Keep designing – your patterns are indeed a notch above.
You are an awesome designer. Thanks so much for working so hard for us. I’ve knit a number of your sweaters and find they always turn out and look wonderful.
You’re one of the best designers I’ve worked with, and I appreciate your talent so much. I love this design.
I have had raves from everyone I have shown it to; your colour choice was awesome (as usual).
I was so pleased with how well written this pattern was cause I am always nervous to try out patterns from designers I’m not familiar with.
Features
Article
How to Swatch Smarter: A Knitting Tip from Experience
Recently, I invited my newsletter readers to tell me what they love to knit — and I was so moved by the thoughtful responses that came in. I expected to gather useful data for future patterns and classes, but what I didn’t expect was the conversations that followed.
Class
Intarsia 101: Colour, Confidence, and Creativity
Join me and another 25 presenters at the Knit Happy Summit, November 6-9, 2025. Each day there is a variety of presentations to choose from and you have 48 hours to watch any of them for free.
Pattern
Diamonds Are For Everyone
Richly textured geometric patterning and a unisex fit make for a truly timeless pullover. The firm, strongly defined lines of twisted stitches form tiled layers across the body and run down the sleeves in a single line, grounded with smooth stocking stitch.
Tutorial
Shadow Wrap Short Rows
The Shadow Wrap Short Row method, developed by Alice Yu of the Socktopus blog uses one of my favourite increases—the raised increase, sometimes called lifted increase. One of the reasons the raised increase is my favourite is because it’s the most invisible and that’s also why it lends itself so nicely to this short row technique.
