North Carolina-based Susanne Talluri is the designer behind Handmade by Zan. The beautiful textures in Zan’s knit and crochet garments are worth a look, as…
Handmade by Zan
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Technique: Knitted Cables
Designers whose patterns include knitted cables and similar textured techniques
Liz Corke is a knitwear designer and mum to two young kids, “so knitting is my relaxing time in a day! I design patterns that…
Heidi May, designer for Velvet Acorns, says the brand’s knitting and crochet designs are “inspired by nature and filled with my love for the outdoors.…
Little French Knits
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Florence Merlin’s Little French Knits offers French-influenced baby designs in French and English. Patterns for a wide variety of baby wardrobe basics are available through…
Loopn’ Threads
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Nathan Bryant of Loopn’ Threads says, “The beautiful and unique thing about handmade craft is that even when the same thing is made over and…
Darling Jadore is a team of creatives selling original, modern knitting and crochet patterns. Its creative director, Sarah, has more than two decades of fashion…
Under the Olive Tree Knits
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Under the Olive Tree Knits’ Jem Arrowsmith is a knitwear designer and yarn dyer based in the United Kingdom. Under the Olive Tree, not surprisingly,…
Olive Knits
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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…
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…
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,…