HeyJaredWhile I was knitting
I'm Kavitha. Here, I share my thoughts and observations from my life built around knitting and handcrafting in general. I write hand knitting patterns under the name CraftDoodling Designs. I love to explore new fibers and techniques in my work. ♡
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Anti-scrolling agenda - Part 2 (opens the original)
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Sitting down to write about my week and other knitting-adjacent topics through this newsletter is one of the things I look forward to each week. Thank you for your support of my work and writing! It keeps me inspired and sane. ❤️Remember the analog trend from earlier this year? I don’t need a trend to direct me towards analog, but in my head I keep calling every step I take to cut down unnecessary screen time “going analog.”I recently moved my “office” out of our bedroom, and this has been so he
Seemingly Seamless (opens the original)
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I once had a pattern question about Fluens Tee. The question was whether it was necessary to purl the side stitches every other round, or whether the body of the sweater could simply be knit in stockinette. Did the purling serve any purpose, or was it just decorative?I thought this was a good topic for a blog post someday, and someday is today.If you have been around here for a while, you know that I am a big fan of top-down seamless construction for knitted garments. I love the idea of being do
Not abandon, but attention (opens the original)
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This week has been full of preparation for upcoming classes in the fall and knitting the sample for my next design, Indu Shawl. This might sound strange. I look forward my knitting time all day. I tell myself that when the time finally comes, I will knit with abandon. But in reality my knitting time is rarely loaded with abandon.If you like my newsletter, please consider sharing it with a friend. ♥️<a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://craftdoodling.substack.com/?utm_source=subs
Neha Shawl: The story & design aspects (opens the original)
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Thank you for the warm welcome to my latest release Neha Shawl. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="428.93956043956047" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X1e9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,
Second time is the charm (opens the original)
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There is nothing worse than finishing a lace project, blocking it, holding it up to the light to admire it, and finding a bunch of misplaced yarnovers. Okay, not really. There are obviously much worse things in the world. But this one was quite awful, if not unmanageable.The beginnings of Nickel VestIf you don’t know what I am talking about, it is the lace garment design I am currently working on, the Nickel Vest. A while ago, I fell in love with Lynn’s (Peninsula Yarn) Redwood colorway and boug
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