Hello everyone! Today is the release date for Nobody’s Baby and I could not be more thrilled to share this second Dorothy Gentleman book with the world. Bonus points for the audio edition, because they added little baby giggles and the sound is pure dopamine and one of the best things my ears have ever experienced.

And as promised, also available today is the free pattern for Violet’s Fern Shawl.

You can download direct from Ravelry, or you can email olivia.waite.books@gmail.com and I’ll send you the full PDF direct. There are charts: enormous, lengthy, strangely beautiful charts. An early draft was tech edited by Whitney Steen of WLS Makes Stuff, but any errors are completely my own. And there’s sure to be errors — but also perhaps things that look like errors are there for a reason, Violet has so many secrets, who can say what she’s really up to? At least, not until book three …

And if you’re in the Seattle area, please grab a mask and join us tonight at Charlie’s Queer Books in Fremont! We’ll be talking book cover design, how technology shapes the future and vice versa, and why “Alien but make it cozy” is such a great jumping-off point. I will also have a shawl sample to show off so you can see the finished object in person — hope to see you there!

Olivia