Frosty beanie is my newest knitting pattern, out today (February 17th). Frosty beanie is is a simple stockinette beanie, with an interesting construction from the top down, with a large double layer brim.It’s an everyday winter staple that you can make in every possible colour, easy to grab and put on while going out. I already talked about it multiple times on my Patreon page, but let’s go back in time to trace its history.

Last summer, I wrote a small serie of articles on my Patreon page. This summer, I’m reposting them here…. Once the tech editing and the test knit are finished, some might think I can hit “Publish”. It’s true that the biggest part of the work is done, but I still have bits to do before putting my pattern for sale.

Last summer, I wrote a small serie of articles on my Patreon page. This summer, I’m reposting them here…. When the sample is finished, the work is far from done. A long period of computer work starts for me…

Today, I published a new knitting pattern : Corylus. I got this design idea about one year ago, to solve one of my dilemnas. I like to have something around my neck : a covering wrapping shawl and shoulders or a snuggly cowl. Even thougth they do their job pretty well, they also have each their troubles…

Last summer, I wrote a small serie of articles on my Patreon page. This summer, I’m reposting them here…. At the beginning, there is an idea. I can be inspired to create something because I miss it in my wardrobe or there is a yarn that tells me to transform it into something specific or because I want to associate some stitches or yarns or colouways. There also might be some construction idea stuck in my head…

Last year, I published 2 versions of the same design : first, the child pattern, Campfire Sweater ( sizes : 3 months to 12 years old), then the adult pattern, Big Campfire Sweater (sizes from 2XS to 4XL).  I love them very much, so much that all the girls in our family have one

At the beginnign of February, I published my first pattern of the year : Azulejos, a 3-colours stranded-colourwork hat. It took me nearly 18 months between the first sticthes and the reveal of the pattern, which is quite a long time for such a small project, but this pattern had twists and turns… April 2018, The Channe Thread yarn festival : I fell for 1 skein and 2 mini-skeins of The little GRey Sheep Hampshire 4ply. When I bought them, I was already thinking about a stranded-colourwork hat. September 2018 : I drew my first attempts of colourwork charts, inspired by the painted tiles I’ve admired in Portugal and Spain. I hadn’t knitted the hat yet, but I already had its future name… As soon as I had my mind set on a colourwork chart, I put my skeins in balls and begun to knit, improvising the crown of the hat as I went. By the end of September, I was taking the finished hat with me on a long week-end with friends, hoping to take pictures of it… Coming home from that week-end away, I had no pictures of it, no notes about its construction besides the base chart and I had lost my hat ! I searched for it everywhere, even calling the rental we had stayed, but I couldn’t find it anywhere ! I was so disappointed, especially because I didn’t have enough yarn left to knit it again… Trying to move on, I decided to start a new project an wait until I could buy more yarn to make it again. After a few month (April 2019), I found my way back to Emma and The little Grey Sheep booth at The Channel Thread yarn festival. There, I bought yarn to make 2 new samples of my idea : one with the same colours as my first sample for myself (in blue tones), the other for one of my daughter (pink-purple tones). A few months passed by before I got to work again on this pattern idea. At the end of August, I put the first combo (the same as my first lost sample, size M) on my needles, and very soon after that, I begun the second hat (smaller, Size S) and I even ordered enough yarn to make a bigger 3rd one (green tones, Size L). This time, I take notes and save all…