you have until Tuesday

Tuesday morning, November 23rd.

At 9:00 am Central Time.

You have until Tuesday to request your printed copy of our new Lookbook. We'll be setting the final quantity with the printer shortly thereafter, so we can't take late requests.

The Lookbook is 90 pages long, including the (spiffy) covers, and has detailed images of 33 new colorways, 41 new patterns, and lots of inspiration photos.

The printed copies are $6.50. That was the best we could do and still get high quality printing on 100-lb paper. If you prefer to view your version online only, that is perfectly OK with us! We're printing these because you said you wanted them, and we often listen to our customers.

Here's how to order yours. Remember: Tuesday morning at 9:00 am Central!

before my laptop battery dies...

And before I gouge my eyes out with rusty knitting needles...

I am in possession of the Lookbook.

Tomorrow, I'll be putting up the option for you to pre-order your printed copies, should you wish to have something to physically hold. (No worries, the digital version will be available for free and better than ever.)

It's pretty snazzy, if I do say so myself. Just finishing up the patterns, and we'll be up and running. (Not tonight. I see y'all slowing down the site hopping on every five minutes. Go to sleep for now.)

heart attack at the finish line

That's what my poor designer must feel like.

We finished the Lookbook.

Let me just say that one more time for effect:

We finished the Lookbook.

So my designer, who is very longsuffering, tried to transfer the (huge) file to me so I could do something with it. Like publish it. Like send it to the printer.

As of this writing, we've been trying for more than six hours to transfer the file.

Zipping and dropboxes do not seem to work. (They start to upload and then stall at like 17%.) We're trying another option that's at 19% right now, but if worse comes to worst, we'll have to go to emergency plan B.

Cross your fingers for us and our 288MB file!

revisions

Haven't showered since Sunday.

But I'm almost done.

P.S. Anyone want to come over and prop my eyelids open?

copy

The copy for the Schmookwook is being placed right now. Right now, at this very moment on a Saturday night, someone is placing the text that I just finished writing into the design of the document. The text is a bit cheeky. I hope you don't mind.

I also hope you don't mind this picture:

I don't think my youngest daughter will inherit any of my cheekiness, do you?

No, quite obviously not.

(By the way, did you know that an absurdly large number of comedians are the youngest children in their families? Stephen Colbert, Billy Crystal, Drew Carey, Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Jon Stewart. All last borns.)

(By the way, I am one of those sensible, nose-to-the-grindstone, never-crack-a-smile oldest child types.)

Quite obviously.

The torment shall end soon, my darlings. The Schmookwook or something that rhymes with it will be ready very very soon. And we shall all check ourselves into some kind of facility that rhymes with schma and get a twelve hour schmassage.