Hi everyone! I'm just about ready to release my latest knitting pattern, a fun new hat. Can you guess what it is? If you guessed a plaid beret, you're correct! Knitting plaid is no small feat, usually involving intarsia knit flat and/or sewing or crocheting vertical lines in the finished work after completing. However, my new pattern has the spirit of plaid without all the hard work. It's knit in the round, with ... Read more »
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Knitting pattern release: Sprigs and Berries
I'm very happy to announce that I've just released my latest knitting pattern! It's a unisex mitten pattern in four sizes and two color palettes, and it's called Sprigs and Berries. You can buy it and read more about it on Ravelry (you don't have to be a member!). I actually did a lot of the work for this pattern over a year ago, and only recently brushed it off to iron out some details and finish everything up. ... Read more »
Nisse: knitting pattern release
Friends, it's been a long time coming, but my second knitting pattern is finally released! Meet Nisse. Nisse is a whimsical little stranded hat inspired by folk-and-novelty themed patterns of the 1940s and 1950s. It features little fellows called nisse, tiny household spirits from Scandinavian folklore, but you might know them as gnomes. They’re helpfully harvesting carrots in the garden. This hat is a little ... Read more »
Victory beret: swatching and casting on
Thanks for your patience, everyone! Your comments on my last post were very much appreciated by both Mel and I, I can't even tell you how much! ♥ I now can get down to a little bit of Knit for Victory business. So let's talk swatching and casting on, for those of you knitting my Victory beret! There are different ways to swatch for projects that you plan to knit in the round. And if you've already done it, then you ... Read more »
Victory beret: intro tips for stranded knitting
Alright everyone! This post is especially for those of you knitting my Victory beret as one of your first fair isle projects, for Knit for Victory. I've talked about stranded knitting / fair isle in the past, and have two older posts that extensively cover a few of the topics I'm going to touch on today. For easy reference those are: Getting started with stranded / fair isle knitting Puckers, tension and even ... Read more »
Lumberjill squirrels hat
Friends, it's been awhile since I've completed a knitting project, and I have sewing to blame. While I've been busy filling out my wardrobe, my knitting has suffered, which is unusual for me and a side effect of sewing I don't like! So I may cool down the sewing a slight bit so I can focus on my (new) current knitting project. After I wipe a couple of projects off my plate that involve tutorials, that is... stay ... Read more »