Day 25 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- My spool knitted heart was once on the cover of a Harlequin Romance novel

Years ago, I designed a heart that is woven with spool knitted cords made on large spool knitters.

The pattern is in my etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/48409277/woven-spool-knitted-heart-designed-by

Way back in 2008, an editor at Harlequin spotted it online and got in touch with me and asked if I would be okay with having it on the cover of one of their books. AND…. would I be willing to have it be part of a contest that their readers could participate in to win the heart.

I knew that my Mom would LOVE this, so of course, I cheerfully said yes indeed!

They paid me nicely and were a treat to work with. As well as a check, they also sent me a box of copies of the book (a pleasant read) which I happily shared with family and friends.

My work has been in a lot of books- ones that I have written, as well as books that I have designed projects for, but this one is certainly one of the quirkier experiences of co-creating with a publisher.

Spool knitting for the win!