Bex Knitty Design

  Today sees the release of the ' Sanctuary Place Co wl ', available in my Ravelry store ' Bex Knitty Design ' and shortly also on LoveCrafts.com! This is a quick and easy pattern to create a cosy worsted weight cowl, with a mixture of garter, twists, and cables, it has just enough interest to keep the knit engaging but still simple enough to make for a nice relaxing knit. You can make it in the 3 colours as laid out in the pattern or you could opt for a 1 colour version, in either solid, tonal, or speckled yarn to suit your preferences As usual with my releases, it will be FREE for the first day or so, which means until end of day (CEST) on the 27th November 2021 and then with 25% off until end of day (CEST) on the 3rd December 2021 to celebrate the launch! Ravelry: No coupon code needed, price will change on checkout. Offer prices such as these launch discounts can't be used in conjunction with any other offers in my store, so download separately to take full adva...

Today sees the release of the 'Sanctuary Place  Shawl ' , available in my Ravelry store ' Bex Knitty Design ' and shortly also on LoveCrafts.com! This shawl is a cosy worsted weight triangular shawl, full of interest to knit in the way of changing textured patterning of twisted stitches and soothing Garter, finish off with a seed and cable border, and simply perfect to snuggle up in. As usual with my releases, it will be FREE for the first day or so, which means until end of day (CEST) on the 13th November 2021 and then with 25% off until end of day (CEST) on the 19th November 2021 to celebrate the launch! Ravelry: No coupon code needed, price will change on checkout. Offer prices such as these launch discounts can't be used in conjunction with any other offers in my store, so download separately to take full advantage. On Lovecrafts soon: price shown reflects any discount already

  Today sees the release of the ' Antish Shawl ', available in my Ravelry store ' Bex Knitty Design ' and shortly also on LoveCrafts.com! This is a very simple crescent shaped shawl with lots of relaxing garter and stockinette stripes, alternating in both colour and texture to keep the knitter’s interest to see how the different combos come out. There are also panels of lace and twisted stitches to make it a striking yet delicate soft pretty piece. I used a slightly plumper than usual fingering weight yarn in a wool / cashmere blend for that soft floofy drape in delicate neutral shades for a gentle palette, but any soft wool based / blend yarn of your choice should work fine. You can play with yarn weights to make it even more delicate or cosy, just remember different gauge can change the required yarn amounts and finished measurements. As usual with my releases, it will be FREE for the first day or so, which means until end of day (CEST) on the 28th October ...

  When Friday is a Release Day!... Today sees the release of the ' Whimsical Lane Wrap ', available in my Ravelry store ' Bex Knitty Design ' and shortly also on LoveCrafts.com! This is a light and floaty fingering weights rectangular wrap, very versatile to wear, is knit from corner to corner, meaning no large cast on or kind off number of stitches. The stitch count stabilizes and remains the same for a large part of the wrap which allows for modification in length if desired. The design is worked on a balanced plan to provide equal amounts of engagement of comfort, featuring natured themed easy to work lace sections separated by cosy Garter stripes sequences interspersed with slipped stitches patterned rows to add interest. I would recommend two tonal/solid shades for the garter stripe combination and whatever yarn you love for the lace sections. Whether delicately draped over the shoulders to provide some light cover or layered around the neck cosy scarf style, forma...

  Blog on Summer Hiatus... Just a quick post to announce that this blog will be going on a hiatus for the Summer, with perhaps just the odd post here and there. This will streamline how much 'laptop time and date abiding' I will need to commit myself to during the warm weather family time of the beautiful Summer months ahead ...

    Happily getting ahead of my schedule... So I have spent a some of the last two weeks working on finishing my 'Waterways Wrap' and I am pleased to say I did just that, and it will hit the blocking mats this weekend. Whilst working on that wrap, it was just one of those projects where it felt like one distraction after another kept occuring, and whilst it isn't hard techincally, as I detail below, I am a little concerned i sometimes lost track of the numbers part of writing a pattern so I am really pleased I am ahead of my plans for the timeline for this wrap by just under a few weeks, so that I can afford to take some extra time going through the pattern to see everything adds up and such.  We've also been busy over on the testing front with the two current tests running at the moment, details below, and my mind is now of course on the next design 😀  Designs in Progress... Freshly off my design needles we have my 'Waterways Wrap'. It's a lacework and tex...

    My Summer release/design schedule... Firstly, this post should have been put out on the 23rd but I'm afraid, just the business of life got in the way and it just completely slipped my mind, so my apologies for that. The change in posting frequency may have disrupted the organisation of it in my mind for me but hopefully now I settle into a sound reliable fortnightly rhythm! Design wise it's been all about making sure the Summer months are used wisely to make sure we still have some regular releases through those warmer months, 1 each planned for Late June and Late July and then running into the release heavy Autumn/Winter period which means all tests need to go out and finish on time and everything needs to come together as planned... We'll see how well that goes!😅  So based on this scheduling drive, a lot has happened since my last proper post, and we currently have 2 tests happening and I have picked up my pretty periwinkle sparkle shawl and am halfway through...