The idea of this Dune Top Design came into my mind when I was working on a knitting top (which pattern by the way I will publish hopefully next week). But it wasn’t as easy as it seemed. I had a few key points in mind: to be easy, fast, and to use a mesh stitch pattern. At first, I wanted to use the same cotton yarn as I used for the knitting top, which is a size 5, but it was thicker than I wanted and I ended up searching for some yarn. When finally found the yarn I needed to find the stitch pattern, which wasn’t easy either.…

I am so excited to share with you the Caryopsis Sweater Pattern. I worked a lot on this new design and learned many things!  So I hope you will give this pattern a try, and I will be more than happy to hear from you: your thoughts about the design or the pattern. But let’s talk a bit about the name, and then I promise we will jump right into the pattern. The stitch pattern I used, a variation of a V-stitch (you will find more details in the pattern), gave the idea of wheat, but “wheat” wasn’t a great name. So, I started to research a bit about wheat!…

Almost a year ago, I designed the Wrap Me in Rainbow Shawl for Simply Crochet Magazine. One day, I got an e-mail from the editor, with a photo attached, asking me to make something similar in crochet (a knitted shawl I got as inspiration). I immediately said yes, because I love challenges! My favorite things to design are by far clothes! But most of the Magazines or Yarn Brands I worked with asked for shawls or blankets. These two things are not my favorite, but I said yes every time. Maybe you are asking why? Why do I say yes to something I don’t like to make? Well, it’s about…