Thanks so much ghostrider for giving thought and time to my situation. Your suggestion is great except that due to my physical problems, teaching classes is not something I'd be able to do. I do think I'll have to figure out the self-publishing thing tho, or maybe just go with the downloadable pdf files. I have a LQS already offering to carry the pattern I'm just not sure I can supply a good enough quality paper copy to offer.
I'm not giving up yet tho! :D