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Protected: DIY Toggle Buttons
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One-Row Buttonhole
My favorite buttonhole is a simple twisted yarn over. But when I need a bigger one, a one-row buttonhole is my preferred technique. Below is an excerpt from my pattern Minimissimi Sweater Coat. Step 1: Work to the buttonhole position, slip 1 stitch knitwise, bring the yarn to the front and drop it (upper left). *Slip 1 stitch knitwise (upper middle), pass the previously slipped stitch over the just slipped stitch. One stitch bound off. Repeat from * to bind off the required number of buttonhole stitches (upper right). Step 2: Return the last stitch to the left needle. Turn work. Bring yarn forward. *Insert the right needle…
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Favorite on-the-go knitting patterns
I don’t knit much at home. Most of my knitting is done at my in-laws place or at the seaside, where my toddler is kept busy. So it is almost a must to have a on-the-go knitting project on my needles. A good on-the-go knitting project should be lightweight to be carried around and it should not be a too quick knit that can be finished in a couple of hours. I don’t want to run out of knitting! That’s why you constantly see this type of designs pops up in my portfolio 😉 Below are some on-the-go projects that I enjoyed. If you cannot live without knitting, you may…
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Wee Closer Cowl
Wee Closer Cowl — € () or This cowl is a toddler version of Closer. This no-fuss cowl will keep your little one warm, and is perfect for the active toddler. Draping deeply at both front and back, it uses only a tiny bit of sport weight yarn. Like its grown-up version, it is easy to make it larger or smaller. Measurements are given in both centimeters and inches. MATERIALS YARN Sport weight Shown here: Malabrigo Arroyo (100% Merino; 306 m/335 yds, 100 g/3.5 oz hank; color #133 Reflecting Pool): 1 skein Yardage: 120 m / 130 yds, including 10% allowance NEEDLES 3.5 mm / US 4 circular needle of…
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The impossible mission – writing a perfect pattern
As a designer, I want my patterns to be as perfect as humanly possible. Whenever I see room for improvement in a pattern, I rewrite part of it. As an independent designer, I’m after quality and not quantity. When you have too many designs, it becomes impossible to review all of them regularly. By the time a pattern is ready for purchase, it has already been reviewed many many times by me, my technical editors and test knitters. But errors can still slip through, especially simple typos that our brains are incredibly good at auto-correcting. Recently I have started adding version numbers to my patterns. I have added a page…
