It’s been a while since my last pattern release so I am extra excited to share my new pattern with you! This one is an ode to my new home of choice, this beautiful place in the middle of the South Pacific, where summer lasts all year long, (sometimes even with snow and ice), penguins, dolphins and whales share your surf and where the sheep-to-human ratio is 5:1. Sweet as! Welcome to the Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa,…
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…
WAH!! Only five-ish weeks to Christmas?!? Are you as surprised and hopelessly unprepared as I am (like… every year anew)?? This year it’s actually worse since we’ll be celebrating Christmas in summer! How weird for someone used to snotty noses and slush for the holiday season. All the more reason to kick up your knitting a notch and join our huge Indie Design Gift-A-Long on Ravelry! From today, the 26th of November it’s ON! Get ready now and fire up your…
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…
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…
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…
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…
When looking for inspiration one has to look left and right. There are so many incredible talents out there and so many styles and the Indie Design Gift Along is a great way to discover them all 🙂 Today is the last day to grab more than 5300 patterns at 25% off (use coupon code giftalong2017) Sale ends tonight, 23:59 US EST I was looking westwards at my neighbour Norway and found a very talented designer from Oslo that I…
When scrolling through the lovely designs on offer for the Indie Design Gift Along This lovely pattern jumped at me: Sara Schira’s Telephone Poles. I love the simplicity and clear lines and also the colour contrast of this pattern. Naturally I had to check out the other designs and wanted to get to know the person behind the design, so I asked her for an interview. Meet from Manitoba, Canada: Sara Schira (Imaginedlandscapes) At Imagined Landscapes Sara designs knitting patterns that are bold,…