In my quest to design a beginner friendly dog sweater construction, I’ve worked on three that have been really fun, but only really one that is suitable for actual beginners. Then this week, I started playing around with a new method and I think I nailed it. I am sure I am not the first …
This vest pattern is available here!Ravelry (add to your faves and queue)Love CraftsEtsyPayhipBuy Now link – Mirrorball Vest $5 Strawberry Fields Scrunchie Pattern:Ravelry (fave & add to queue)Love CraftsEtsyPayhipBuy Now link – Strawberry Fields Scrunchie $2 Garden Party Scrunchie Pattern:Ravelry (fave & add to queue)Love CraftsEtsyPayhipBuy Now link – Garden Party Scrunchie $2 Pattern Notes:This …
All you really need to know about Baby Cat Yarns, and the super rad dyer behind the scenes, is there is a serious lust for colour going on here. Not only will Brit whip up whatever colour strikes your fancy, (that is, if the 60 colours already in her roaster don’t do it for you), …
Pattern: Héloïse by Soohyun NamYarn: Less Traveled Yarn Sport in Merlot & Belladonna Is this one of the most beautiful shawls you’ve ever seen or no? I feel like the answer must be yes because just look at this! So I have gushed about this pattern before, first in real time on my Instagram while …
The first time I came across the LaurelKnits Instagram, I was immediately inspired to knit a pair of socks. There is just something about the way Laura designs and photographs her socks that makes people want to stop what they’re doing and cast on a new pair. All the more inspiring is that she’s pursuing …
This post is the edited transcript pulled from my 5 Free Top Pattterns video. I have to regularly go through my Ravelry queue to keep it reasonable. It’s never really reasonable, I probably have more patterns in there than I can actually knit before I’m 93 but I found some amazing gems in my queue, …
Pattern: Nordic Paws by Drops DesignYarn: Paintbox Simply Aran in Paper White and Rose Red This Nordic Paws dog sweater by Drops Design is my 6th dog sweater and the first time I took some liberties with the pattern. My modification has nothing at all to do with the design, it was just about the …
Katie is listening to: When the Summer Dies by deadmau5 and Lights (all makers are asked what their current favourite song is and we’re making a playlist of them all) Maker’s Mix on Spotify Full disclosure on this very first Featured Maker interview, I asked Katie, the talented human behind Mindfulness Makes notions and yarns, …
This yarn appreciation post is brought to you by the Pattern Notes post I wrote for my Super Simple Summer Sweater! After I wrote about how much I loved knitting with it, I dug through my stash to see how much I had left over. Not nearly enough to make something with, but it did …