I know I’m not very good at keeping the blog updated lately. But I’ve been busy – designing stuff for you guys! Today I published “New Design: Roland”
Category: Creativity
ChiaoGoo knitting needles – how love shifts
Ever since I discovered the KnitPro interchangeable needle series around 6 years ago, I’ve been a KP girl. I tried out a variety of their “ChiaoGoo knitting needles – how love shifts”
New Design: New Start
In September, I released a shawl pattern in collaboration with Rainbow Heirloom: The Road I Took. It is a pattern show casing the Nostalgia Club “New Design: New Start”
Design Process #4: Knitting…
Step 4 of designing in this series is just knitting. Knitting, adjusting my draft pattern, adjusting numbers if necessary. Trying the sweater on now and “Design Process #4: Knitting…”
Christmas Cookies
In December, everyone is baking. Me too. I get inspired by everyone else, and then I spend half a day in the kitchen, having fun! “Christmas Cookies”
Design Process #3: Casting On
Swatch and calculations done, I’m finally ready to start knitting. This is my favorite part! I usually write the pattern alongside the knitting of my “Design Process #3: Casting On”
New Design: Little Sowa
After a lot of requests and comments on my Sowa top from the Impulsive Knits collection, I decided to make a kids’ version of the pattern “New Design: Little Sowa”
Design Process #2: Calculating
Having done my gauge swatch, it’s time to do some calculations. For the calculating, I use Excel spreadsheets. I could of course calculate everything by hand “Design Process #2: Calculating”
Design Process #1: Planning
For a long time, I have been wanting to share the process I (usually) go through when designing something. I say “usually”, as it can “Design Process #1: Planning”
New Design: The Road I Took
My newest shawl pattern just went live! “The Road I Took” is a collaboration with Rainbow Heirloom, to go with their Nostalgia yarn club. The “New Design: The Road I Took”