Knitting projects

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Lil'Valley Sweater - The Lil'Valley is the first pattern I designed and published! Designing a pattern is a long process. First, you have to come up with an original idea. Then, it's a lot of engineering and trial and errors to transform your idea into a knitting piece. Once the sweater is knitted, the process of writing starts. A pattern is a list of instructions that others can follow to create the same piece. The most difficult is to grade the pattern: making calculations to adapt the pattern to all the different sizes available. The last step is recruiting people to test the pattern, to make sure everything is clear and works as expected (it's like a reviewing for knitting). After a few adjustments, the pattern is ready to be published! Click the name to open the pattern page.
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Lil'Daisy Top - I had this idea of designing a t-shirt with a ruffle collar, because I noticed that cute ruffles are often used for kids' clothes but rarely for adults, and that's not fair! I worked in collaboration with Natissea for this pattern, a French vegetal yarn shop. It was my first time knitting with linen and it's perfect for a summer project. I wrote the pattern for this top, click the name to open the Ravelry page. It is very beginner-friendly!
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Something New - I wanted to try something different than tops and sweaters. Pattern coming soon, stay tuned!
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Yellow Cardigan - Just an improvised cardigan, playing with colors and textures. I wanted to learn a new technique with this one: steeking. It consists of knitting a sweater in the round, and then cutting at the front to make it a cardigan. Scary but worth it!
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Ali's Sweater - Pattern by Sarah Opie. A great sweater to learn colorwork, since the repeats are easy to remember. This pattern was so well written that it inspired me to start writing my own patterns too.
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Cozy Hoodie - Pattern by Clarissa Schllong. Its name speaks for itself - the seed rib stitch makes this hoodie squashy and super cozy. It's made in one piece, starting from the hood, then knitting the yoke with raglan increases. No sewing needed! I chose to knit this one for the texture and the hood, not common for knitted sweaters.
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Sailor Sweater - Pattern by Bergère de France. Perfect for beginners! The construction is really simple, it is basically four rectangles that are sewn together. Knitting stripes is also less 'boring' than knitting a unique color, because you're always pushing through to reach to start the next stripe.
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Jacquard Sweater - Pattern by Bergère de France. My first Jacquard colorwork! Not as complex as it seems. Just need to be focused, it makes Netflix-knitting more difficult.
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Bubble Cardigan - An improvised cardigan, I wanted to explore this bubble texture, really fun to knit.
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Leaf Top - Pattern by The Knit Stitch. I just loved this leaf pattern at the back of the top. Yes, knitting is for summer too!