What’s your lucky number? A lot of people answer this with seven (personally, I’d say 2) and when I started designing this shawl with its seven panels, I knew I wanted to call it Lucky Seven. Lucky Seven Shawl is a slightly asymmetric crescent shawl with an interesting construction – it consists of 7 wedges …
I’m super excited to have two patterns in the Unusual Shawls Issue of Knotions Magazine! Knotions Shawl is a beautiful pi shawl with a knit on border. The stitch pattern makes it really special – I’ve designed it myself and it is based on a secret code for the word “Knotions”. The pattern is super …
When I decided to write the blog post about yarn dominance, I needed a swatch of course. But let me tell you a dirty little secret – I hate swatching. I hate swatching so much that I’d rather sit down and knit a useful little hat instead of a small 15 x 15 cm (that’s …
Today I’ve published the last two chapters and the last pattern for the How to read charts ebook! Splashes of Light is a pretty cowl closed with a button, with lace patterning on both sides. The decreases on the wrong side of the work are a little tricky to work at first, but it will …
I know that it’s just 3 days till Halloween, but that isn’t celebrated much where I live. Neither do we celebrate Thanksgiving. So, for me, the next big holiday is Christmas. And that’s less than two months away! Today is the first day that is much colder – Indian summer is definitely over. I’m sitting …
Today I’ve published the next pattern in the How to read charts series! You can get the single pattern or the ebook with five patterns and the chart reading guide! The single pattern is 25 % off until October 27th, end of day, with the coupon code PillarsofLight Cables are so easy to work – …
When I first started knitting, I was afraid of charts. I would rather try to keep my place in an endless string of k and p than read these strange symbols that did not make sense to me. But once I learned how to read the symbols and how to remember their meaning without having …
Time’s racing – literally and metaphorically. Literally because no way can it be August already, almost September. Our trip to Sweden is almost there and knowing me, I’ll come back with all the yarn I can carry and impressions of the sea on my mind 🙂 The other day, while buying a sandwich before catching …
Summer has definitely arrived in my part of the world! It’s 36 °C (97 F) outside and 26 °C (79 F) in my little “yarn office”, I’m trying hard not to melt while typing this! There’s definitely no rain anywhere to be seen, but if you still want a beautiful rainbow (which is Regenbogen in …
If you ask me to describe how my May has been, these would be the words that come to my mind. I’ve had a crazy amount of work and yet not much to show you, we’ll all have to be patient for quite some time before I can reveal what I have been working on. …
