patterns for childrens wear online. While nursing my daughter later that morning, I practically fell out of my chair. I knew what we needed to do: we needed to start an online knitting magazine that focused on children's wear.
circle in a way. Who knows, maybe I still have that Great American Novel still in me somewhere.
Little did I know when I approached Brandy Would you like to get started with knitting? with this idea that she designed websites for a As with all new projects, start small,, get help living. And that she was a budding photographer. if you feel discouraged and celebrate all of It was serendipity. your successes! Thus Petite Purls was created. We have been around for three years now, providing a top quality, beautiful magazine for fellow knitters. Not only do we offer beautiful designs quarterly, we also have a separate collection that lives on the site indefinitely. It is called "Back to Basics" and it's full of very simple designs‐‐‐ perfect for beginners and also great for more advanced knitters who might want to add Colorwork or a new stitch pattern to a simple design. And Brandy and I are living out some of our creative dreams: I write practically everything that you read in the magazine, edit and work with top notch designers; Brandy uses her background skills as a web designer to code the site, is the photo editor as well as main photographer and we both create the design collections together. It really doesn't get much better than that.
Of course you' ll need a little help to learn how to use the tools and speak the language. The most pleasurable way to learn is from a friend who knits. Make a play date and get started. Allegra was lucky to learn from her father. If you like the energy of a group, one-onone instruction and are able to pay for a class and supplies then contact the local knitting store for their beginner' s class schedule. Prefer to learn on your own with a kit? Google " learn to knit kits" for adults and find supplies and instructions packaged and ready to go. Or buy your supplies and search YouTube for how-to-knit videos or borrow a book from the library. And be sure to explore Ravelry--an enormous (more than 2 million members) social and e-commerce site for knitting and crocheting. As with all new I feel incredibly blessed to have music in my proj ects, start small, get help if life and to have brought so many of my other you feel discouraged and celebrate passions together to create something that I all of your successes! am incredibly proud of. It's like coming full
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