This week we're turning the Spotlight to our talented 2024 Designers! Join us each day as we get to know a different 2024 Pattern Designer and learn what inspired their design!
Janice has been doing needlecrafts as long as she can remember. At 7, her grandmother taught her to crochet, but she held the hook “wrong,” so she “attacked her crocheting”. Knitting wasn’t her favorite until she retired from Education. There was a KAL at her local shop in South Florida on Tuesday from 10:00am till noon. She thought, "I can go to that!" And knitting has become a passion. She even started the Tuesday Knitting Group there.
She now lives in Maryville, TN and continues to knit and crochet at her local yarn shop, joining their Wednesday Knitting Group. Tweaking patterns has become like tweaking recipes to her. She likes to make things for others and donate to local charities. If she makes something for one person, she has to make it for all her relatives/friends. She is just finishing her 2024 Christmas presents (Hats in Malabrigo Astrological Sign yarn for everyone). Next is designing two Ugly Christmas Sweaters for her best friends, just because they asked.
Behind the Design:
The Windows on East Tennessee Scarf was inspired by a shawl that another Wednesday knitter was working on right after the design contest was announced. It looked like windowpanes. Taking the idea of windows, Janice straightened the design, did each panel in a different mini-skein from last year’s yarn crawl, and put an I-cord edging around it. The design is straightforward, and advanced beginners should have no trouble, but the edging gives it more interest for the more proficient knitter. After the scarf, there was enough yarn left in the mini-skeins to do a cowl and hat using the same idea of windowpanes.
Connect with Janice:
Email: jkrauser@bellsouth.net
Ravelry: jkvol
Facebook: Janice Krauser
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