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Kiwi As! Summer Socks
Tutorial: Ladderback Jacquard knitting in the round – your stretchy Fair Isle friend

Tutorial: Ladderback Jacquard knitting in the round – your stretchy Fair Isle friend

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While testing for my new pattern Kiwi as! Summer Socks (coming soon!) I was looking for a better way to do Fair Isle in the round when you have to carry the contrasting yarn around a larger area without knitting it. I came across the Ladderback Jacquard method, which is so brilliantly easy that it is just perfect for me. I was always intimidated by colourwork. Whenever I tried to knit it in the round it was just not very…

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My GAL 2021 designer picks

My GAL 2021 designer picks

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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…

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Mumpitz Design Blog
Join our Indie Design Gift Along 2018

Join our Indie Design Gift Along 2018

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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…

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Mrs. Mumpitz Convertible mitts with thumb flap knitting pattern
GAL work in progress

GAL work in progress

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Phew. So many interviews, so many new ideas and my queue has definitely tripled since before the Indie Design Gift Along started. You have been reading about only 13 of the 300 plus designers participating in the GAL and I hope you have found one or two new favourites. I know I certainly did! And I’m glad to see that some of you managed to win a new favourite pattern during the giveaways. See, it’s definitely worth signing up for…

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Knitting international #3 – Victoria Groger, Israel

Knitting international #3 – Victoria Groger, Israel

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I’m nuts about colourful designs, you all know that. So of course Victoria’s pretty designs caught my eye immediately. Also because of the lovely photography of her patterns. So I asked Victoria a few questions about her designs and inspiration and which designers she loves. Victoria Groger (aka Auriga on Ravelry) from Israel Viktoria will give away two patterns to readers of this blog (see questions below!)  2 winners will get one free pattern of their choice as a gift….

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Socks Are For Life, Not Just For Christmas by Jo Torr
Knitting international #1 – Jo Torr, UK

Knitting international #1 – Jo Torr, UK

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Welcome to the 2017 Indie Design Gift-A-Long! This year we have 311 designers from 31 countries and 6 continents! More than 5300 patterns discounted during the sale period from November 21-28, 18,150+ patterns eligible for participation in the KAL/CAL threads and around 2000 digital prizes in the KAL/CAL Threads!! (There are physical prizes, too!! Yarns, stitch markers, ebooks, project bags… Come and check em out!) When scrolling through the rather extensive list of designers participating in the Indie Design GAL this…

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Sally the Squirrelknitting pattern
In the toy mood

In the toy mood

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As the market and Christmas season is around the corner, I was planning to stock up on toys. And these little fellas have been on my mind for a long time now, as I haven’t knit any of them in ages. Shame on me. I finally found some time to knit up some small owls from my Owl My Gosh knitting pattern for four different owls. It always happens to me that I can’t decide on which colours to combine,…

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Amigurumi knit and crochet-along

Amigurumi knit and crochet-along

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Last summer a group was founded on Ravelry to celebrate the love for Amigurumi toys, crochet and knitted. It was great fun and a huge success, so this year we are doing it right again! 21 toy designers (me included!) are offering their patterns for 25% discount from the 27th of June to 3rd of July and the whole ami-along runs to the end of August, when all amigurumis are shown in the finished-objects-threads for the vote and the prize…

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