{"id":4339,"date":"2019-11-27T14:24:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2019-11-27T14:24:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:24:48","slug":"the-gal-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/the-gal-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The GAL is here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/bundles\/gift-a-long-2019-50\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4332 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GAL2019Photocollagesm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GAL2019Photocollagesm.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GAL2019Photocollagesm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GAL2019Photocollagesm-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What happens when 286 Independent Designers put their knitting and crochet patterns on sale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/bundles\/gift-a-long-2019-50\">(25% off, code giftalong2019<\/a>) for 5 days, then host massive make a longs with recipes and prizes?<\/p>\n<p>Crafters get help deciding if they want to craft presents now, which ones, have help doing it, discover new favorite designers and make friends from all around the world.\u00a0 D<span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-weight: 300;\">esigner have less of the, &#8220;What can we do, patterns don&#8217;t sell like they used to, there are so many of us.&#8221; worries, using our numbers to boost each other instead.\u00a0 They also get a month or two to be crafters primarily, which re-connects them with why they love to design in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have no wonderings about if I&#8217;ll have a blog up on Friday or not. 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