This weekend I found out that the pattern I submitted to Knitty was rejected. I was half tempted to just enjoy my hat and let the pattern rot on my hard drive. No one knew that I had submitted it except for my family, so no one would notice if I never mentioned it ever again. It was a bit tempting, but I like the hat so it seemed silly to do that. I wasn’t horribly surprised that it was rejected. On the submission page Knitty clearly states that they’re mostly looking for garments for the upcoming issue. They only want a few accessories and mine didn’t make the cut. It’s also not as creative and innovative of a pattern as Knitty usually goes for these days. The finished product is really good looking, but the actual pattern is pretty straight forward. It still was really disappointing.
For a while I waffled about submitting the hat pattern to other publications. I had done a good job keeping it secret and off the internet so I had that option. I finally ended up defiantly adding the hat and pictures to my Ravelry projects so I’d stop being indecisive. I wear the hat all the time and I used to take it off every time someone pulled out a camera because everything seems to end up on Facebook or whatever and that got old.
The supportive comments and interest I got on Ravelry made me feel a lot better about the whole thing. And then I remembered that I had these pictures with Bean. They just give me the warm fuzzies. I couldn’t do anything with them before because I had to keep pictures of the hat off the internet and they didn’t show off the hat well enough to be in my submission.
So now that I’m less bothered by the hat, I think I’m going to self publish the pattern. I have to put it together into a PDF, but that should happen sometime this week.
I loveLOVElove this hat! Well done Andi, it looks awsome x
I loveLOVElove this hat! Well done Andi, it looks awsome x
Self-publish it! I’m sure plenty of people will make it. It’s gorgeous!
Self-publish it! I’m sure plenty of people will make it. It’s gorgeous!
It’s a beautiful pattern – glamorous!
It’s a beautiful pattern – glamorous!
I haven’t been brave enough to submit anything to a magazine, so bravo to you for taking the leap. I’d definitely self-publish it on Ravelry. I think it’s fantastic and I’m sure other knitters would love it too.
It’s so pretty! lots of stuff gets rejected for all sorts of reasons, and their upcoming deadlines are probably for the warmer season anyways. It’s a great hat!!
The upcoming deadline is for S/S. I submitted this in September for the January winter issue.
It’s so pretty! lots of stuff gets rejected for all sorts of reasons, and their upcoming deadlines are probably for the warmer season anyways. It’s a great hat!!
Yay for living in the age of self-publishing! It’s a lovely hat, and it deserves to be knit up again and again!
Yay for living in the age of self-publishing! It’s a lovely hat, and it deserves to be knit up again and again!
Oh my! I have been wondering why I’ve never seen a leopard print intarsia pattern. Well, you’ve done it. I love this, retro and glam. Thanks for sharing!
I actually usually see leopard print knits done with intarsia. My hat is stranded so there are less fiddley bits and fewer ends to weave in.
Oh my! I have been wondering why I’ve never seen a leopard print intarsia pattern. Well, you’ve done it. I love this, retro and glam. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for not letting this pattern rot on your hard drive, it’s gorgeous and went straight to my rav queue!
good on you for self-publishing! I think it’s a very clever and unexpected design.
good on you for self-publishing! I think it’s a very clever and unexpected design.
Looks great!
Also, I have a corgi too. They are the best pups 🙂
Looks great!
Also, I have a corgi too. They are the best pups 🙂
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to enjoy your work. I love the hat. It is very unique!!
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to enjoy your work. I love the hat. It is very unique!!
OH BEANS YOU SO CUTE.
This is SO innovative! I love it
This is SO innovative! I love it
Your hat is adorable. Love it. I’m sorry it didn’t work out for Knitty, but I bet you will see success with it on ravelry.
OMG!!!!!!! I just went back to ravelry and bought this pattern!!!!!!!!!I LOVE leopard print and knitty is poopy for not taking this pattern, thanks for making me buy another pattern, lol.
OMG!!!!!!! I just went back to ravelry and bought this pattern!!!!!!!!!I LOVE leopard print and knitty is poopy for not taking this pattern, thanks for making me buy another pattern, lol.