knitting pattern – The Crochet Architect

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! I hope you’re all enjoying some wonderful time with your families and friends. I’ve been taking part in the Indie Design Gift-a-long on Ravelry and having a great time! I’ve finished 7 projects and I have one remaining project to finish by the end of the year to complete an Opadoo (I should be able to make it in time)! To learn more about the Gift-a-long, check out the Ravelry group here. To find out more about my finished projects (like the yarns I used and links to the designer’s pattern pages), check out my projects page on Ravelry here.

I thought I’d share photos of my 7 finished projects with you now. I also have a few gifts/discounts for you at the end of this blog post.

These are my 7 finished projects:

1. Week Before Christmas hat by Mary Renji

2. Pretty Spiffy Tuxedo Baby Bib by Darleen Hopkins

3. Coffee Cup Cozy by Heddi Craft (knit)

4. Grace and Lace Fingerless Mitts by Lilia Vanini (knit)

5. Lace Labyrinth shawl by 10 Hours or Less

6. Entrechat by Lisa Chemery (knit)

7. Mosaic Slippers by Arella Seaton (knit)

This is the project (#8) that I’m currently working on to finish up by the end of the month. It’s the Seeds to Flowers Cowl by Kristina Vilimaite. Isn’t it a gorgeous design? I have a good start on it and if nothing slows me down, I think I’ll get it done in plenty of time to “Tame the Opadoo”!

So that’s what I’ve been doing for the past month! What about you? Are you crocheting and/or knitting gifts for Christmas this year? I enjoy crocheting and knitting for others, especially when they appreciate the time and effort that went into the gift!

Here is my holiday gift to you! Use the code “gift2017” (from today through the end of the year) on this website to receive 25% off all crochet patterns that I have available here on The Crochet Architect.

As an added bonus, the designer of the “Lace Labyrinth” shawl/scarf above (10 Hours or Less) has given me a special code to pass along to my followers to receive a 20% discount on all of their regular-priced crochet and knitting patterns. The code is “CrochetArchitect” and can be used in their Ravelry store. I LOVED crocheting my Lace Labyrinth and I LOVE so many of the “10 Hours or Less” patterns!

I’ve learned a lot from knitting and crocheting these 7 projects and I’m learning a few more things by knitting the last project. They’re all fabulous designs and I’m so glad that I’ve participated in the annual GAL!

I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Happy crocheting,

Susan

Some of you already know that I’ve gone over to the “Dark Side” (I’ve learned to knit)! To many crocheters, the “dark side” means knitting and to many knitters, the “dark side” means crocheting! You may call me “crazy” (and I may be), but I’m really enjoying knitting, especially mosaic knitting!

In the past 6 months or so, I’ve had 3 mosaic knitting patterns published and I just self-published my first knitting pattern yesterday. My first published knitting design was the Mosaic Blanket in the Winter 2014/2015 issue of Vogue Magazine. That was a lot of fun to design and knit! Here’s a photo of that blanket, in case you missed it in my previous blog post last January:

Mosaic Blanket (knit) from Vogue Knitting magazine Winter 2014/2015 issue

If you’d like to read that blog post, you can find it here.

My next 2 published knitting designs are the Graphic Mosaic Cowl and the Mosaic Diamonds Throw. They were both published in the book, “50 Garter Stitch Gifts to Knit: The Ultimate Easy-To-Knit Collection Featuring Universal Yarn Deluxe Worsted”. You can see and purchase that book on Amazon here. I really like a lot of the designs in this book! Here are photos of my 2 mosaic knitting designs from the book:

I have just self-published my first knitting design, too! It’s my Knit Mosaic Scarf that I designed last year using the yarn I hand-dyed with Easter Egg dyes! That was a lot of fun!!! If you’re interested in hand-dyeing yarn and want to know how I did it, I blogged about that dyeing experience earlier this year. You can read that blog post here. There’s a link to the 12 page pdf tutorial that I made in that blog post, too.

Here’s my new Knit Mosaic Scarf design:

What do you think? I like it because it’s geometrical (I love geometric designs), there are no increases or decreases, and it doesn’t take forever to finish (I’m currently working on a project that is taking FOREVER to get done with over 800 stitches on my knitting needles!).

I used Patons Classic Wool Worsted yarn and size 7 (4.5mm) needles to knit this scarf. I used a full ball of Black and 1/2 ball of Winter White yarn, which I hand-dyed. I didn’t want the hand-dyed yarn colors to pool in my knitted project, so I decided that mosaic knitting would be best for it. I’m very happy with the results!

If you’ve never given mosaic knitting a try, what are you waiting for? It’s so much fun! You knit with only one color across each row in mosaic knitting. To get the vertical lines, you slip the appropriate stitches of the other color instead of knitting them. What could be easier?

If you’re interested in purchasing this pattern, it’s currently available for sale in my Ravelry, Craftsy and Etsy stores. Since I don’t yet have a tab for “Knitting Patterns” on my website, it’s not available here quite yet!

I hope you’ll give mosaic knitting a try soon.

Happy knitting (and crocheting),

Susan

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