In March, when we had to close the shop, I started a Patreon page to help keep things afloat (all those bills like water, garbage, sewer, electricity, phone, internet and rent were still staring at me) and to share online classes and other information. It kept me very busy during the closure and my mind busy thinking of new classes and techniques that I could share.
I honestly thought it would be just a couple weeks, then it became obvious it would be longer. When we were allowed to open at a modified level, it was apparent I could not publish content at the rate I was when the shop was closed. I didn't close the group...but changed it over to be a place I could give discount codes and thank our community for their support. At one point I thought about shutting it down completely because I couldn't offer any new content...but after chatting with some supporters I decided to give tons of warnings about the next billing cycle (I understand everyone is experiencing hard times!!!!) and I was shocked by how many continue to support!!!
Each month I award a $5 coupon to donors who give $10, $10 coupon to donors who give $20 and I do a little something different each month for the $50 donors...sometimes free yarn, sometimes codes, etc.
This month I'm offering a SURPRISE free download of our Emma Cowl & Verdite Cowl that were the Slow Yarn Crawl Patterns!!
If you would like to be a Patreon, please click below! You will have access to the free pattern links too (you will need the code that is in Patreon) And if you aren't interested that is SOOO ok...thank you for reading this!!
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