Contact
One address, one person reading it
There is no form with nine boxes on this page and no ticket number at the end of it. There is an email address, and it comes to me.
What is worth writing about
- A question about a pattern. Swapping the yarn, sizing up, stuffing that shows through, a face that ends up looking cross when it should look sleepy. Ask. I have made all of those and can usually tell you which one it is.
- Permission for something. Translations, a round-up that wants more than a link, a workshop or a class. Have a read of using these patterns first, then write and let me know what you have in mind.
- Something broken on the site. A link that goes nowhere, a page that will not load, a picture that has wandered off. Send me the address of the page and what your screen did.
- Nothing in particular. Photographs of finished makes are the best part of my week, and you never need a reason to send one.
What I cannot really help with
I cannot identify a pattern you saw somewhere else, and I cannot send you a copy of somebody else's work. I also cannot take pattern commissions; the basket only holds what I felt like making.
If you want a particular animal, though, say so anyway. Marigold the duckling exists because somebody asked twice.
How long I take
One person reads these, and that person also has a job, a kitchen and a basket to empty. I answer in batches, usually on an evening when I sit down with the laptop instead of the hook. Sometimes that is a couple of days. Sometimes it is longer, and I would rather say so than promise you a date I will miss.
Questions about a pattern usually get answered first. Everything else waits its turn politely.
Photographs are welcome
If you have made something out of the basket, send a picture. I keep them in a folder and look at them on the evenings when nothing I pick up wants to behave.
Tamsin, from the basket