I get design inspiration from various sources, from a place, a colour, design challenges, the yarn itself, but often from stitch patterns. I love browsing through stitch dictionaries both online and in book form, and my next designs to be released will be ones inspired by a stitch pattern I saw in one of them.
The stitch in question looks like a leaf, or like a flame, and it was the flame that caught my imagination.
Worked as a single motif it looks like this:
The stitch in question looks like a leaf, or like a flame, and it was the flame that caught my imagination.
Worked as a single motif it looks like this:
As soon as I saw the black and white photograph in one of my stitch dictionaries I knew it had to be in red. Charting it was tricky (the stitch count varies from row to row, meaning a lot of "no stitch" squares are needed) and the original instructions I found were in written form only.
Next month I plan to release a collection of three related accessories featuring this stitch pattern. Keep an eye out for them - I hope they spark your imagination!
Next month I plan to release a collection of three related accessories featuring this stitch pattern. Keep an eye out for them - I hope they spark your imagination!
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