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Patternfish's Blog
Thursday, January 14 2010, 14:56
Great News For Independent Patternfish Designers
Of course all kinds of good things happened at (or as a result of) exhausting TNNA (of which more later), but one of the prime things benefits our designers/publishers the most.
I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Shannon Dunbabin (and the good-looking Robert Dunbabin too!) of Cascade Yarns, and explained that we had a plethora of gorgeous patterns on our site using Cascade Yarns, and wouldn't it be useful for them to put a link from their site to ours highlighting them? Shannon's keen mind saw the possibilities right away. So with the joyous speed of Americans acting on a good idea, a couple of days later this happened:
http://cascadeyarns.com/patterns_Sites.asp
-- and we are all thrilled. This means that any designer who lists their pattern (using any yarn at all made by Cascade Yarns) for sale with us is automatically included in this link, now and going forward. More exposure and potential sales for our talented independents, and more pattern support for Cascade: win, win, win.
Some other yarn manufacturers are already doing this with us, of course. The first was the perceptive and wonderful Fleece Artist and Handmaiden, and SWTC has blogged about their coverage in their July 20th post, but exactly the same thing is available for every single manufacturer whose yarns are represented-- even once-- on our site. So if yarn manufacturers aren't doing this yet, everyone can gently suggest they do. It costs nothing, takes seconds to implement, and we have yet to think of a downside.
Comments
Julia Grunau
Thursday, January 14 2010, 17:29
Thanks, Donna! Good to hear, and that was a very kind blog post.
MLE123
Saturday, January 16 2010, 15:22
I agree.
Sincerely,
Egan
MLE123
Saturday, January 16 2010, 15:24
Um, that was agreeing on the last name deal. Hope you'll be at TNNA in Ohio, since it would be fun to meet you.
Erssie
Wednesday, January 20 2010, 16:21
It does seem, that a lot of the time when women are referred to in seemingly feminine professions, they are referred to by their first name whereas men are referred to by their last name. Also, a lot of women change their last names if they marry, so might not use that for their business identity.
When it comes to knitting business though, it is a difficult one.
E.g. My professional name is Erssie Major, but my business is Erssie Knits and my Ravelry name is just 'Erssie'....so if someone referred to me as Ms Major or just Major it would not immediately be clear that it was an Erssie Knits design. The name Erssie is a nickname, and so it is how I am known and as it is relatively unusual, it is the one that sticks.
So I would say, manning up is good....but some people do use their first names as part of their businesses and it isn't anything to do with being frivolous or feminine.
DonnaW
Thursday, January 14 2010, 16:16
I have just discovered your great pattern site and have linked it to my blog as well. http://knitwritecookgo.blogspot.com
Thank you for this wonderful resource and I hope to submit some designs to you this year. Best of luck with your endeavors and Congratulations on your link to Cascade. I love their yarn!