Category: New Designs

Jan 16

Knit Pick rulez! or How I was published!

I recently discovered a good online source for good quality reasonably priced yarn – KnitPicks.com.  Think big box craft stores, but online and all about yarn and yarn related products.  Don’t let the name full you, it’s not only for knitters.  There is plenty of crochet goodness.  If you have not checked them out, I …

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Jan 06

Coming Soon…

While the snow was still down we had a short photo shoot for some patterns that I have in works.  Here is a preview The last picture is from photo shoot with Michelle from about two month ago.  This pattern will be available very shortly, as soon as my wonderful tech editor will be able …

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Jan 05

Sneak Preview

I’ve been working very hard on a new pattern.  My very first garment pattern!  I really wanted to design a top down seamless cardigan, since I really like good fitting garments and do not like sewing.  I choose very soft fingering weight yarn that I got on a great sale at Smiley’s yarn. Here is …

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Jan 01

Baby Brie

The last pattern that became available in 2010 is Baby Brie.  It’s a pattern for a earflap hat with a huge flower.

This hat was designed for baby Brianna, whose mommy really wanted a simple hat with earflaps and a huge flower. Baby Brie is worked in rounds from the top down. Flower is made separately and sewn afterwards. Directions are given to make flower smaller.

Oct 18

Hi

Nope, I have left for my trip home to Russia yet! I apologize for not posting anything new. Yeap, I already been yelled at in real life (hi Ann) for that. In my defence (not a really good one) I have been working on a super-secret-project-that-cannot-be-named for an-amazing-magazine-that-cannot-be-mentioned.  I have been knitting and crocheting, and …

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Aug 13

The secret is out!!!

I have been keeping a secret from you.  I can finally share this with you!!!  remember, I was mentioning one of my patterns was chosen to be in the best crochet magazine ever.  Ready?  I could not mention it before, but now I can. Drum roll… It is coming out in Interweave Crochet!!!  Ahhhhhh In …

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Jul 22

Twisted Beanie

As I mentioned in a previous post Michelle was very specific about the hat she wanted. She picked a color for the hat out of my stash – Sugar n’ Cream in Robin Egg. I finished the hat for her and decorated the edge of the hat with white yarn. Originally she wanted a red flower, …

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