2024 was a BUSY year for knitwear design work for me, which was great as it really challenged me to get some ideas out there and I had a pattern deadline nearly every month. This on top of my regular tech editing work, plus some collections and new clients made for a fun year for my brain and my needles!

This year is exciting as I am now getting the rights back on many of those 2024 knitting patterns and I now get to release them all in my own format on various platforms. Alongside this I have a few patterns I’ve been working on for self release but got distracted by all the commissions, so they went on the back burner for a bit.

The first of these patterns is my Penhale lace shawl. I first went round to chat yarn with Rachael AKA Cat and Sparrow in November 2022, and I chose this colour of Oh So Fine! because I was feeling warm Autumn vibes. We are now approaching Spring, the pattern has just come out of testing and I’m so pleased to finally have it up for sale! I really wanted to create a simple shape that was fun to make and could show off a single skein of luxury hand dyed yarn which I am an absolute sucker for.

The shawl is worked from the bottom up, beginning with the German twisted cast on. Three lace patterns are both written and charted and flow nicely off the needles. The top of the lace shawl is then shaped gently using short rows in the garter stitch section before being cast off with the Russian bind off.
Tutorials for techniques can be found here

I’ve tweaked my pattern layout recently to use a clearer font, increase the size and spacing and rearrange some of the pattern elements. I’m listing everything in metric and inches and all garments will be size inclusive. I’ll be going back in to my older patterns eventually to update them to the new format as and when I get the time to do so.

I’m also now selling on Payhip, Ravelry, Etsy and Lovecrafts to try and make patterns more accessible for people and maximise where they can be discovered.