Three things that turned out to be one thing
The shop began as an argument about whether a knitting chart and a USGS quadrangle map are the same object. They are. Both are a grid, and both are useless until somebody decides which squares matter. A dot-grid page is the third version of it, sold blank so you can do the deciding yourself.
Once you notice that, stocking all three stops being eccentric. The same person tends to want them: someone who plans in pencil, keeps the notebook afterwards, and would rather add a day to a walk than shave one off it.
How things are made
Journals are printed and sewn in the United States in runs of a few hundred. The paper is 120 gsm and acid free, so the notes outlast the notebook. The wool is 100% American, spun and dyed in small lots, which is why two skeins from different months will not match exactly. The needles are turned by hand, a pair at a time, from American black walnut.
Itineraries are walked before they are written. Every distance is measured on the ground rather than lifted from a map, and every stretch with nowhere to eat is named as such. If a route changes — a shuttle service that stops running, a washed-out footbridge, a closed shelter — the PDF is updated and sent to everyone who bought it, at no charge.
Nothing has shipped yet. What follows is what will apply from the first order.
Shipping
We ship within the United States only, for now. Orders go out within two business days by USPS Ground Advantage, in paper and cardboard with no plastic. Shipping is calculated at checkout and charged separately from the price of the item. Orders delivered in Maryland carry the state's 6% sales tax; orders to other states do not. Digital itineraries arrive by email within a few minutes of ordering. If yours has not turned up in an hour, check the spam folder and then write to us.
Returns
Send anything back within 15 days of its arrival and we will refund it, including the tax. Books unwritten-in, needles and markers unused, the kit with its seal unbroken. You pay the return postage unless the fault is ours, in which case we cover it and replace or refund as you prefer. An opened kit can't come back, but if it isn't going well, write: a short skein or a needle that splits is on us, and we'll talk you through whatever's stuck. Digital itineraries cannot be returned once downloaded, but if a route does not work for you, describe what went wrong. We would rather refund you and fix the guide than argue about it.
Write to us
Questions about a fiber, a route, or an order go to hello@theplottedpath.com. A person reads it, usually within a day.