Total indie coverage from neck to toes, this week saw the final two patterns in our collection released – Vacillate and Phoenix!
Hanspun Hope Virtual 5K
Race Puddles (runners) or me (walkers) in Handspun Hope’s 1st virtual 5K!
Rise Up Collection Pt 2
The next two releases in the Rise Up Collection both feature fabulous colorwork! “Shooting Star” by Marcela Chang Knits and “Garden Cowl” by Knit Equals Joy.
Rise Up Collection, Part 1
The Rise Up Collection, a 7 indie designer eBook, brings 4 stitch patterns together on a variety of handknits.
2021 Theme
The tie that binds all of our 2021 releases is “Hems and Ends”. We’ll be exploring a variety of cast on and bind off methods as well as a few tricks and tips for what do to with yarn ends.
Gorgeous Gradients 2020 in Review
Wow, 2020 is almost hindsight! With the wild ride the world-wide pandemic is, I’m so thankful for the vivid colors of “gorgeous gradients” to awaken each release. As I prepare for the nephew invasion (which will see us here until the New Year), let’s recap what 2020 brought to your knitting needles.
Paperless Patterns
KEC is now on knitCompanion!
FO2020
Ready to take your Christmas knitting virtual? Puddles and I are joining the Fasten Off YAL (yarn-a-long) both as a designer and Great Dane blanketed knitter.
Malabrigo Quickies November 2020
Featured as the November 2020 Malabrigo Quickies program release, Snow Showers knits up a double knit cozy cowl in 2 skeins of Verano. In a new facet of the Quickies program, I was honored to be interviewed by Jessica! Grab your favorite hot drink and pop over to November Quickies: Snow Showers to read our chat. As a bonus, find out what I’m sipping on right now ;-).
Solitary Snowflake
If design were to be contrived as a recipe, this unusual combination would be the making of this week’s release, Snow Showers. “Ingredients” – inputted by God throughout the past 25 years! 1 part Christmas gift box – Christmas 2019 (reused from 2018, 2017, 2016, 😉 you get the idea) 1 part choir music from elementary school – yep that’s the 25 years ago reference. In elementary school choir we sang “Solitary Snowflake” by Jerry Estes. Now I don’t have any recordings from my school, but this gives you the feel… and fashion of the day! https://hallmanmusic.weebly.com/solitary-snow-flake.html 2 parts yarn… plus 2 more parts yarn – originally selected by Malabrigo Quickies program, I admit to having a designer brain miscalculation …