Oregon designer Marie Greene loves crunchy wool, coffee, true crime podcasts and rainy days. “And as crazy as it sounds,” Marie says, “I love early…
Olive Knits
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Designers who create cowl patterns
Petals to Picots
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Petals to Picots offers quite a number of free crochet and knitting patterns for everything from holiday decorations to home accessories. “I designed the patterns…
Elizabeth Smith Knits
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Elizabeth Smith says, “Designing knitting patterns is my passion. I strive to create simple, modern designs and write patterns for them that are easy to…
Jacqueline Cieslak
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Jacqueline Cieslak is a cultural anthropologist turned knitting pattern designer. Jacqueline is based in Charlottesville, Virginia. “My training as an anthropologist shapes my work as…
Native Knits
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Jennifer Berg says that as a Navajo woman, that heritage is “deeply interwoven into my identity. … As I became obsessed with knitting over the…
Knitspot owner and designer Anne Hanson, a life-long knitter with a background in the fashion and graphic design fields, teaches and writes about knitting, spinning,…
Shaina Bilow Designs
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Shaina Bilow writes patterns to appeal to a wide range of tastes and skill levels. Her background as a knitting instructor means that the patterns…
Bewitched Pigments is Lorna Michelle and Gwyndylyn, a mother-daughter collaboration brought about from a deep love of color and fiber. “Always looking for something a…
Lee Meredith
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Lee Meredith’s graphic design experience shows in her unusual combinations of color and texture and the playful nature of her knitting books, which will blow…
Bakery Bears
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Ann F. Jones hadn’t knitted since she was a child herself when she set out to knit soft toys for her daughter. Mrs. Bakery Bear…