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Just an update, donated $15 today to Standing Rock Sioux! All from pattern sales! Hooray! Please consider purchasing the pattern to show your support or donate directly to the Standing Rock tribe! Pattern available here: Water is Life (Mni Wiconi)
I just released a new pattern in support of Standing Rock. All proceeds from pattern sales will go to support Standing Rock Sioux against the DAPL. ----- Please consider marking this as a favorite and sharing the link to draw attention to the donation/cause! You can also purchase this pattern without a Ravelry account! ----- …
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I was inspired by a recent Sherlock Holmes read-along to knit something Holmesian. It would have to be simple-- as Sherlock is anything but an ostentatious person-- yet still fashionable, for Sherlock is never poorly dressed unless there is a reason! And it also needed to be practical for keeping off the cold while out …
I'm very pleased to announce the release of my newest pattern, Arrowhead Shawl!! You can find it available to purchase on Ravelry here. I know I've been talking about it for quite a while, but it is finally done!! Hooray!! And fully pattern tested thanks to the generosity and patience of threeprettyposies. You can see …
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This time for my Free Pattern Friday Guest, I'm doing something a little different. I will still show you a wonderful pattern-- two, in fact!-- from a super talented designer, but I will also explain some mods I made to the patterns. So, here we go!! I made this adorable little lizard pattern around Christmas …
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Finally got those pictures I've been looking for! Took several attempts and lots of not so great pictures to get a few that I feel will work for this project. Here's a small sample! Yup, so now I've decided I just need some pattern testers to make sure I didn't royally screw up the charts …
Yes, I am launching another new pattern. I know, two patterns in one week?! Exciting!! Anyway, the pattern is called Sir Gawain after the hero of the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I've actually been working on this pattern since about October, but it takes me a while to make a 7 foot …
I'm really pleased to announce that a new pattern has just gone live in both my Ravelry store and Etsy store. The pattern is called Pretty in Punk and makes a lovely, easy lace set of fingerless gloves! My example is made from 100% silk yarn and they feel amazing when you wear them. The …
So I've been absent for a bit, mostly because of being busy with designing lots of new patterns but also because of being sick. Again. Which is just no fun let me tell you. But, I'm back! With a new installment of Free Pattern Friday that features another original pattern by me! Halloween is coming …
I'm really pleased to be able to release my first knitting pattern! It's called Graveyards and Ghostlights and is inspired by the fall and Halloween season. The lace pattern-- which arches slightly in the middle-- reminds me of gravestones. That, and the beads you add to the knitting look like ghostlights haunting a graveyard. And, …
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