Small Business Saturday & Craftsy Workshop Deal

Today is small-biz Saturday and I’m all about it!  I skipped out on the Black Friday crazy yesterday in order to offer you a special deal for today through Monday, November 28. All patterns are buy 1-get 1 free. In addition, e-booklets are 4$ off! If you don’t have Topped for a Year or Math for Hats yet, this is your shot…Topped for a Year breaks down to only 1$ per pattern!  Okay so here’s how to get these deals.  Go to: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kate-oates and add the patterns of your choice to your cart.  Enter the code “smallbiz” for the pattern BOGO promotion, and the code “smallbizbooks” for the e-book deal. You can feel free to use BOTH opportunities (or the BOGO offer more than once) but you will need to do separate checkouts because the cart system will only allow for one coupon at a time.

 Sugar Bear Craftsy Workshop

If you’re not yet familiary witih Craftsy.com, allow me to introduce you!  This is a new multi-craft site with some incredible ideas and opportunties for you to stretch your skill and learn new stuff.  Last month Craftsy launched a set of new workshop programs and I was so excited to work one up for them!  Crafty Workshops are an amazing opportunity to work on a project that you might be a little nervous about getting through.  Workshops are broken down bit by bit and there are tons of pictures for EACH step of the process.  My workshop was for the Sugar Bear Hooded Cardi design (pictured above).  I wrote out lots of detail that wouldn’t ordinarily fit into a pattern format. In addition, Craftsy has interactive forums where you can ask the designer questions should anything come up that you aren’t completely sure of.  I check the forums daily to answer any questions. And, once you sign up for the workshop, you can complete the project at your own pace and have access to it for eternity.  The workshops are normally priced at 15.99 but I have a special offer for Tot Toppers supporters.  You can sign up for the workshop for just 9.99!  Go here to sign up: http://www.craftsy.com/ext/cardiworkshop-special-deal.  This is definitely a limited time opportunity so don’t miss out!  This pattern ranges in size from ages 6 months to 10 years.  Perfect for such a variety of ages, and its totally unisex.  Don’t forget that for the larger kids, I also include instructions on how to skip those ears.

Hope those in the US have enjoyed this holiday weekend, and for my friends elsewhere–enjoy the deals