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  • The Freya Summer Sweater Design for Hobbii

    I had the privilege of designing a sweater for Hobbii Yarn this spring and the pattern has now been released! It was designed for their Hobbii Plus app and is available in several different languages. If you’re a subscriber of Hobbii Plus, the download is free. If you aren’t, you can still purchase the pattern for $6.00. I also have the pattern available for sale on my website under the shop button above!

    I designed this sweater to be a fun and easy knit for summer. It’s got some mesh stitching to let in a bit of breeze and is knit on larger needles for a more lightweight feel. There’s fun openings on the shoulders and little tie strings to add a little more fun to it!

    This sweater is meant to be a shorter and loose fit. It’s knit holding two strands of Hobbiis beautiful unicorn yarn together. I used a solid ivory for one strand and the colorway called Happy for the other strand.

    This is an easy knit and can be done by most levels of knitters. If you’re very new, you might have to google a few of the techniques, but they’re easy to catch on to. You shouldn’t have any problems!

    I hope you enjoy this piece!

  • Sunshine Seeker Sweater

    Sunshine Seeker Sweater

    Introducing my latest design, the Sunshine Seeker sweater. Every year at about this time, I go into full on waiting for spring mode. I don’t know what it is about February that says spring is almost here! The days where the sun is streaming in through the back window at 6 pm gives me this warm fuzzy feeling in my soul. Days are getting longer, sun is getting warmer, and spring vibes are in the air.

    This sweater is my last chunky wool knit of the season. I added some mesh detail for those days where it’s sort of warm, but not too warm. It’s a perfect balance for the end of winter, heading into spring.

    It’s knit up on size 15mm (US 19) straight knitting needles, ensuring a quick and chunky knit. The fun mix of colors and stitches makes for a project that won’t get old or boring! All you need is a few hours of time to knit this piece up. This is an easy level sweater as long as you have the basic knitting skills down.

    To purchase your Sunshine Seeker pattern, click here or visit the shop link in the menu above.

  • Christmas Snowgirl Sweater

    Christmas Snowgirl Sweater

    I hope everybody had a fabulous thanksgiving! We decided on a whim to go to Minnesota for a couple days to be with my family for thanksgiving dinner. We then did a little shopping on Friday for some Christmas gifts and other essentials we can’t get at home.:) Then Friday evening we went over to visit my best friend and her husband and kids. Was a short and super amazing trip!

    I released this new sweater pattern thanksgiving evening, called the Christmas snowgirl sweater. It’s a cozy chunky knit with a duplicate stitch snowman girl on the front. I knit a little scarf for her with some of my favorite yarn, We Are Knitters “yarnicorn”, and then found some cute emerald green Swarovski rhinestone buttons on Amazon. I made little yellow pom pom ear muffs and then more duplicate stitches for the ear muffs band.

    This is a fairly quick knit and could easily be knit up in a few days. My knitting time is pretty sporadic so I can’t ever quite place exactly how long it takes. But it was about a week of work with an hr or so of knitting per day.

    Basic skills are required for knitting this sweater. It starts with a standard longtail cast on, then a few rows worked in 1×1 twisted ribbing, followed by stockinette stitch fir the remainder of the piece. There are some decreases for the front neckline and increases for the sleeves. And then, of course, you’ll need to know duplicate stitch, which is super easy if you haven’t done it before.

    I’m really excited to wear this sweater for the holiday season! It’s just got a happy festive vibe to it and is so warm and cozy to top it off. Plus, you’ll make everyone else happy too wearing it. You know, when they look at it. 😉

    To purchase the pattern for this sweater, clink the shop link in the menu above!:) and it’s currently 25% off through Sunday! As well as all of my other patterns!

    Happy thanksgiving weekend! 🎄❤️