I don’t know about where you live, but here in New England spring is finally trying to make an appearance. The snow is almost all melted and Little League starts today. The grass may still be brown but we are starting to see some crocuses trying to poke through. It sure was a long, cold …
Cyber Monday Sale – All Week!
Cyber Monday discounts come to Designs by Emily and are good all week! This week, Monday through Friday, all my patterns have been discounted to $1.29. If you’ve had your eye on one or two of my patterns, or you’ve been looking to buy several to make an afghan, now’s the time!
Heat Wave
There’s a heat wave going on now where I live. Makes it almost too hot to knit! A small project – like a dishcloth – is perfect! I have a bunch of knit dishcloth patterns great for summer. For those of you looking for a free pattern, check out my free knit dishcloth pattern page. …
Birthday Cake Dishcloth Pattern – Free!
I have for you today a new free dishcloth pattern – a Birthday Cake! I designed this birthday cake dishcloth pattern originally with Relay for Life in mind. Their slogan for the last couple of years has been “Imagine a World with More Birthdays”. I am very active in our local Relay for Life and …
Easter Dishcloth Patterns
Easter will be here before we know it. If you are looking for Easter Dishcloth Patterns, you’ve come to the right place! First, I have a free Easter Dishcloth Pattern: an Easter Egg with Stripes. You can download it here. It matches very well with the Easter Egg with Rick Rack pattern pictured further down below. …
Spring Dishcloth Patterns
Spring is coming. We can feel it in the air. To celebrate the coming of the new season I thought I’d highlight some of the Spring dishcloth patterns I have on the site. I have many free patterns available on my Free Patterns page. Here are some of the ones that I think best capture …
Gauge and needle size in dishcloths
I was sitting at my kitchen table this morning, drinking coffee and knitting (!). I know can you believe it, actually knitting a dishcloth. I’ll show you a picture in just a bit. Anyway, as I was knitting this new dishcloth I was watching the design pop up so nicely and I started thinking about …
What’s on the needles?
On the needles…. I know that I’ve been fairly quiet lately. I started a new full time job after Thanksgiving and that’s been a bit of an adjustment. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been teaching full time (over 9 years actually!) but I love my new job and I’m settling in. I’ve started …
Eight new patterns plus a free one!
I promised you new patterns on June 1st and I just managed to get them all added before the end of the day here. I’ve added eight new patterns into the store and one onto the free page. I’ll let you know about the Free Pattern of the Month first, since I’m sure that’s the …
Surprise coming along on June 1st
I’ve been knitting like crazy for the last several days. I’ve knit 10 new cloths in about 4 days. My fingers are tired! But I know that you are going to love the new designs! And I have a great surprise for you. One of the new cloths will be added as the Free Pattern …