They are so cool
Tuesday July 31st 2007, 1:06 pm
Filed under: Knit

I got a package in the mail the other day that was a complete surprise: from Martingale? What?… Opening it up, I found this: a copy of my book, signed by everybody there. From the CEO on down to the shipping clerk.  With a cover note mentioning how Martingale felt every person there was important to their success, and congratulating me on such a fine book.the photographer’s John Hancock

I cannot tell you how much I lucked out when I decided to send my book proposal to them. (That’s the photographer’s signature alone on the next page; I like how it goes with the expression on the model’s face: “Here’s looking at you, kid.” “Wrapped in Comfort” signed by Martingalers


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That is SO cool! Isn’t it nice to
be appreciated! BTW – your book is
awesome! I’m figuring out what to
do first – something easy of course!
Thanks!!

Comment by Sue H 07.31.07 @ 1:25 pm

That *is* cool. What a great company.

Comment by sparkle j 07.31.07 @ 1:59 pm

Hi Alison,
I can’t seem to find your email, but I wanted to thank you for your comment on my blog. I am truly touched.
amy

Comment by amy 07.31.07 @ 3:12 pm

Wow that IS really cool! Congrats. 🙂

Comment by stephanie 07.31.07 @ 3:17 pm

Alison, we were all delighted to work on YOUR book. Your color choices, construction techniques and enticing designs made it a pleasure to bring your manuscript to life. The models truly enjoyed their job while wearing your garments.
Thanks for letting us publish your book,
Brent (photographer, Martingale & Co.)

Comment by Brent N. Kane 07.31.07 @ 3:49 pm

What a wonderful gesture!

Comment by Amanda 07.31.07 @ 4:17 pm

Amy, all my best; I don’t have an addy for you either, so I’ll say here, to email me, delete the first four words of skipthesefourwordsspindyeknit@gmail.com .

Brent, I think there are thousands of people ready right now to leap to their feet and give you a standing ovation: you did a superb job of the photography in my book. And that cropped sunburst effect at the top of the chapter pages is just magical, and perfectly shot. Bravo! Thank you for taking my raw materials and making it all so beautiful. And my thanks to the models, too, and everybody. You all are wonderful!

Comment by AlisonH 07.31.07 @ 9:57 pm

What a wonderful keepsake! I would imagine that finding the right people to work with made all the difference.

Comment by Sonya 08.01.07 @ 5:39 am

That’s so cool!

Comment by Rachel 08.01.07 @ 7:18 am

Aww, Martingale is awesome! I’m so glad to hear that good people get to work together to make great books. It gives me hope. 😉

Comment by Amy 08.01.07 @ 7:56 am

Yay. Just yay. 😉

Comment by Pam Sykes 08.01.07 @ 2:16 pm



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