Are there buy buttons on the side of the page? If so, you've caught this pattern on one of the handful of days every year when it's available! If not, read on for details of where it went and what to do if you want to be notified the next time it's available.

A few years ago I got overwhelmed by my back catalog, retired most of my earlier work, and launched Tiny Nonsense. That gave me space to make Cool New Stuff! But some people missed the earlier things, so I make many of the retired patterns available for a few days once or twice a year.

• If you see the buy buttons on this page, you’ve caught it on one of the days it’s available! You can buy it just like usual.

• If you don’t see the buy buttons on this page, then it’s not currently available. It will probably be available the week after Thanksgiving and for a few days in June or July.

• If you want to hear when the retired patterns come back, subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, or keep an eye on my instagram.

That “a lady is known by her gloves and her boots” has passed into a proverb, so any carelessness or untidiness in these important details will place her “beyond the pale.” Whether she has a maid or is her own tirewoman, no neglect in the care of the small belongings of dress is tolerated.

Correct Social Usage: A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment
The New York Society of Self-Culture, 1907

I’m not going to judge your boots (given the state of my own, I have no room to talk). But I do think there’s something to be said for a charming pair of gloves.

These will do quite nicely. The richly textured cuff looks much harder than it is, and the plain stockinette hand is both quick to work and supremely comfortable. You’ll have a pair (or maybe several) finished in no time.