Knitgrrl Studio

Aurora Borealis Mittens In Aurora Borealis Mittens, designer Shannon Okey celebrates the textile traditions of northern climes by remixing visual patterns from the í�slensk sjÌÎ_nabÌÎ_k.

This may be the only thing that gets me to watch Hallmark Christmas movies.

A Castle for Christmas: Real Scots knitting team helps Netflix rom-com stars get the needle It may be billed as a romantic comedy but knitwear designer Di Gilpin made sure A Castle For Christmas took one thing seriously: knitting.

We’re at Rhinebeck today! Find all the Knitgrrl books in the Cooperative Press booth at the back of Building C by Miss Babs.

So I’m learning Hungarian, and fortunately thanks to decades of heavy Hungarian immigration our library system has a lot of language resources. Here’s Let’s Learn To Knit (1986), starring the most *irritated* male model I have ever seen. I love it.

I miss dyeing. It’s been a while.

Shiso Socks by Shannon Okey (aka Knitgrrl)

Using a k2tog rather than the more conventional ssk in the lace pattern adds texture to this lovely sock. I like how the patterning breaks up the highly variegated yarn but we've added a swatch in plain yellow so you can better see how it looks (see A Tale of Two Colorways at the end). I named this pattern Shiso because the colors in the yarn reminded me of the plant!

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Originally published in UK magazine Yarn Forward, Red Lotus by Shannon Okey (aka Knitgrrl) is a knitted-then-felted bag with an unusual petal construction. Pattern includes directions for using your own handles or for knitting handles, your choice.

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Donna is a lacy cowl knitting pattern by Shannon Okey, designed using Tayet from Spirit Trail Fibers Works. While she is no longer in business, a gorgeous skein of fi*****ng weight is all you need! Donna is included in The Cowls Are Not What They Seem (also available from Cooperative Press), a book of cowl patterns designed for adventurous knitters who like to experiment! https://buff.ly/3bBajXi

Mokosh Shawl by Shannon Okey (aka Knitgrrl)

Mokosh is a Slavic goddess, protector of women's work (including spinning, weaving and shearing sheep), as well as women's destiny. The colors of this shawl evoke the damp new beginnings of springtime. Mokosh's name is derived from words that mean "moisture," which seemed apropos for a shawl knit from colorways named Pond Scum and Scumbubbles. I actually like BOTH sides of this shawl, so have photographed it both ways.

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Knitgrrl Hats by Shannon Okey (aka Knitgrrl)

Why not release a pattern a week for a year, and run a Patreon to help fund it? This was the original concept behind designer Shannon Okey’s knit publishing project.

Knitgrrl Hats is the first book release from the project, published with considerable help from her right hand woman and technical editor Andi Smith, as well as a large cast of sample knitters, models, photographers and more.

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