Photo, Two Doors, Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark
And another one (or more) opens!
Yesterday, I turned down my first knitwear design job.
It was the first time, in a long time, that I was asked to make enough significant changes to my original idea that it would have sent the design on a very un-Mercedes path. But hooray for clear, calm communication, I was able to express my concerns and the client and I parted ways amicably, with possibilities for future projects together (SO much better than the scenarios in my head!). I trusted my gut, and I think that was the best advice I could have given my self. I have many, many more thoughts on the subject of staying true to your thing, and will be writing more in coming weeks. I take being yourself very, very seriously. Except when I sing kindergarten-esque silly songs about it.
One of the nice things about being a craft floozie, is that I tend to have eleventy-three irons in the fire at any given moment*. So as soon as I hung up the phone and took a deep sigh of relief, my inbox provided my creative self with another fun opportunity, this time for KSD!
I’m happy to announce that I will be dyeing a custom Kitchen Sink Dyeworks colorway for Shannon Okey’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo readalong + knitalong on Ravelry! I’ll be dyeing the colorway for Steig Larsson’s second book in the trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire. I’m super-excited, especially as these books were on my beach reading list for my vacation next week**!
Join in on the knitalong on Ravelry.
Books, yarn, socks, knitting?
This is going to be awesome!
*Because, really, why have one career, when you can have a circus act by juggling four or five?
**Other best piece of advice? Take a freakin’ vacation!
