Just browsing through the list of participating designers this year makes my fingers itch and my head spin. There are so many new finds and such an inspirational lot of beautiful designs that I barely know where to start! The Indie Design Gift-a-long is already in full swing and I wanted to give you a glimpse of what it looks like. My to-do-list grows by the second…. Here are some of my favourite finds this year: Rebecca Newman is high…
Holy Moly! Only six weeks to Christmas?!? Are you as surprised and hopelessly unprepared as I am (like… every year anew)?? Then it’s about time to join our huge Indie Design Gift-A-Long on Ravelry! From the 23rd of November it’s ON! Get ready now and fire up your stash as this year will be HOT! Like last year’s Gift-Along (GAL) (and the 5 before), this year will give you: a huge list of independent designers, 6 weeks of KAL/CALs, tons of patterns…
Do you love cables? Me too! That’s why these designs couldn’t be left out in this series of interviews during the 2017 Indie Design Gift-Along. I first came across the Razzle Dazzle Socks (cover picture) on my hunt for Christmas knits and had to check out te other designs connected, so I want to introduce you to Cynthia Levy, (aka Redtigerdesigns), Canada Cynthia grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada and currently lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada with her husband, a floatplane,…
As a toy lover and designer I can hardly walk past other designer’s cute creations and Cilla’s adorable creations need to be shown here, too! My next project for the GAL2017 is Bigglesworth the Bat (cover picture) and I cannot imagine anyone who wouldn’t love to have one, so It’ll be a tough choice to whom to give it for Christmas… But read more about Priscilla Webb (aka Slaatje on Ravelry), England Priscilla is 33 years old and living in…
Intriguing construction, fabulous colour combination and excellent product photography make Lee’s patterns stand out by miles (Cover picture – Hólm). It would be a shame not to include Leethals amazing designs in this series of interviews. I am incredibly happy to se e that Lee seems to have the same yarn-problem as me! Now I will gladly present you Lee Meredith (aka leethal on Ravelry), USA Lee will give away two coupon codes for $6 off any pattern or ebook in…
I must say I am exhausted. Just seeing all the incredible designs during the Gift Along my brain starts entering a meltdown phase already! When am I supposed to knit this all? BUT! Andrée’s absolutely stunning designs just HAD to be mentioned here, too. Two of her lovely shawl patterns went into my queue right away and I aim to cast on at least her incredible Dragon Breath Shawl (cover picture) during the Gift Along. Andrée Beddoe, USA Andrée lives in…
For some reason colourful design always grab my attention first. And if they are featuring an interesting construction and unusual shape I can’t resist. So of course LISMI’s wonderful patterns (Farfalla – cover picture) caught my attention right away and it’s a pleasure to present her to you. She is not only a great designer but also fun to talk to! Meet Christiane Burkhard (aka LISMI on Ravelry), Germany Christiane will give away two of her incredible patterns to two…
The New kid, this post’s cover picture, didn’t want me to scroll any further in the list of designs on offer for the Gift along and I had to see more of Kathryn’s designs. Like this one for example! I also love how Kathryn is modelling her own designs! So now in our journey around the globe in search of new incredible designers I present to you Kathryn Folkerth (aka Publius on Ravelry), Tanzania Kathryn is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio but…
Another cool thing about this Gift-Along is that you get to know people from all around the globe that you usually wouldn’t have met. Like how likely is it that you meet a knitter from the warm (read BOILING HOT – at least to me) parts India that has the same hobbies as yourself? Meet Nidhi Kansal from Mumbai, India I couldn’t be more intrigued, so I asked Nishi to talk about how knitting is seen in India, herself, her designs…
This time I’ll take you to the other end of the world (as seen from Stockholm, Sweden, that is 🙂 Travel Turtle went to New Zealand in 2014 and absolutely LOVED it! See pictures here. So of course I’ll include a kiwi designer for you here. Say hi to Gabriella Henry, (aka sweetp on Ravelry) from Marlborough, New Zealand! Gabriella is a New Zealand designer who who is also a fulltime primary school teacher. At the moment she is teaching 6…