swatching stage. Finding just the right yarn has been tricky! Some have been too fuzzy. Some have been too fine. One was just right... but then I discovered it was discontinued, even though it had been in my stash for just two years! sigh

 

Finally, I think I’ve found the winner: Malabrigo Mechita in Teal Feather.

 

Isn’t that color to die for? Now, to find the time to cast on...

 

Much of the experimenting, of course, was done in the form of stitch maps. Essentially, the stitch maps let me test out a number of variations before having to pick up needles and swatch, making them huge time-savers.

The “non-reflowable” part is key, for a simple reason: Charts Made Simple is full of illustrations. If a Charts Made Simple ebook were reflowable, those illustrations and their captions wouldn’t necessarily stay next to each other – not good! 

Here’s the catch: non-reflowable Kindle books only work on Kindle Fire tablets, and within the Kindle apps for Android and iOS devices. They don’t work on other Kindle devices, like the Paperwhite, Voyage, or Oasis.

With that thought in mind... should I plan to go ahead with a Kindle version of Charts Made Simple? Those of you that like ebooks in general and Kindle books in particular: would you want a Kindle version of Charts Made Simple, even if it only worked on certain devices?

I don’t know about you, but I’m amazed at how quickly 2017 is drawing to a close! Just two more events remain on my schedule:

 

Side note: Did you know the handouts for Beginning Brioche include the pattern for this scarf?
 

As for 2018, I’m currently wrapping up plans for a few new events taking place between Stitches West in February and the Fjords and Highlands Knitting Cruise in May. When I know more, of course, I’ll let you know!

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