Anthea Willis of Forest Flower Knits loves to play with textures and pattern to create practical, classic (and sometimes a little whimsical ) pieces to…
Forest Flower Knits
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Item: Mitts
Designers who create patterns for fingerless mittens and gloves, arm warmers, gauntlets, etc.
Astrid Susannah Purins, the artist behind Wattle and Wool, designs comfortable, casual knitwear patterns, while exploring Australian and Latvian culture. Look at the interesting texture…
Karen Butler
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Karen Butler designs beautiful lace, colorwork and textured knits. Karen is also a technical editor for a number of designers of whom you may have…
Knitrospective
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Alison Mayne of Knitrospective says, “I started designing shawls during my PhD, which researched the connections between crochet, knit, wellbeing and Facebook. When I was…
Tina Whitmore is the dyer and designer behind Freia Fine Handpaints. “I don’t always know what I’m going to make when I start to create…
Jeanette Sloan
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“My fascination with yarn, texture and color led me to study for a degree in textile design where I specialized in hand & machine knitting…
Treasure Goddess Yarn
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Christine Long Derks’ Treasure Goddess Yarn has a pirate sheep as its mascot, and pirate puns throughout. For that alone, this designer deserves your attention.…
Emily Greene Knits
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U.S. designer Emily Greene’s knits are characterized by interesting geometrics, which makes sense when you discover that Emily’s day job is in architecture. “Designing patterns…
Gannet Designs
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After completely geeking out on Gannet Designs’ articles on how to embed code into knitting, I looked at the patterns, too. Gannet designer Naomi Parkhurst…
BrenJS Knits
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Brenda Schack is the “owner, knitwear designer and Mrs. Do It All” for BrenJS Knits. Brenda’s Connecticut-based business arose from wanting additional features in patterns.…