Karn Knits Blog
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This is a place for me to keep track of my projects, with a detailed account of what I'd done, so that I could do it again, if I wanted to. My name is Karen and I've been knitting since I was about five or six years old. I was born and raised in Birmingham, England and now live in Norway.
Karn Knits Blog
2y ago
I'm in love with this hat & mitten set! Now I just need to come up with a name.
Free pattern available early November in the Ravelry store ..read more
Karn Knits Blog
2y ago
This pattern is available on Ravelry for €3.50 EUR buy it now
A cute, smooth knit, everyday, DK weight ankle sock with a 2 x 2 rib heel and ankle.
(US knitters: sizes and measurements are also given in inches and yards)
Note: If you don’t want to use a toe up cast on method, you can cast on with your favourite cast on method,
join your work and follow the pattern, then just sew the tow closed when your sock is finished.
Skill requirements (with video links in pattern)
Magic Loop knitting
Toe up cast on
KFB - knit front and back - increase
W&T - wrap & ..read more
Karn Knits Blog
2y ago
GREEN GEO JUMPER, ALPACA WOOL MIX sold - MORE PICS ON INSTAGRAM HERE
PINK MITTENS, MOHAIR
BLACK PUSSY HAT, MOHAIR
NOT ONE OF MINE, BOUGHT FROM MATCH - BRIGHT RED JUMPER, MOHAIR MIX
ALPACA STRIPE JUMPER
PUSSYHATS X2 WOOL
SALDIS JUTTA SOCKS, SUPERWASH WOOL, SIZE 35-38
SALDIS JUTTA, ALPACA WOOL MIX SOCKS SIZE 38-40
ALPACA WOOL MIX HAT SMALL ADULT/CHILD sold
PROSPER PATH HAT, WOOL
ALPACA MIX MITTENS SMALL ADULT/CHILD sold
CONFETTI MITTENS, WOOL sold
MATCHY, MATCHY!
THREE ODD SOCKS! SIZE 38-40 , WOOL, WOOL MIX
ALPACA HAT, CREAM
RIKKA HA ..read more
Karn Knits Blog
2y ago
The word for sugar in Norwegian is sukker. The word for socks is sokker.
I love language and playing around with words and sounds, so I chose the name Sugar Sokker for a sock pattern I published last year.
The pattern features stranded colourwork and an afterthought heel, and it I struggled to get it on my foot because of my exceptionally high arch.
So, I designed a new pattern, using the same colourwork design, but this time with a short gusset and named them Honey Sugar Socks.
As always I called for test knitters and as always one or more of the test knitters didn't hold up their en ..read more
Karn Knits Blog
2y ago
Hygge Hytte socks - long, toe up house socks with gusset.
Pattern available on Ravelry.
Hygge noun
a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being
Hytte noun
a smaller building, especially in the mountains, by the sea or out in the woods and fields, intended for short-term accommodation and with few or no modern conveniences.
This pattern is available for €3.50 EUR buy it now
Snug, warm house socks! Designed as a stashbuster project, but happy to be knits in any Aran weight yarn.
For US ..read more
Karn Knits Blog
2y ago
Here are the hats I currently have in my possession. All knitted by me, only three of them are worn on a regular basis. Most of them have been knitted as testers for patterns. All hats not purchased are donated to Sifa Fireside.
White and green still available.
White hat: Agent Southpaw in wool, alpaca, mohair and silk.
Green hat: Agent Stram in mohair, brushed alpaca and silk.
Sold/not for sale ..read more
Karn Knits Blog
2y ago
Inspired by the bold, yellow lines and the bright yellow street murals of the Black Lives Matter movement. Knit on a black white or grey background. The pattern includes instructions for two styles.
FREE PATTERN
(this link opens a new window to a PDF you can download if you choose)
Also available as a
RAVELRY DOWNLOAD
#blacklivesmatter #BLM
Yarn: Black, white or grey (main colour): 35-50g and Bright yellow: 15g for the bold stripes (50g = 100 meters /109 yards)
Needles: 3mm (2-3 US) + 4mm (6 US),
DPNs and 40cm (US 16 inch) * circular needles
or 80cm (US 32 ..read more
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2y ago
I'm also a graphic designer, so I get to create my own logos. This is the new Karn Knits logo ..read more
Karn Knits Blog
2y ago
I recommend anyone to take what they love what they are passionate about and try to make a living out of it.
The downside though is that that thing that you love doing then becomes your job, so even though you love it, it starts to feel like work.
Knitting for me has always been a way to switch off and relax, therapeutic, a joy bringer.
Now that I'm trying to established a business creating original knitting patterns, I find that sitting down to knit has become something else. It's still the joybringer, but it's also something more serious. I think it will get better with time, I'm su ..read more