Karen Fletcher is a designer and knitter from Ottawa, Canada. Her love of math and making things made her fall in love with knitting design soon after she learned to knit, she's been selling her designs since 2013. Her designs can be found at ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/stores/karen-fletcher-designs) as well as Craftsy. She loves textured knits, cables, and colourwork, and can often be found knitting a project with those elements while her son "helps" her knit and her daughter unravels her yarn; she is so charmed by their love of yarn that she actually adores this.
From the August 2020 issue
As refreshing and classic as pink lemonade in the summertime, this cardigan is a great piece for layering. With relaxed fit, set-in sleeves and slightly gathered sleeve caps, this cardigan is an instant pick me up.
View ProjectFrom the August 2020 issue
Mini purses are trending and this mod mini purse is the knitter’s version of this tiny trend. Using colorwork to create sleek and angled lines between shades of white, gray and black, this is an excellent project for beginner intarsia knitters.
View ProjectFrom the Lara Lace Knit Swatch issue
Lara Lace is a wonderfully leaf-like diamond lace pattern that works well for both the Lara Lace Shawl and other projects like scarves and cowls.
View ProjectFrom the Stitches, Stars & Stripes: 15 Knitting Patterns in Red, White and Blue issue
This is the perfect easy but adorable project for the little girl in your life. Knit out of cotton yarn she’ll stay cool and be able to wear this anywhere from a birthday party to the beach.
View ProjectFrom the June 2020 issue
Get ready for summer with this cute summer top! With a hem composed of palm frond style motifs, you’ll be all aflutter and ready to hit the beach! A detailed sewing and fitting guide is included so you can make sure the straps are exactly how long and where you need them.
View ProjectFrom the June 2020 issue
Practice these palm frond style motifs, you’ll be ready to add them to just about all of your knits! Master this swatch and picture cute scarves, shawls, maybe even a purse flap with these palm inspired stitches.
View ProjectFrom the June 2020 issue
This chevron pillow is a great way to play with color. Make all of the chevron motifs the same color or change each up to make it exactly your own. This is a fairly straightforward intarsia project (there’s no shaping, so you can focus on colorwork if that’s new to you) — just make sure to keep your floats nice and loose!
View ProjectFrom the Stitches, Stars & Stripes: 15 Knitting Patterns in Red, White and Blue issue
This cute and trendy bag is the ideal beach or travel companion. Knit largely in garter stitch and featuring a stockinette anchor encircled by a portal, this adorable bag features classic nautical stripes that will leave you dreaming of the beach all day long.
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If you are a beginning knitter but are intimidated by the idea of trying new patterns and techniques, stop and relax, this is the perfect pattern to get you started. It’s really straight forward, doesn’t need a lot of yarn or different notions and you’ll probably finish it in less than a week. Finishing something gives such a sense of accomplishment and it’s good to have that at the start of your knitting journey.
View ProjectFrom the February 2020 issue
If lace is on your bucket list Lara is the pattern that will help you conquer a lace shawl! All of the stitches used are fairly basic and the yarn is nice and thick which allows you to see your stitches easily, and the pattern builds on the previous row in a logical way so you can see where you are. Plus the pattern is very repetitive which means you’ll have it memorized in no time.
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