Charity Check In

Every 1-2 years I like to have these check ins just to make sure my values and those of KMS as a company are still aligned with my readership. Since KMS began donating to charity, based on your votes, we've been supporting the Navajo Water Project, which provides clean running water to some of the…

2023 plans

2022 was a weird year at Chez KnotMagick, and not in a good way. There were a lot of ups and downs, what with my employment situation, temping, and just the general state of the world. I even ended up scraping my Nanowrimo plans, and didn’t even participate this year, though it’s normally a regular…

Vacation Mode

As we are wrapping up 2022, I will, as usual be taking December off. Normally I would just take two weeks off, but I feel like this year I just need to take the month to reset and come back in January with some fresh content. I hope you all have a wonderful month, regardless…

Updates and Reminders

Hey everyone! Just a quick rundown of some upcoming events here around the blog and in the KM-verse: September 1: If you want to get in on the annual swag bags for patrons, this is the last day to sign up as a $10 or above member, which will get you on the mailing list…

Mini bullet point update

I'm still here, and still planning to come back with new content. I'm also moving in 2 weeks, so creative endeavors are temporarily on hold. I'll be taking August off to recover from/settle in after the move, and hope to be back in early September. No, we're not leaving Washington/Seattle areaThe blog will probably be…

New Article on Piecework

I have a new article up on the Piecework website. Piecework is a magazine all about history, textiles, and preservation. Whether you are a knitter, seamstress, cross stitcher, or other textile artist, it's a great place to learn more about the history and preservation of craft. You can read the article here. Want more information…

Burnout

I've been fighting it for a while. Since 2018, honestly. I've been putting off dealing with it. I kept telling myself that once I started my medication, it would get better. It did get better, for a while. But it didn't get enough better for me to sustain my current commitments and schedule. In the…

An Ambitious Project

I've been putting together a fairly ambitious project for a while, and finally decided to share it with the world.  The Eleonora Project is a four-part project in which I recreate the burial stockings of Eleonora di Toledo, and create two dresses based on examples from her wardrobe. I'm currently researching and swatching for part…

Cat Update

The clowder has been largely well behaved of later, though even weirder than usual. Bast likes to sleep in the bottom drawers of my dresser, but the other day he decided to use the top drawer instead. He got himself stuck behind a drawer and I had to remove it to get him out again.…

A Catch-Up Blog in Bullet Points

I'm backIt's been busyBY THE GRACE is currently up for pre-order here in my shop. Still working on getting it on Amazon, etc. I'm working with a completely new platform and haven't worked out the timing/kinks yet. It's unfortunate, but it should be up soon. I did a lot of crafting while I was away.…