Knitting Patterns
This hat has now been released. It has been both tech edited and tested. The pattern on this gives so much movement and texture to the hat. I love the diamond pattern that it creates. It uses Right and Left twists to create the movement, instead of a normal cable. That means you won’t need a cable needle for this one. I have also carried the pattern up onto the crown to give it a bit of detail.
You can find the pattern on Ravelry, LoveCrafts and Payhip.
Now that testing has been completed, I have launched the pattern Bon Voyage Socks. These socks have the usual sizes of 7.5, 8.5 and 9.5″ foot circumference, made with a fingering weight yarn and are a toe up pattern. I have designed them to have a swirl design that goes in the opposite direction for the right and left socks. It gives it a feel of a whirl wind or dust devil swirling up both legs. While I have labelled them as left and right, you can obviously choose which way you would prefer your swirls to go (towards each other or away from each other).
The nice thing about these socks is that they would be a good beginner sock pattern. They have a pattern, but it’s created with knits and purls which means you don’t have to worry about learning new stitches for the body of the sock. I do recommend marking off when a round is complete in the pattern though, because you can lose your place on these ones quite easily. I didn’t find these socks to be good for knitting while watching tv, but once I got better at marking my rows it went much smoother.
The idea for these socks came from the yarn from Mariposa Dye Works that I used. It was called Let it Go Already, and of course made me think of winter storms. 😀 I highly recommend checking them out on Etsy. They have some great yarn.
I hope you love these ones. I had a lot of fun making them.
I had a very busy January. I did a lot of work and managed to get 3 hats and a blanket finished. Two of the hats have now been released, with the third hat going up shortly. Every January, my hockey knitting group does a Hat Trick January. That means three finished hats during the month. I tend to do at least one of those as my own pattern, but this year I did all three as my own design.
Hat number 1 is my Memento Mori hat. Memento Mori is the practice of remembering your death. It’s not as morbid as it sounds, but is more about keeping your focus on what really matters. For Christians that will mean focusing on doing what you need to get to heaven. This is traditionally displayed as a skull and bones, but I chose to just do the skull for this hat. Even though it was my intention for it to be related to Memento Mori, you can obviously just alter the coloring and make it more of your style. Whether that be something more like Day of the Dead or Halloween, or just a great skull hat. 😀 Since this hat was more for Lent, I went with the skull color of purple.
Hat number 2 is a fun bobble hat. This is my Bubble Gum Hat. The bobbles add a fun playful design to the hat. They were designed to bring a smile to peoples faces. 😀
In the near future you’ll see a color work hat being listed and a log cabin style blanket. I also have a few other projects in the works, but I am still knitting those samples. Stay tuned!!
Every year at this time there is a large sale called the Gift A Long. This year over 240 designers have signed up to participate. That means that we are all offering you 25% off select patterns through Ravelry until the 11:59pm EST November 30, 2021. There is a Ravelry group where you can get access to all the discounted patterns (with code giftalong2021) and be able to join in all the chatting and excitement. There is currently a large bundle listed with all the discounted patterns. In the coming days a bundle will be listed with all the designs from all the designers. This will include full price patterns, but all purchased patterns whether discounted or full price will be eligible for prizes being offered in the group. In addition to the sale, there is a Knit A Long/ Crochet A Long (KAL/CAL) going on in this same group. This will go until the end of December, 2021. There are games and prizes and a lot of fun! Come on over and join us. 😀