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“C’mon, guys! It’s over here!!” Our Golden Girl, Gracie, proving she knows better than any stoopid trail map. #mtlemmon #tucson #arizona #bearwallow #hiking #goldenretrieverWay back in 2010, I designed, knit and published (through Twist Collective) my “Rosalia” cardigan, named for my Danish great-grandmother. Wanna know how long ago that was? See my little helper in the last photo? He’s now the fully/grown, handsome rascal you’ve recently seen modeling my #canyonwallvest!😱😂 The #rosaliacardigan PDF is still available through the knitting patterns page on my website (and Ravelry.) Google “Rosalia twostrands” to see my old blog posts detailing the mods done for the longer, grey version. If you need some encouragement for these machine-sewn steeks, check out my Technique page on my maryannstephens website for my article that takes you through my Top Ten Tips. #knitting #strandedknitting #steeks #Rosalia #rosaliacardigan #showyoursteeks #strandedcolorwork #strikkeMt. Lemmon, #arizona. High above #tucson, on the Bear Wallow trail this past Sunday. #mtlemmon is a sky island that is usually about 25 degrees cooler than the Sonoran Desert below. And it has tons of gorgeous #hiking!Finished steeks inside my #CanyonWallVest. Thanks to the always-amazing #jamiesonsofshetland Spindrift yarn I used, I didn’t have to reinforce anything - I just cut my steek up the middle, folded the cut edge under and slipstitched it in place. Easypeasy! The next photo shows the back of the finished Vneck vest. The last photo shows the Vneck steek for the vest that’s on my needles at the moment. Special thanks to @pablanochristopher for mentioning #showyoursteeks ! #fairisleknitting #maryannstephensknitsHow to Teach Your Friends to Play Catch #goldenretriever #dogsofinstagram“Teach your friends to play catch!” That’s Gracie, our Golden girl, getting her toys in on the game.😂❤️ # goldenretriever This is supposed to be an animated gif showing Gracie in action but I clearly have more to learn in loading it up to Instagram. 🤔stay tuned! Update: Getting there! Click on my next post to see Gracie and friends.I’ve come to the conclusion that the happiest way for me to resolve this mess is for me to bring my design out of obscurity by sharing it with you, free of charge. See my latest Two Strands blog post for the full story. You’ll find Hedgerow is now a free pdf on my online shop’s “knitting patterns” page. Thanks a million for all of the kind support. You’ve turned a miserable situation into a happy result. I really appreciate it!😘 #knitting #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #knittingpattern #freeknittingpattern #maryannstephensknits #HedgerowFingerlessMittensMore of my very old, entirely original #Hedgerow motif, recently co-opted in the very worst way. I made the socks first, but didn’t like the fit (@voolenvine certainly liked the colorway - her Klara socks not only use my motifs but incredibly similar colors, too.) I love the Hedgerow pullover. I always thought I’d do a cardi in a different colorway and issue the two in the same pattern. Too many new ideas kept popping up, so I never looked back and never got around to the cardi, or publishing the pullover. But the mitts were published in 2012 as my copyrighted $5 pdf. I know better than to ever hope that I’ll win anything legally from #voolenvine for her unauthorized use of my motif. But I’ll be darned if I’m going to sit her and allow her to claim my hard-wrought, original design work as her own, supposedly inspired by her great-grandma!!! I think it’s unlikely that my work is the only work that has been falsely claimed as someone else’s. But what kind of knitter / designer / person would I be if I saw this, knew and felt every painful detail about it but did not share it with you? This can happen to your designs, too! Go look at voolenvine’s Klara Socks on Ravelry and feel my pain. Maybe this can at least spark a bit of honesty somewhere.😱😰😠😡🤬 UPDATE: Thankfully (I guess) it looks as though her Instagram, YouTube and Ravelry posts have been removed, although her “apology” on my previous post is disingenuous and deceitful, as you can see from my Two Strands blog post which will remain up until she can explain why her Klara Sock is so incredibly similar to my very old sock which has been on the internet for ages. #knitting #knittingpattern #voolenvine #VoolenvinePodcast #HedgerowFingerlessMittens #strandedknittingPLEASE READ: This motif might look familiar to you. This is the first time I’ve shared this old design of mine on Instagram but I added this particular version of it to my website several months ago. It’s a re-knit of the very same motif, very same pattern which I first designed, copyrighted and published in 2012. You can see it has been on Ravelry for ages - it is my “Hedgerow Fingerless Mittens” design. Unfortunately, you can also see an alarmingly similar version of it newly added on #voolenvine where @voolenvine has claimed it as her own for her “Klara Socks”. You can even find YouTube videos in which #voolenvine states it was inspired by her dear great-grandma Klara from Germany!! Um, no! Take a look at my 2012 design on Ravelry (or look at my Two Strands blog, or my current shop, link in bio - heck, do a google images search on Hedgerow Fingerless) and tell me what you think. Still not sure? Look at voolenvine’s Klara Socks on Ravelry right next to, oh, any of the long-standing FOs for my Hedgerow Fingerless Mittens and tell me what you think. 🤔#knitting #copyright #knittingpattern #strandedknitting #ravelryCome Play in My Yarn Shop!
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