In today’s post, I will be introducing the Penger Pullover and this one feels pretty special to share with you. First up, this is my first self-published pattern in a while. A self-published pattern means that it wasn’t originally featured in a magazine or yarn company’s collection. And secondly, Penger was done in partnership with Kettle Yarns Co.! If you’ve been following me or Pom Pom Publishing, you’ll remember a few designs that I did in the past using Kettle Yarns Co. First there was my Ketch Harbour Shawl in Take Heart: A Transatlantic Knitting Journey, knit in Kettle Yarn Co.’s Islington DK. Then, there was Sparklers Hat in their 25th Anniversary Issue, knit in the Beyul 4ply.
Read moreDARUMA Collection: SPIRAL Part 2
Over in my pervious post, SYNTHESIS: Part 1, I shared part of my new work in the latest amirisu and DARUMA publication, Sublation DARUMA Collection 2021. In this post, I'll cover the rest of my new designs that make up another mini collection within the collection, Spiral.
Read moreDARUMA Collection: SYNTHESIS Part 1
As summer started to fade from Helsinki, I grabbed at the chance to fly home to Nova Scotia for the first time in two years. When I arrived at the end of August, I was greeted with a handful of summer days and saw the first touches of fall before I left. I am now back in Helsinki where the nights are cooler and the leaves are well on their way to changing into their fall colours.
September was full of pattern launches and I can’t wait to share everything with you. When I write a blog post I normally have one pattern to introduce. However, this time I have six, I repeat, six new pattern to chat about. Before this blog post gets too lengthly, I thought I would divide this collection in half and share three designs with you today.
Read moreKnitting Kallio: Latest Design for The Knitter
When I published a post back in May, I mentioned the amount of rain and overcast skies that we were experiencing in Helsinki. Two months later and I can report that we’ve hardly seen those grey skeins since. It’s been all sun and it is starting to show in the parks, these naturally green spaces have turned yellow. I’m surprised my garden box hasn’t turned to ash yet. I am finding it hard to focus on knitting, especially when that project is a wool and mohair sweater sitting on your lap. We’re due for some rain this week, we need it badly, so I’ll get back to it again. If it wasn’t so hot and humid, I’d be thinking of more knitting. This latest design is something I see myself living in this autumn and winter.
Read moreA Flourishing Summer Issue 22 from amirisu and new deSign Fay
Today, I will introduce you to my latest design with amirisu magazine. Stripe, colour work and lace fill the pages of Issue 22, as well as a beautiful craft guide to Okinawa. Due to covid, the amirisu team decided to explore areas of Japan outside of the mainland. There are twelve knitting patterns inside and my contribution, Fay, is one of them. This summery collection is photographed in and around the Osaka Prefectural Flowers Garden and I am here for the lush green vibes after spending a winter indoors.
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