The Story So Far
My first knitting pattern sale was in July 2019, for a simple lace rib neck warmer. My path to becoming a pattern writer is probably quite familiar to many designers: I began as a knitter; my grandma taught me to knit and I made toys and cardigans for friends’ children and jumpers for myself and my family. I started adapting the patterns I was knitting to suit – a different stitch, a slightly different neckline, or a thicker wool than that suggested – adapting them to fit the person I was knitting for. I found Etsy a few years ago, opened a shop and listed various things to begin with: vintage jewellery I’d collected, a handmade quilt, a handmade necklace. Then, I made a jumper from an original 1940s pattern and listed this. Inspired by the Etsy listings I was seeing for knitting patterns, I wrote a couple of simple, beginner, knitting patterns... 'Story so far' Cowl The ‘Story so far’ cowl marks the 4 years – and 1,000 Etsy sales - since I began selling knit