Holiday Recess Publication Plan

If I write a thing down, am I more or less likely to do it?

Some of you may recall this adorable winter hood that joined my collection back 2017.

Ever since I first patterned it out and started taking notes, I’ve wanted to do a published pattern with it. It is just too sweet not to share. Then, the chaos of life happened: gb drama, losing the carriage house, divorce, pandemic, etc. The sweet little hood project got set aside, or more literally, packed in an archival box and sat on a chrome shelf in the far side of the closet.

This hood will be my Holiday Recess focus project.

Step 1: Find the archival box this hood is in. The finding isn’t difficult, as the boxes are all labeled with the labels facing forward on the shelves. The doing is a little more cumbersome because a stack of totes and shipping boxes sit in the narrow space between the work table and closet wall.

Step 1.2: Take new photos of the hood.

Step 2: Pull out the pattern & notes I did years ago. (Once upon a time, I started putting my hood patterns in a large sketch book. It was an excellent move.) Do a new, 8 years later, analysis.

Step 3: Remind myself it is okay not to find the absolute perfect match for the tiny loop tape on the original.

Step 4: Make 2 hoods, remembering to take photos along the way.

Step 5: Write the directions

Step 6: Ink up the pattern. Scan. Digitize.

Step 7: Lay out the pattern & directions.

Yes, I think I can pull all of that off during the Holiday Recess and launch the pattern for January.

Baring any other life chaos, there will be a new winter hood pattern for January.

This hood will need a name.