Cuboidal release date!

Phew, it’s been busy back-end and I really didn’t mean to go so quiet here on the blog. We’ve been working flat out getting Cuboidal finished and I finally have a release date for you!

Cuboidal will be published this coming Tuesday, 27th September! We’re all working this weekend, right into the evening, to get this polished.

I’ve been getting a lot of emails, comments and questions asking about release dates and details, so here’s what I have at the moment:

• the eBook will be available at my usual outlets - my website, Etsy, Payhip and Ravelry.

• I can’t tell you yet what time of day it’ll be released but it won’t be too late my time, Central European Time, as I need to be awake and functioning for several hours after release to make sure everything goes smoothly! Which means it’ll likely be sometime on the morning of Tuesday 27th September for folks in the US.

• members of The Woolly Hat Society will be the first to hear when it’s published AND will get an exclusive member-only discount. Member discounts are always more generous than any public discounts and it’s free to join!

• the individual patterns will not be made available by themselves. I’ve explained this in more depth in other posts relating to this collection, but in short this collection is tutorial heavy and it’s almost impossible to break the collection up into 8 different chunks. It won’t be cost effective to do so, either, as individual patterns rarely sell enough to warrant the extra work.

• The eBook will be greater than the sum of it’s parts! It will cost $23 for the eBook, which contains 8 patterns - usually $9 each - and so many tutorials and calculation chapters and more.

• it’s a 60 page eBook, of which over a third are tutorials!

• the file size is 20MB and we’ve not been able to get it any smaller without compromising the print quality. This is a bigger file size than I’d like but there are over 20 pages of in-depth photographic tutorials included, this is the biggest collection that I’ve put together in years.

• all of my samples are knit in Malabrigo Arroyo because it’s a yarn I love and had plenty on hand, but you can knit them in any Hat-suitable yarn!

• there are indeed 12 sizes across 8 gauges included, and there’ll also be extra information about the square sizes themselves as well as a chapter on measuring yardage and more. It’s basically an ‘any yarn, any size’ book. It is LOADED with info!

• there are also 8 different square styles and yes, you’ll be able to mix and match them to create your own interpretation of the Hats! The possibilities are almost endless.

• as always, pattern support - or any kind of technical support, too - will be available through my Ravelry and Facebook groups. I’m as frustrated as you that we don’t yet have the forum working on this website but until we do, please use one of these two groups.

• the book will be available in print and will be going into wholesale distribution with Deep South Fibers! We’ve been focusing on getting the digital version finished as that makes up 99% of my sales, but it will absolutely be available from DSF and in my Magcloud store very shortly.

• it doesn’t matter whether you’re a mitred square pro or not - the tutorials have you covered. Even if you are a mitred square pro you’ll still need the tutorials as I’ve remixed some of the traditional methods with some new techniques to ensure a perfectly seamless Hat.

I hope this covers everything but if it doesn’t, please leave a comment below and I’ll get back to you! I love how excited you all are about this collection, but please don’t email me unless it’s critical, as we’re working flat out and my energy is better spent answering questions on this blog post where I can help more people at once.

Phew! I cannot wait to see what you make!