Kaleidoscope Jumper pattern

This is a frank and honest request.

If you buy my kaleidoscope pattern when I release it this weekend, please do not forward or share it with your friends or family or knitting group.

This pattern has taken 4 months of my life. I started at the beginning of May and have spent between 4-6 hours every day, either charting, designing, knitting, promoting, writing blogs, sorting yarn for test knitter, liaising a lot with test knitter, rewriting, printing, reading the pattern, updating charts,altering pattern and constant knitting and figuring out ways round things. When the pattern is released, ravelry charge about 10% and then PayPal always take 10% from the payment. So, my life has been poured into this pattern.

It and I have a value.
PLEASE do not share patterns.
Everyone is happy to buy lots and lots of wool, so please think of the actual design. End of Frank and honest discussion. Let me know what you think in the comments

I am releasing the pattern at the weekend, however, there may be a soft release earlier and I think if you are signed up to my Ravelry, as a ‘friend’ then you hear the moment the pattern comes out.

I would love to hear your comments, and follow me on instagram for lots of regular updates

After the release of the kaleidoscop jumper pattern, there will be the release of an add-on alternative sleeve pattern for the jumper. I am excited about that. Here is ravelry

here is information on why there will be an add-on pattern

Why does the Kaleidoscope jumper pattern only have Tree sleeve charts?
I did a poll on Instagram and my website to ask what people which sleeve they would like for the jumper pattern.
Hundreds of people answered. The options were: – 1: – just Tree sleeves or 2: – just Tree and Star sleeves which are the same as the body, or 3: – Both sleeve charts.

Most people said that they would knit 1: – Tree sleeves only, but
some wanted both charts, just in case. When asked if those people would consider paying more for the option of both sleeves to be included in the one pattern, even though there was more work charting a 2nd sleeve, knitting it,
and writing a full pattern, they mostly said no. So, I have happily knitted Tree sleeves in my Kaleidoscope jumperbecause most people requested this and the Trees look a wonderful companion pattern and compliment the body.

What about the Tree and Star sleeve? Where can I get it?
My test knitter has knitted the Tree and Star sleeves, which are the same
motif as the body. The Tree and Star sleeve chart pattern along with the
Sanquhar alphabet pattern to enable you to add your initials and year of
knitting to personalise your work, will be released separately to the
jumper pattern, as an add-on so that the knitter can make their own
choice of sleeve. The name of the bolt-on pattern will be, Tree and Star
Sleeve Pattern. The reason that this is a separate bolt-on pattern, is
because of the extra work to design, create and knit it as well as write the
intricate charts and pattern notes. Plus it gives the knitter the choice to
just pay for the original pattern or pay extra if they want and extra design.
I have also test knitted the Tree and Star sleeve with my initials and the date above the cuff, as a swatch.
But, for now, I am most pleased to present you with, by popular demand, my Kaleidoscope jumper pattern which
has only a Trees sleeve pattern and instructions.