My Brand New Shop & KAL

Did anyone notice that I have a brand new online shop? This something I’ve been thinking about and planning for most of the last year. I wanted a way to simplify the purchase process for knitters once I had physical products so that both physical and digital can all be done in a single shopping cart. The system we’ve put in place does this and we’ve got the extra special bonus of being able to add your pattern into your ravelry library after checkout!

As well as having a single shopping cart I also wanted the patterns to be more searchable. With this system I’ve just tagged every pattern with it’s attributes so you can search using all sorts of different criteria. For instance if you just want dk weight patterns – find them here.

Do you want just cables? Take a look here.

As a designer and knitter this makes me inexplicably happy. It’s almost like rediscovering all my patterns anew, remembering lost treasures.

As a way of christening the new shop I’m starting a brand new Spring KAL; Sugarcane Cardigan. This is set-up like my previous KALs, with the pattern initially going on pre-sale while you gather your yarn and start swatching. Then each clue is released every 2 weeks with support on the ravelry board here. The only difference now is that you can choose to buy the pattern either on my shop or through ravelry and I’ve got the option to preorder yarn for a cardigan kit.

So a little bit about the cardigan; it’s a top down raglan with a gentle v-neck shaping. The lace at the back is initially a 2 row simple repeat until the bottom of the yoke and then it becomes a full lace pattern. The waist shaping is worked at the back between the lace panels but I’ve given a modification to move the shaping to the side. The sleeves are given in both 3/4 sleeve (as pictured) and long sleeve options. The front collar is pictured as a shawl collar with I-cord edging and integrated buttonholes. I’ve got a few more option as well; a narrow collar with an open front or omitting buttonholes and using a Jul or shawl pin closure. Lots of fun stuff to discuss on the forums so come on and join in!

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