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Mix & Match Sizing: Circular Yoke
What is a circular yoke? Circular yokes are most often used with stranded colourwork designs, but they’re increasingly…
Designing Idlewild
When buying yarn for a garment project, I almost always add in an extra skein. You see, I…
Mix & Match Sizing: Drop Sleeves
What is a drop sleeve? A drop sleeve garment is any garment where the shoulder seam is exaggerated…
Garments Are Coming!
In my previous blog post, Designing for Fat Bodies, I talked about how my approach to designing is…
Designing for Fat Bodies
Caution: in this post, I talk candidly and openly about my body shape. I use the word “fat”…
Leopard
Leopard exists because Tyger exists, and Tyger exists because of this magnificent creature. This is Marie. She’s my…
Clarity
For me, this is heaven – I hope you’ll find some sweetness in it, too. Nostalgia is a…
The Case for Holding Yarn Double
If you’ve been following my patterns for a while, then you’ve probably noticed already that I have a…
Zenith
ZENITH: The time at which something is at its most powerful or successful. The soft curve of a…
Nadir
NADIR: The lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation. An asymmetrical triangle. A deep, saturated teal. Simple,…