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Designer Spotlight: Lady Stitchicorn Wedding Llamas

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Lady Stitchicorn is the Etsy shop for you if you’re a feminist, like the zodiac (Chinese and Western), occult hobbies and llamas. 

Yes, llamas.

This shop’s biggest category by far is for llama cross stitch patterns. You’ll find them for all seasons and there’s even a llama-themed calendar. There’s a zombie llama, a llama in pajamas and a llama in a Christmas sweater. There’s a llamacorn with a rainbow blanket, a Bahama llama in a Hawaiian shirt and Count Dracu-llama. 

And there are a few variations of wedding llamas like these. The pattern is 60 by 43 stitches, which comes out to 4.3 by 3.1 inches, or 10.9 by 7.8 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. It uses 11 colors. You could also add text if you want to make this as a wedding or anniversary gift, and you can change up the colors to suit the couple involved. 

The next biggest category is zodiac, which includes images with outlines of the constellations for each sign as well as a cute animal to go with them (Virgo is a cat, for example, which tracks). There are also red designs for each of the Chinese zodiac animals, which you can buy individually or as a set of all 12. 

Next up is cute and small patterns, which includes lots of animals as well as an avocado and a cactus. You’ll find some snark here (the narwhal is feeling stabby, for example) but you can leave off the sentiments if you like the animals on their own. 

Other categories you’ll find here include nature, different hobbies represented as tarot cards with an occult twist (such as the crocheter making a pentagram), feminist patterns, Halloween designs, Murderino quotes, Christmas patterns and a couple inspired by Drag Race and The X Files. 

So while I won’t say there’s something for everyone here there’s still a fun range of stuff for pop culture and zodiac fans who don’t mind a bit of snark. Check out all their offerings at Lady Stitchicorn. 

[Photo: Lady Stitchicorn]

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The felted slipper craze that began last year doesn’t seem like it’s fading away. The Sailor Slippers, often striped knit and felted slippers made with super bulky yarn, because the project of the moment late last year (check out more knit slipper options in this post all about sailor slippers) and they’re still consistently popular with knitters.

Which makes sense because they are fun and fast to knit, and seeing them go from this giant thing to something that actually fits a foot feels a little magical. 

I have always loved felting (in fact my first book was about felting knitting) and it’s always fun for me to see people rediscover this technique. 

If you’ve knit enough plain slippers to fit all the feet you know, maybe it’s time to stitch up some tabi style slippers instead. 

Maymade Knits has designed these cute tabi ballerina slippers, made with bulky yarn and felted. They’re worked flat at first and then in rounds, and are available in 10 EU sizes (the Internet tells me add 31 to your American shoe size to get your EU size). The designer says the slippers are meant to have a close fit and you should choose a size a little smaller than your foot for the ideal fit. 

The pattern includes a video tutorial along with the written pattern. 

You can grab this pattern on Ravelry. The same designer has her own version of the striped felted slipper as well, called Sarah’s Striped Slippers. These are worked in super bulky yarn and have a contrasting foot and a striped body. These are knit flat and seamed and there are 7 size options available. Check that pattern out here if you’re looking for a more traditional slipper shape. They also look roomier so you can wear them with socks if you like. 

[Photo: Maymade Knits]