It's a new year...

It's 2010-can you believe it? I'm usually not a big "New Year's Resolutions" kind of person--I feel you can choose to make life changes at any point in the year, so why put it off until January 1? But I do like the freshness that a new year brings (not to mention getting a new calendar-am I the only one who loves a clean new day planner?) and I can't help but think about my current goals and what I can do to get closer to attaining them.

What are my goals? I want to continue growing The Brown Stitch, creating more patterns & growing my skill set. I'd love to have a new pattern published at least once a month. It can be a little tricky at times, since I also have a day job that takes up 50 hours a week, but I think I can do it. I'd like to start waking up earlier, to get some good knitting/designing time in before I have to leave for work. That will be goal #1 for 2010! I'll let you know how that one goes--I'm guessing a lot of coffee will be involved in attaining this goal...

Speaking of growing The Brown Stitch, If you check in on this blog now & then, you noticed last year I put up 3 patterns for sale. All of my "for sale" patterns provide a multitude of size ranges & all have been reviewed, checked & double-checked by professional tech editors. Until now you could only buy my patterns on ravelry.com or here on my blog. But starting now you can also buy them on patternfish.com!

If you haven't been on this site yet you must check it out. It's a library of thousands of knitting & crochet patterns. New patterns and old patterns, by well-known designers and up-and-comers too. What I love most is how specific your search criteria can be, as well as how clear all of the pattern info is presented. You can check out my designs on patternfish.com here:

www.patternfish.com/pub/elizabeth_smith