The cat's among the pixies is one of those Harry Potter things that has just stuck with me over the years...
It's a magical play on the old idiom "put the cat among the pigeons" - which is a little more aggressive than simply letting the "cat out of the bag"...
So, let's go...
Firstly, I hope you are all doing well.. well, as "well as can be expected" with the Covid Lockdowns and frustrations...
I had not planned on making an actual "hey.. remember me?" sort of post until January - but sadly, Google saw fit to ask that question for me.
I'll detail that in just a moment...
2020 has been a cruel year for the Doodle Family...
In March, along with all the other family stuff that had been going on...
I lost my beloved Beastie -
Being a "Cat Person", I truly hadn't realized how much losing him would affect me ... it took me WEEKS, just to move past the tears (sobbing.. not just a tissue dabbing tear of loss - but incoherent sobs of true grief) - and months to move beyond the numbness and then pain into finally a sort of 'acceptance'... although sometimes, even that is still in question...
What hasn't been in question, is that my final source of inspiration is now gone...
I hadn't even really thought about Covid, the quarantines/lockdowns or anything.. including crocheting until about June.. which was when my youngest was slated to graduate her final year of school.. and which had to be put on hold until August... (but at least she was able to bid a final farewell to her school and teachers.. originally, the entire ceremony was going to be scrapped all together! Many seniors weren't so fortunate...)
"The People" (as I have often referred to my children), have taken up the mantle of crocheting and designing! My eldest, who is an accomplished artist has been working on the sketching of characters which she, one day, hopes to bring to life in fiber.. and my youngest (seen above in her Graduation Gown and below crocheting in the sunshine of summer) has been working on redesigning the retired KISS Series, to fit her own style and personality.
And an associate who tested for me (FDbyK4TT) has already checked several of these patterns, so they will begin being rolled out in January 2021.
Sadly, I haven't truly touched a crochet hook or yarn since March..
NOW.. WHAT THE HECK DID GOOGLE DO???
On yesterday, I began to aggressively update & re-maintain this blog.
Since FDbyK4TT no longer has a presence on Facebook (or any social media), and Etsy and Ravelry have both been thoroughly pissing off so many of my Doodlers (I've had a problem since Rav became Photo Nazis some year's back and Etsy... forcing it's own checkout on everyone, which I was not eager to do with Etsy's past record of 'missteps' with people's personal information)...
But, I had began the process of insuring that Doodlers still had access to my patterns, especially the Courtesy Doodles that serve as introductions for new, potential Doodlers.
Relinking some Courtesy Patterns, which were once on Facebook exclusively (no more dead links), and looking into eCommerce Carts to sell my Premium Patterns here on this blog; as well as reclaiming images on posts (which had been broken due to their name & Google's archival of it's old photo hosting website) ... and of course, creating/updating a page to showcase them for your ease...
you can see yesterday's efforts on the "Courtesy Patterns" Page (which still needs a little more tweaking, but I think you will enjoy it) ...
You know, making this blog more 'Doodler Friendly'...
During this process, several posts which were updated or "published" from their 'draft' form - went out in the eMail you see imaged above; to those who had already subscribed to this blog..
I do hope it did not cause any alarms - and well, at least it told you.. Yup... I am still alive :)
But I cannot explain why these particular patterns were highlighted and eMailed to you.. they are not 'new' entries - their dates range from this year to last.. and most importantly, had no significant changes made to them... (most were merely adding a photo, correcting a photo address... adding the copyright blurb, fixing a misspelling overlooked.. something minor or insignificant...)
Never the less, I apologize for any inconvenience... and since I do not know what caused this... I can't guarantee that it will not happen again before something of value is truly posted.
And while it may feel a little like SPAM or Junk Mail at the moment... it did create an opportunity to let you see for yourself...
- Following the FiberDoodles by K4TT Blog is as easy as just typing your eMail address into the space provided below..
and
- It won't truly SPAM you.. even if I make 50 posts a day.. you will get a single eMail alerting you to multiple posts..
So, feel free to sign up and be sure to add "noreply+feedproxy@google.com" to your 'safe list' so you won't miss a thing.
Google's eMail Proxy mails out this blog's updates around 10pm EST - perhaps another will come tonight?
Either way, I will begin posting regularly again in January 2021 (until then, it's safe to just ignore any eMails that may come as I fix all the bugs on this platform).. and at least with the eMail alerts, you are guaranteed not to miss seeing a post - as so many did, when I was relying on a Newsfeed that constantly wanted me to pay to 'boost' it.
Page Updated on: 23 October 2020
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