Tag: shawls
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Beaded Picot Bind-off
My latest shawl pattern is being released on Friday, June 30. It’s called Kiwi and has a picot bind off edge. The instructions include an option for a beaded picot bind off (show in the photo above). The steps for a picot bind off are really quite simple: When you get to the end of…
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Work In Progress…..Thursday?
As most may know, in the crafting world it’s usually called “Work In Progress Wednesday” but as they also say, “better late than never!” There are many works in progress at the moment. Kiwi Shawl has been tech edited and is in the testing phase of things. This shawl started as a gift for my…
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“There Are No Deadlines”
The past few weeks have been a long stretch of life’s complications and stress leaving little room for knitting or writing. I finished a new design three weeks ago, but found little time to write up the pattern. Hours of Zoom meetings at the job that pays the bills, left me less than eager to…
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Support, Encouragement & Love
Last week was a great week. I accomplished a long held goal. I’m no longer an aspiring knitting pattern designer, I AM a knitting pattern designer. I published my very first knitting pattern on Ravelry this past Wednesday. You can find it here. More importantly, I was reminded of how supportive and uplifting most people can be. We often…
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Patience
“I could never do that. I don’t have the patience.” I get that comment a lot when I post pictures of my knits on social media. I usually just smile or respond with “Knitting doesn’t require patience, it teaches it.” I’ve been thinking about that a lot this past week as I’ve worked on my knitting. I generally have…