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: <a href="http://cascadeyarns.com/patterns_Sites.asp">http://cascadeyarns.com/patterns_Sites.asp</a> -- 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 <a href="http://fleeceartist.com">Fleece Artist and Handmaiden</a>, and <a href="http://soysilk.blogs.com/be_inspired/page/2/">SWTC has blogged about their coverage</a> 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. 2010-01-14T14:56:35Z true 94 2010-01-14T14:59:49Z 40