I got the Karabouts website done last week. I posted pictures of the latest dolls on Flickr and on Ravelry and the feedback has been tremendous - especially from Ravelry members. The cool thing about Ravelry is that the people who comment on my dolls all seem to do wonderful work themselves, so I am able to connect to a creative, talented, interesting group of people just by linking up with the folks who have taken notice of my work. It really does bring like-minded people together.
Many people have expressed interest in buying my patterns so I will get to work writing them up. I'd actually prefer to do a book instead of selling patterns individually but I'm not quite sure how that works. I may do a little research and see if I can figure out what's involved in putting together an amigurumi pattern book.
I know this comment is a bit late in regards to your post, but have you heard of LuLu? They seem to help a lot of independent artists, I have ordered books and downloads from them. Have you heard of the Crochet Dude? A lot of his stuff is on Lulu if you have a chance to check him or them out, I'd recommend it.
Posted by: Deborah Bourque | July 09, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Thanks so much Deborah! My friend KnittyCat http://knittycat.vox.com/ also suggested LuLu. It looks like a really interesting publishing site. Believe it or not, I've already had about 300 requests for patterns so I may have enough interest for a traditional publisher to take us on, but if not, I'll definitely give Lulu a go. Thanks again Deborah! Take care. Kara
Posted by: Kara | July 13, 2008 at 12:54 PM