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Wind Sweater Collection Read the Story: Or feel free to skip straight to the pattern. It won’t hurt my feelings! In ancient times, the changing of seasons often coincided with “shifts” in the winds - a change in direction, temperature, moisture, all of which heralded a new time of the year and a continuation of the cycle of life. Naturally, these winds were personified as deities with attributes fitting their associated season, so I have designed a collection of crocheted swe

Wind Sweater Collection Read the Story: Or feel free to skip straight to the pattern. It won’t hurt my feelings! In ancient times, the changing of seasons often coincided with “shifts” in the winds - a change in direction, temperature, moisture, all of which heralded a new time of the year and a continuation of the cycle of life. Naturally, these winds were personified as deities with attributes fitting their associated season, so I have designed a collection of crocheted swe

Wind Sweater Collection Read the Story: Or feel free to skip straight to the pattern. It won’t hurt my feelings! In ancient times, the changing of seasons often coincided with “shifts” in the winds - a change in direction, temperature, moisture, all of which heralded a new time of the year and a continuation of the cycle of life. Naturally, these winds were personified as deities with attributes fitting their associated season, so I have designed a collection of crocheted swe

Read the Story: Or feel free to skip straight to the pattern. It won’t hurt my feelings! I have always been fascinated by ancient Germanic people and the mysterious runes with which they recorded their language. But unlike the letters we use today, runes were more than just a tool for recording sounds - they were symbols of magic and power, not to be taken lightly. Pagans and Christians alike viewed them with both reverence and fear. I have also always felt something similarl

Due to limits on blog post sizes, I had to create a separate post for the individual Rune Instructions. For the free Runic Tunic instructions, check out the first blog post here . I used the website https://omniglot.com/writing/futhorc.htm  as my source for rune meanings and sounds, but rune lists are inconsistent as they were never standardized. As such, there can be differences between what I list here and what you may find in other sources. Not all sounds in Old English an

Wind Sweater Collection Read the Story: Or feel free to skip straight to the pattern. It won’t hurt my feelings! In ancient times, the changing of seasons often coincided with “shifts” in the winds - a change in direction, temperature, moisture, all of which heralded a new time of the year and a continuation of the cycle of life. Naturally, these winds were personified as deities with attributes fitting their associated season, so I have designed a collection of crocheted swe

We all have to start somewhere, and for me it was the Saxon Skies Pullover, my very first sweater design. I learned a lot about what to do (and especially what NOT to do) when it comes to designing a crocheted sweater, so while I did my best to make it a good pattern, it definitely has the classic "first attempt" aura about it. As such, I decided to make it a free pattern! Rather than write an entire blog post, however, I've just provided download links below for each of the