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Chloe Birch: Designer of the Month, February 2022

We're excited to introduce you to Chloe Birch, an extremely talented young designer who has already made a big splash in the knitting world! This month, we will share:

  • 3 of Chloe's best patterns for CraftWorld Premium members
  • Meet Chloe and find out the story behind her designs
  • Chloe shares her thoughts on crafting for mental wellbeing
Sharp and Graphic Shawl, Reprinted with permission from Brioche Knitting for Beginners and Beyond by Lesley Anne Robinson, Page Street Publishing, Co. 2022. Photo credit: Lesley Anne Robinson.

December 2021's Knitting Designer of the Month is Lesley Anne Robinson

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Lesley Anne Robinson is the knitting pattern designer behind Knit Graffiti Designs. She loves to create knitting patterns that focus on modern style with a flair for something different. After graduating from the College for Creative Studies (located in Detroit, Michigan) with a degree in Interior Design and a minor in Fiber Design in 2006, she moved to New York City, where she spent several years there working as a commercial Interior Designer for Spin Design. She started knitting in college, but in 2015 began self-publishing knitting designs. Brioche knitting is her main passion. She fell in love with the technique and just hasn’t gotten sick of it yet. Lesley loves to teach others how to knit those beautiful brioche stitches, and spends her days swatching out new brioche stitch patterns. Lesley is currently living in South Texas with her husband and two boys, designing in her small home studio, where she also films her online classes.
You can find Lesley on Ravelry and Instagram as @knitgraffiti.

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Get ready to fall in love with brioche knitting, with this stunning new book for beginners and beyond. Lesley has created sixteen absolutely stunning patterns for the book and we're overjoyed to be able to offer one of them to our Premium members as a taster.

November's Designer of the Month is Georgia Farrell!

Our knitting designer of the month for September 2021 is Kate Atherley!

  • Meet Kate and find out all about her innovative new book
  • Get a taste of Kate's designs with two free patterns for CraftWorld Premium members
  • We chatted to Kate last year on The Wool Pack podcast - listen here.

Kate is Knitty.com’s Managing Technical Editor, and a seasoned designer and teacher of all things knitterly.

She has written eight books, and edited a ninth. She is also the co-publisher of Digits & Threads, an online magazine about Canadian fibre- and textile arts, crafts and industry.

Our Knitting Designer of the Month for August 2021 is Lana Jois!

This month, you will be able to get:

For heaps of inspiration and to keep up to date with her designs, you can follow Lana on instagram.

When asked about her work, Lana says;
"I’m mostly a process person. I’m fascinated by technique, construction, the unusual and the interesting. But I also understand being a product person and wanting to have a great knit at the end of all that effort. Most of my designs try to include both, so hopefully the knitting is interesting and the FO great. Oh, and I love lace."

Keep an eye on the website for updates throughout the month!

Our Knitting Designer of the Month for July 2021 was Sylvia Watts-Cherry!

Stay tuned for lots of woolly goodness from Sylvia this month!

Sylvia is one of our newer designers, but she's already made an impact in the knitting community with her keen eye for detail and clever way with wool. She designs in texture and colourwork and has a special interest in intarsia. She is inspired by the African textiles and carvings of her Nigerian heritage as well as cables from her Scottish upbringing.

In addition to design, she offers workshops to beginners and intermediate knitters. You can find out more about Sylvia on her website.

CraftWorld Premium members can download two of Sylvia's beautiful patterns for free during July 2021!

The CraftWorld Knitting Designer of the Month for June 2021 was Maddie Harvey

We're sharing lots of inspiring knitty goodness from Maddie in June, including three of her patterns exclusively for CraftWorld Premium members.

We spoke to Maddie about all things woolly - watch the video here.
Find out more about Maddie's designs for knitting with variegated yarns and her tips for getting published in magazines.

You can get a taste of Maddie's gorgeous designs over on Instagram.

The Corra Linn pullover, Fenestra shawl and Saint Remy hat by Maddie Harvey are available for free to CraftWorld Premium members in June

May 2021
This month, we shone the spotlight on Christine Perry, also known as Winwick Mum!
Meet Christine
Free easy sock patterns for beginners
Why knit your own socks?
We offered four fantastic sock patterns by Christine for CraftWorld Premium members.

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