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from WWMDfK?<\/a><\/em> and the two of us have been going great guns, getting inspired by the characters in my new young adult (YA) novel\u00a0Grounded<\/em><\/a>, and generally having a free-for-all sock explosion in our heads.<\/p>\n Whyfore?<\/p>\n Because we’re going to be rolling out a new series of patterns inspired by the characters in Grounded<\/em>!<\/p>\n I know, sound’s a little Defarge-like, but we figured that was okay, too.<\/p>\n First up is Rosie’s Firestarter socks<\/a>. The Firestarter sock pattern will be gifted to you if you pre-order the book<\/a> (and if you give us your Rav ID when you pre-order, we’ll just plunk the giftie pattern into your Rav library)<\/strong>. The book roll-out begins October 1st<\/strong>\u2014which is when digital copies of Grounded<\/em>\u00a0(and the free pattern) will wing their way to all pre-orderers<\/a>; paperback copies will start shipping within 2\u20133 weeks of the release date.<\/p>\n The socks will also have kits! Riin’s gorgeous Happy Fuzzy Yarn<\/a> is our yarn-of-choice for these socks. Kit info is forthcoming.<\/p>\n Once the book is out and pre-orderers have their goodies, the Firestarter socks will be for sale on Ravelry.<\/p>\n We also plan to offer an eBook version of all the sock patterns on Ravelry. We’ll do it in a rolling manner where Firestarter will begin the book on October 1st, then every 2\u20133 weeks we’ll add a new sock and update your eBook. I love how Ravelry lets us do that. I ordered Cat Bordhi’s eBook<\/a> that way and it was so much fun!<\/p>\n But lest you think it’s all about us, we wanted to invite you to share your designs, too.<\/p>\n Rosie is a knitter, and she knits a very particular pattern during the course of the book (actually a couple, but one is actually a plot point). Rather than designing the pattern for you, I’ve learned from my work with Defarge designers that there are plenty<\/em><\/strong> of knitters who have stunning and spectacular ideas. So I’m inviting you to design and share \u2014 on the Grounded<\/em> site<\/a>. All the rules are on the page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nHannah Rose, Rosie to her friends, is the main character in the YA novel\u00a0Grounded<\/em>\u00a0 (about 370 pgs) and she has a wee bit o’ trouble getting control over… well… over a lot of things.<\/p>\n