Friday, February 1, 2008

Sad News

There was a site called Socktopia that became a group on ravelry, and a seperate blog/website. The lady that did that site put out an incredible number of wonderful sock patterns. Her first name was Gigi, but most of us who used her patterns new her from her online tag, Momma Monkey. She passed away yesterday. I did not know this, but last night when I was looking for a pattern to start for myself, I picked up my standby favorite, her Fawkes sock pattern, inspired by the phoenix in Harry Potter.
I think I have to finish those socks fairly quickly now.
I knew she was sick, and that she had taken her patterns down, and was moving them to a different site, but had no clue just how sick she was. I only knew her from a couple of emailed questions and her patterns, but the amount of work she did, and what she shared for free, spoke volumes to me about how generous she must have been in real life.
For those who are looking for some of her patterns, they are listed here.
http://www.monkey-toes.net/patterns/
I'm really sad to hear of her death, and her family is certainly in my thoughts and prayers.