More FREE Christmas ball patterns! My “Christmas Eve Collection”, all of the #knittingpattern designs shown here, used to be a for-sale pdf, but in honor of the Jamieson’s of Shetland Christmas appeal for their MRI fund raising, as of today, it’s a #freeknittingpattern available through my online shop (link in bio). Go to my site’s free pattern page (link in nav bar at top of my site), scroll down the free pattern page until you see this photo, click on the photo and the pdf is all yours for either personal-use or charity fund raising. ( Please consider sending some to Jamieson’s in Lerwick -see the #jamiesonsofshetland page for details.) I’ve also added a link near the top of my free pattern page that will be helpful for anyone who’s a bit uncertain about diving into shaped color work charts like this. This pattern uses DK / sport weight yarn and would look wonderful in Jamieson’s Double Knitting. #knit #knitting #knittingpatterns #christmasknitting #charityknitting #fairisleknitting #norwegianknitting #christmasballs #handmadechristmas #strandedknitting #strikke #stricken #knittersofinstagram #dkweight
You never have too many monkeys! Clockwise from top left: My “Monkey Hat” (2012) in the Infant & Toddler sizes, #knit in #fingeringweight yarn; my “Sleepy Monkey Blanket” (2009), a reversible stroller blanket / playmat knit in #worstedweight yarn; same #monkeyhat #knittingpattern, in the Adult size (there’s a Youth size, too), knit in #dkweight. The Monkey Hat & Sleepy Monkey Blanket PDFs are both available for $6 each through either my online shop - see link in bio - or Ravelry). Lastly, we have our friend Monkster showing off his “Monkster Gets Stranded” sweater, a free teddy bear sweater pattern - one of several free patterns on my online shop’s free pattern page (yep, see that same, old bio link). Once you’re on my site, use the links in the navbar at the top of the page to get around. My “Sleepy Monkey Blanket” was originally published in Twist Collective in 2009 and that sweet photo with those delicious, chubby leggies was taken by Genevieve de la Plante, the rest are mine. #monkey #hat #knittingforkids #babyknits #knitting #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #norwegianknitting #strikke #stricken #tricot #ravelry
I’ve reworked my Timbers Hat pattern using #jamiesonsofshetland Heather Aran yarn. I’m thrilled with the result! When I first released this design, way back in 2006, I used a Dale yarn that was discontinued several years ago, so the #timbershat was overdue for a fresh look. It’s always been a favorite of mine - at 19 stitches over 4”/10cm, it’s a pretty quick knit, so it’s awesome for gifts, yet I still get to play with beloved, traditional motifs. If you already have the original pattern, there’s no problem with it, but you might prefer my recent, hopefully extra user-friendly version using a wonderful, currently-available yarn. Ravelry updates have been sent out. If you already purchased the old version directly from me, tell me when (approximately), what email you used and I’ll send you the update. If you haven’t tried my Timbers Hat yet, the still $5 pdf is available either through my site (see bio) or Ravelry and the yarn packs are available through my site, too (yep, same old bio link). #hat #knit #knittingpattern #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #fairisleknittingpattern #norwegianknitting #shetlandwool #knittersofinstagram #strikke #stricken #tricot #worstedweight #timbershat
While doing what I can to report scam sites that are stealing so many knitting designers’ photos, my son has reminded me that one really has to laugh in seeing that his wool-snob mom’s design is supposedly being reproduced in, of all things, 100% Polyester. Here’s my authentic “Odorama” scratch-and-sniff card (still works!!😲) received on opening night of John Waters’ “Polyester”, a “scentsational”😂campy film starring the fabulous Divine and Tab Hunter, filmed and released in Baltimore in 1981. You’ll also see the reply I received back from Shopify, the company hosting the Homegaden scam site. Supposedly, my photo should be removed from there within 1 business day. 🤞We’ll see! In the meantime, I want to share what I can so that any of you who have had your design photos stolen and misused 😢 can take the same action I did to...hopefully...stem the tide of these scams and make them less appealing to crooks. I used all-nettools.com’s SmartWhois utility, entered the domain name (in this case, homegaden.com), hit Submit and learned Homegaden is a Shopify site. Googling “Shopify abuse” got me to their reporting form. Full disclosure: It was my techie husband who told me about all-nettools.com and took that info further to see Homegaden is registered with GoDaddy. I filed reports with both host Shopify, who responded quickly and, seemingly, appropriately, and registrar GoDaddy, whose “Chris S.” told me that, although GoDaddy did profit by registering the domain, they will not be doing anything to suspend the known scam site’s domain -they’re leaving that entirely up to the host. In his words, “...that’s the decision they’ve made, they’re okay with that.” My words: I’ve been a customer of GoDaddy for ages, but I will never register any new site, or renew my old ones, with GoDaddy again. Long story short: If the hosting sites, like Shopify, do remove the stolen photos, as promised, while we can’t keep others from copying our designs, the more of us that file these reports, the harder it will be for scammers to use our design photos. I hope this info helps!😘 #shetlandwool #knitting #knittingpattern #scammersofinstagram #fairisleknitting #strandedknitting
