Late in the day Tuesday, I was chatting with Universal Yarn’s Creative Lead, Rachel Brockman. We were discussing future blog posts when she dropped this little tidbit.
Oh, we’re doing something special, all right. Rachel’s a fantastic designer, and she deserves all the crafting love in the world. (Also, I did get her permission to write a blog post about her birthday, bless her camera-shy heart).
So everybody, here’s Rachel!
This is one of several times that we pressed Rachel into service as a model. This time, it was for her free design Olive (pattern link here), which combines a skein of Kingston Tweed with a skein of laceweight Penna to create a beautiful hazy, earthy effect.
Crochet? Yep, Rachel does that too, as with the free Alpine Wrap (pattern link here). Beautiful oversized lace goes quickly in Deluxe Bulky Superwash worked up on a US M/N (9mm) hook.
And we absolutely must mention one of our most popular free patterns, the stunning Jay Sweater (pattern link here) in Kingston Tweed. Rachel’s love of natural beauty shows through in this design…
…which was so pretty we couldn’t stop with just one color combination. Shown here: Kingston Tweed colors 101 Talc and 108 Amethyst.
So I’m sorry, Rachel, but we will be making a big deal out of your birthday, and we hope that everyone will join us!
We chose Lollipop for this giveaway because of its sweet birthday cake feel! Originally from e-book Sweet Treats, This boxy pullover uses twisted stitch cabling to create a three dimensional field along the body and sleeves.
This piece makes excellent use of superwash extrafine merino Donnina. Its high twist gives it great stitch definition, and the colors definitely pop!
To get the Lollipop Pullover free, use the buy it now or add to cart links on the Ravelry pattern page. Then enter coupon code BIRTHDAY where you see the “use a coupon code” links that appear during purchase.
Not a Ravelry user? Drop us a line by midnight on 5/8 and we’ll get you taken care of. Feel free to share this giveaway!
Many happy returns of the day, Rachel! Next year, we promise we’ll keep it low key!
