We are very proud to announce the arrival of Lucy Neatby's Baby Venus, our 6,000th published pattern. Just click on the Shop page, and there it is, top left, last one uploaded. (Obviously this ceased to be true a while ago, but now you have the direct link-- Ed., 8/9/10.)

Lucy (we're friendly, so I'm using her first name for once!) kindly arranged to send it over a few days ago, and if ever a pattern deserved celebrating, this is it. 17 pages of involving and amusing and instructive detail. If you've never knitted from a Neatby before, it's a great place to start. In the main there are a lot of comparisons to be made between money spent on patterns and money spent in restaurants. She is a gourmet designer, just as there are true master chefs. If you're of an inquiring, intelligent mind and wouldn't dream of spending more than $5 for a pattern, try it just this once and see what the extra spending does for you. You won't regret it. In fact, it will be a revelation.

Anyway, we're excited and relieved and happy, and want to thank everybody who's ever helped us (or thought of doing so) to get to this point.