I has it.
A few months back the LYS I work at hosted a design contest amongst the staff. We chose yarn from the shop and designed out perfect cowls. I had always wanted to design something, but I just never got into gear. Making my cowl kind of inspired me to get moving and I've been a designing machine ever since.
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Dalloway
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The first pattern I released this week was for my
Dalloway Cloche. I've always had a weakness for cloches and other vintage hats (bonnets, I swoon), so I knew straight away I wanted to design a cloche. I found the cable pattern in a stitch dictionary and the tucked edge was kind of an accident I discovered while crafting a (fail) cowl. I feel the two separate elements really compliment one another. I'll be spending the rest of today adapting the pattern for DK weight. Hey, I needed an excuse to buy some Tosh, Tosh Tosh!
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Woolf Infinity Cowl |
The second design of the week was my
Woolf Infinity Cowl. I actually started the cowl before the cloche, but as soon as I saw those elements coming together I knew I had to adapt it further. Someday I'd like to turn it into a capelet as well (and name it Laura Brown, perhaps?), but that day probably won't come until April. Too much knitting to do and never enough time.
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Tosh Merino DK |
I'll end this post on a tosh note. We made a Tosh rainbow at work the other night and I took a bunch of photos. Expect another yarn pornz post soon :) I took this one (Calligraphy) home with me last night. Already wound it so that I can't have buyer's remorse.
Both are so, so pretty!! great job on the designing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julie! I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lot of fun. And always exciting to see peoples FOs :)
That cowl is perfect! Lovely work!
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