Design Spotlight: The Stratus Cowl ( a free pattern)

As part of my retrospective celebration I want to spend some time talking about how my patterns and designs work, and how they may differ from other patterns out there. It’s one of the trickiest things about searching for patterns, that simply looking at the finished product tells you next to nothing about what goes into making it. So, I thought it might be helpful to talk through the Stratus Cowl pattern as an introduction to my design process and my principles of pattern-writing.

It’s been 10 years and more than 100 patterns since I first started Into the Wool.