knitwear design & knitting pattern downloads
knitwear design & knitting pattern downloads
My Dazzling Daffodils Shawl pattern was originally published in April, 2021. Since then, I have been donating either a portion of or all of the April sales income for this pattern every year to the Canadian Cancer Society. They run their Daffodil Campaign every April …
I get asked all the time if the free Blended Shawl pattern can be done in a heavier weight yarn. The answer is yes!! Because it’s a sideways asymmetrical knitted shawl that starts at one corner with one stitch you knit until it reaches the …
In my previous post (Perfect For Fall: A Kite-Shaped Shawl – pt.1) I talked about the characteristics of the kite-shaped shawl. I also showed you two of my kite-shaped shawl patterns: Halcyon Shawl and From Summer To Fall. I’ve been knitting a second version of …
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 …
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 …