The EU strikes!
Changes in my Ravelry Store from Jan 1st 2015!
The European Union EU strikes! Because some big businesses found ways to “save” tax, there is a new tax legislation for all sellers of electronic media that live in the EU. Knitting patterns are electronic media as well!
- For every sold pattern I now have to pay the VAT of the country where the seller lives. This means 28 different VATs between 17 and 28 percent!
- Electronic media are no longer put on a level with books with reduced VAT as well, so the maximal VAT is assessed now.
- For every single pattern you have to make a documentation to which country it was sold.
- The small businesses exceptional regulation is not applied to patterns sold to foreign countries – I have to pay the foreign VAT from the 1st pattern!
This means for me that I will earn about 25% less for each sold pattern!
The normal selling fees for a pattern make about 25% of the price (Paypal, Ravelry) – now I have to pay VAT as well, the mean level is 25% – and for free a get a real lot of bureaucratic work!
Because I am one of those “money-grubbing” sellers who want to earn money with their work (yes, someone already insulted me as greedy!) I must change prices from Jan 1st 2015 on. The price shown in my Ravelry store is the net price, the respective VAT will be added to it according to the country to which the pattern is sold.
On VAT I do not earn a penny, it is a tax that I am forced to encash for the finance authority!
A pattern for 5 Euro will cost then:
in Germany 5,00 + 19% = 5.75
in Denmark 5,00 + 25% = 6.25
in Great Britain 5,00 + 20% = 6.00
in Austria 5,00 + 20% = 6.00
Ravelry offers an automatic application of this solution to the VAT problem – I hope it really will work!
For those who pay by money transfer I will have to make a calculation for every single pattern …
Up to Dec 31st 24:00 the old prices are still valid, from Jan 1st 00:01 the VAT will be added to the new price!
Magische Maschen Mode 2 – Half-time!
Magische Maschen Mode 2 is blowing
for half-time!
6 out of 12 patterns are released!
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/magische-maschen-mode-2
All patterns are available in German and English.
All patterns are available as single patterns or in the e-Book Magische Maschen Mode 2.
These patterns are already published:
Work’nShop Bag
21.11.2014 online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/worknshop
Gaia
21.11.2014 online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gaia-7
Ougenweide
25.11.2014 online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ougenweide
Blue Moon
29.11.2014 online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/blue-moon-6
Kainana
07.12.2014 online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kainana
Drachenschwinge
09.12.2014 online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/drachenschwinge
Ganmil
11.12.2014 online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ganmil
These patterns are coming soon -
I hope to get finished before Christmas!
Parsada
xxxxxxx online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
LINK
Contredanse
xxxxxxx online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
LINK
Amano Jacket
xxxxxxx online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
LINK
Amano Skirt
xxxxxxx online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
LINK
Sigma
xxxxxxx online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
LINK
Slandail
xxxxxxx online
The pattern is available in German and English in my Ravelry Store:
LINK
Heart-Felt, a new free pattern, and Swingy Heart-Felt are online!
It’s cold, and the first snow flakes are dancing – time for a cuddly warm winter combination!
And because we celebrate St. Nicholas’ Eve
in Germany, I’ll put the Heart-Felt
pattern into your sock!
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heart-felt-2
Heart-Felt is a free pattern for a felted hat with a hat band and a matching unfelted cuddly scarf. A fast knit with thick needles, so warm and soft!
Both hat and scarf are knitted with Ferner Filzmich and Ferner Crazy Chain. The pattern is suitable for knitting beginners – every knitting technique that might not be known by everyone, is explained step by step in the technical appendix!
Filzmich is a wonderful soft and thick wool yarn in beautiful color variations. You can wear it either felted or un-felted. Crazy Chain is a bulky yarn made of 50% alpaca and 50% wool, super soft and so warm!
For the combination you need 2 x 200 g Filzmich (200m/ 200g) and 6 x 50 g Crazy Chain (35m / 50 g).
You can order the yarn online at Jawolle. They ship internationally, all over Europe and overseas, fast and easy.
In Saarbrücken they also celebrate St. Nicholas’ Eve today, and Dominik Janssen of Jawolle put a present into your sock as well: On Sunday and Monday, Dec 7th and 8th 2014, you will get a 12 % discount! You’ll get this discount automatically when you pay for your shopping cart!
More photos of Heart-Felt you can see in my Ravelry project – it is a public project, so you view it even if you are no Ravelry member.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MagischeMaschen/heart-felt
I love those yarns, they knit up to fast and easy! So I just had to play a bit with the yarns – and here it is, the Swingy Heart-Felt pattern!
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swingy-heart-felt
Swingy Heart-Felt is a pattern written for everyone – even if you have never knitted short-rows before, you will manage!
Everything you need to know to knit this combination, is explained step by step. The pattern gives a row-by-row instruction as well as hints for those who already know Swing-Knitting™.
Swingy Heart-Felt, that’s a felted hat with a swing-knitted hat band and a ——- how shall I call it? It’s a scarf-vest-cowl-bolero-sleeves-heartwarmer thing!
This thing is constructed in a way that you can use it for several different garments:
- You can wear it as a wide scarf.
- You can wear it as a vest.
- You can wear it as a cowl.
- You can wear it as a sleeved scarf.
- You can wear it as a bolero jacket.
The variations are all created by using 8 double buttons. You can fit each variation to your personal measurements with these buttons! How to make these double buttons and how to use them to make each variation, is explained step by step as well.
For the combination you’ll need 2 x 200 g Filzmich and 7 x 50 g Crazy Chain. Both yarns are available internationally at Jawolle.
St. Nicholas at Jawolle gives a special offer!
Everything you need to knit Swingy Heart-Felt is included in the kit for a special price (that’s all the yarn and the PDF pattern, you’ll certainly already have the knitting needles and the buttons) – here (http://www.jawolle.com/de/modellpackungen-wollpakete/damenmode/swingy-heart-felt-wollpaket.html#.VIGVDsmsYxE) you can choose the yarns for the kit in your favorite colors!
There is also a very special St. Nicholas bonus for you! On Sunday and Monday, Dec 7th and 8th 2014, you will get a 12 % discount at Jawolle! You’ll get this discount automatically when you pay for your shopping cart!
Jawolle ships internationally, all over Europe and overseas, fast and easy!
More photos of Swingy Heart-Felt you can see in my Ravelry project – it is a public project, so you view it even if you are no Ravelry member.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MagischeMaschen/swingy-heart-felt