knitwear design & knitting pattern downloads
knitwear design & knitting pattern downloads
One of my favourite shawl shapes is the kite-shaped shawl. When I think of fall knits I of course think of cozy sweaters and warm socks. But I also think of an oversized kite-shaped shawl knit in sock/fingering yarns. It’s the perfect compromise between the …
Many of my shawl patterns are end-to-end shawls, meaning that they start at one tip with a few stitches and end at the other tip with a few stitches. They increase to the middle and decrease back down to the opposite tip. They are a …
The beautiful Salt Water and Sea Stars shawl pattern is available now! I designed this gorgeous end-to-end shawl pattern in the pretty Sage colourway of Akara Yarns Merino Sock. It was this beachy colourway that inspired me to use this pretty lace and cable pattern …
The 2/2/2 Left Purl Cross (LPC) is a 6-stitch knitted cable. We commonly see 6-stitch cables where 3 stitches cross over 3 stitches, or 2 cross over 4 or vice versa. But the 2/2/2 LPC is a little different. This cable stitch has two cross-overs …
What does the Dazzling Daffodils Shawl have to do with cancer you ask? Well, it’s an interesting story. I designed the Dazzling Daffodils Shawl a year before it was published. The pattern was complete and ready to go but for various reasons it ended up …
I’ve designed four different crescent shawls over the years and it’s a shape I really enjoy knitting. It’s a shape that we usually knit from either the bottom to the top or from the top down. Bottom-Up Crescent Shawls Two of my crescent-shaped shawl patterns …
I’ve been having a lot of fun this winter revisiting and re-knitting my hat patterns. As you saw in my earlier post, Hats, Hats, and More Hats (Part 1) I knit new versions of the Bestie Beanie and the Bestie Slouchy, as well as a …
