Hi, I'm the creator behind Designs by Diligence. I love crafting. Usually that means playing with yarn through knitting and crochet. I love trying new things, learning, growing and some times trying again. You can find my designs on Ravelry.
Bee Bold Socks: A New Knitting Pattern
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Reader I have a new pattern to share with you today. Say hello to the Bee Bold Socks. I had this Thought: What if I used my animal hat charts to make socks? I went for it and I'm so glad that I did. I have already secretly made the fish, and dino socks with only the butterflies to go, and they are all soo cute. I've always been unsure of stranded knitted socks, because I worried that they would not have a lot of stretch, but I used some tricks throughout the pattern to keep them stretchy. First I moved up a couple needle sizes when I was in the stranded parts of the pattern, and second I made sure to keep the floats around 3 stitches and that really makes a big difference. Where you can get the patternThis pattern is available in my Ravelry Store and Etsy! For now its a little cheaper on Ravelry. Be sure to take a look I hope you are getting some warm weather where you are at. My garden is slowly coming awake. On Monday I spent the whole day on my porch with a cat on my lap and a book in my hand, and it was Glorious. I also hope you find some time for yourself too. Thanks for following along, Julia
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Designs By Diligence
Hi, I'm the creator behind Designs by Diligence. I love crafting. Usually that means playing with yarn through knitting and crochet. I love trying new things, learning, growing and some times trying again. You can find my designs on Ravelry.
Some how my daughters are already back in school this week, so I guess that means its time to get some patterns out again. First up is Shibori Sock, a stranded knit sock pattern. I designed these socks for my daughter's birthday, and a reminder of the summer we had. We had a busy summer. This year I had a week long missions trip, 2 weeks of summer camp, college visits, medical appointments and time with family. It all went way too quick, and it required me to have easy projects that I could...
Reader I have a new crochet pattern for you today. It has been a long time since I have been able to share a crochet pattern with you. It feels good to get another one out. Say hello to Hyacinth Scarf. Close up of the Hyacinth Scarf When I first started to work on this pattern all the way back in January I had all the plans to make it have the same texture as my Hyacinth Hat. With all the bad news my mind kept wandering and I kept forgetting to add the crossover row. I thought, "well if I'm...
Reader Designs by Diligence is 14 years old this week. I can hardly believe I have been creating things for you for that long. What a joy its been from my first design appearing in Crochetvolution to now. I wanted to celebrate by offering a free knitting pattern just for this week. Restful Hat In my quest for using up the yarn I have. I decided to use up some mini skeins. I also added a lace weight mohair, and the result was the softest 2 tone hat that I have thoroughly enjoyed wearing this...