Halloween bookmarks inside 🧶🎃


Hello!

How are you? Crafting much?

We’ve had a bit of sweater weather recently, so I’m doing great! I also have a long car ride later this week — you know what that means! 🧶🧶🧶 I don’t even know what project to bring! It’s glorious!

Pretty soon, I’m going to start doing some tech editing for newer knit designers. So, if you’ve been sitting on your first knitting pattern because you’re afraid to send it out into the world, reply and let me know where you’re at.

All the nerdy details involved in perfecting a pattern get me excited! I can’t wait to help new designers publish patterns that are freakishly organized and clear. Their fans will leave reviews like “I can’t believe this is their first pattern! It’s perfectly written and easy to follow!” 🤣🤪 I’m about to use my knit-picky attention to detail as a super power! 💪🏻 You could say I’m a little excited about it. I’ll keep you posted.

Guess what else? I made you something!

Free Download!

In months that have 5 Mondays, I always make you some fun thing to download (starting now! 🤣🤪). This time it’s a set of knitting-themed Halloween bookmarks to print! You can download it here 👉🏻 Halloween knit bookmarks.pdf

I hope you think they’re cute! You should probably print some and cut them out in case you get a rush of knitters trick-or-treating on Halloween! 🤣


____________ of the week:

Pattern

A kid sized scarf that looks like a castle tower! Perfect with a crown beanie!


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Sticker

A knitting spider in time for Halloween!


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Bruno


3 cool things:

I started my skeleton collection! I definitely need to get more next year! Can you see 2 on the house and one in the yard?

All my hand knit socks are ready for the season! I knit all of them in one year, probably 12-15 years ago. As long as I can make them last, I have no intention of knitting more! 🤣🤣🤣

Look how cute this turned out! I didn’t even get the wax out after the candle was done! 🤪 I just added dirt, rocks, and chicks & hens! I hope they survive!

That’s all I have for you this week! Stay tuned next week for more fun! If you need me before then, just hit reply and let me know what’s on your mind. In the meantime, stay crafty!

P.S. The Handmade Holiday Gift Workshop email series is really shaping up! You can expect a new email with patterns and other gifty things every Friday for the rest of the year. It looks even better than I had hoped it would! You’re going to love it!

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