Hello friends, yes I am back with another update on shipping to the USA. But this time, I have good news! Since my products (hats and stockings at least, so far) qualify and have been approved for duty-free treatment under CUSMA, I can and will continue to ship there via Chit Chats without incurring extra surprise fees for anyone! Huzzah! But now the bad news is the Chit Chats API is currently showing no shipping rates available in cart to addresses in the USA. I’m working with support (for the plugin and CC directly) to get that resolved, but in the meantime my Etsy shop is good to go if you’d like to purchase through there.
I need to get stock levels for hats updated, both here and on Etsy. I didn’t stock up on huge amounts of yarn this summer since frankly I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to keep running my shop, but I was also able to get my hands on an extra shipment of the former (now out of production) yarn, from 2024 and before, so I’m going to make a new second listing with the old photos so you can see the exact differences before purchasing.
I am incredibly hopeful that this will be my last update on the topic of American shipping. It’s been stressful and confusing, but in the end it should be back to business as usual around here, at least for my two best-sellers.
Also while I have you, I am gradually in the process of merging my two creative websites, at least in some ways. I have a (badly neglected) blog, YouTube channel and Instagram dedicated to the process of making things. Since I’ve decided to start dipping my toes into the waters of knitting machine patterns for sale, (you may have noticed the Bella racked rib toque in my Shop – my first paid pattern offering!) I think it will only make sense to share some things back and forth between the two sites, such as video tutorials. So if you see any references to “Heather is Making Stuff”, it is still me. I’m also on Ravelry, and I’m going to be updating the free patterns that I’ve had there for years and adding them here, along with some refreshed branding and photos, perhaps a video tutorial or two, and so on.
Cheers,
Heather