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Sale Sale Sale!!!
I’m just not sure if anyone actually reads what I write so this is a test. I have renamed the Paris Miss top, as suggested thank you, to the Hugs and Kisses shrug. If you order the pattern and the yarn to make it before May 21, 2022 as soon as I see the order I will refund the pattern amount!!! I love people who like 3 exclamation marks. I hope you do too.
So in fact you will be getting the pattern free and the yarn on sale . Yes it will cost you $24. And it is such a pretty little design I think. This is limited only for Aussie customers so sorry.
I have been learning how to do Facebook and Instagram but I’m a better crocheter and designer than I am social media student. When I get better at it I won’t have to try these tests out on you. I’ll just blast you on there instead.
I’ve had my bout with the virus so I’m not feeling super chipper yet but I’m getting there. I hope you are all well and this little blog post makes you smile.
Enjoy
Jenny
Slow Fashion
I designed this halter top in 1981. 41 years ago. I know because it was my first year of teaching high school in Moree, NSW. Some other dates in my life are not so easy to identify.
I don’t have the photo of the models wearing it then, it was before the digital age. I reworked this design for A Summer Collection book published in 1998.
24 years ago. The model in the 1st photo here just had her 30th Birthday. Happy Birthday Biddy!
Her Mum was on the front cover, My Mum was in there too.
The Summer Collection book could never have been done without the help of Diane Bailie. Here are her daugher’s Azticia and Jacinta with my daughter Anthea modelling in this design from 1998. ( middle photo) Azticia’s back view shows the interesting back and backpack & hat too.
5 years ago Jacqui modelled it in 2017. I remade in my new Stonewash( well it was new then). This design has just been published in Simply Crochet magazine in 2021.
I think that there will always be pretty girls wanting to wear something cool in Summer to highlight their lovely figures. I renamed this as the Jacqui Halter now because Jacqui was so kind as to model it for me. Thank you for being so Gorgeous!
And 40 years later it is an actually pattern you can make yourself. #slow fashion
Too funny right ?40 years really is Slow Fashion.
Jacqui Halter Top – Jenny King Designs
First in , best dressed!
There are really no words needed for this Post. I went to see Biggan at her studio in Brisbane yesterday and we had the time of our lives selecting 10 wonderful and unique colour palettes for the Colour Explosion Jacket workshop to be held next Saturday the 22nd January at Studio 61 , 61 Clarendon Rd, Perigian Springs, Qld. The second all day class for this Jacket will be held on the 13th February 2022. If one of these colour combinations speaks to you then email me immediately so that I can put your name on it . Hit the link below to secure your place.
Colour Explosion Jacket Class and Kit – Jenny King Designs
In this case it really will be first in Best Dressed
If you are anything like me you will want to try them all.
I know I Do
1 has a base colour of Grey,
2 has a base colour of Lime,
3 has a base colour of Aubergine,
4 has a base colour of Aqua,
5 has a base colour of Hot Pink,
6 has a base colour of Light Periwinkle,
7 has a base colour of Deep Coral,
8 has a base colour of Red,
9 has a base colour of Aqua,
10 has a base colour of Deep Periwinkle.
Baby Snuggle wrap re-discovered
Many years ago I saw a knitted baby wrap in an Ashford magazine. It was perfect for little “wee” babies to keep their arms wrapped up and cozy warm. I used to sell my crocheted version of that pattern in my first yarn store near Buderim at least 12 years ago.
I finally had a chance to see if the design actually worked with our first little grandbaby who was conveniently born before winter this year, and it did. Since I made the first couple of Snuggle Wraps I had made one in Noro Taiyo. It had been hiding in “THAT PILE” and it was just a waiting for the buttons to be sewn on. You may know “THAT PILE” ;the please finish me and don’t start something new yet, until I’m finished pile.
It is finished now and I went to add the new photos to update the old pattern onto my web site only to realise that the Baby Snuggle Wrap has never been an online pattern and none of you would have ever seen it.Baby Snuggle Wrap – Jenny King Designs
Our first little darling is too big for this one in Noro now that the buttons are finally on, but there may be more coming later???? Fingers crossed.
So, if you have a little precious due in Winter then you may like to make one for them. Noro – Taiyo yarn – at KnittingFever.com
This discovery does make me wonder how many patterns have been hiding like this one and will reveal themselves to me over time. Perhaps we will discover this together. I promise I’ll show you.
Here is our first beautiful grandbaby sound asleep in her Snuggle Wrap. 
I Can’t Resist Making My Own
When I first saw these jackets made in Bosnia and Herzegovina I went bananas. I just love the colour combinations. They made my heart sing. Every single one I saw I wanted. I loved each one more than the last one. Please go buy one from this lady if you love them like I do. I realised that I wanted a jacket for next winter that is as bright and gorgeous and as bold as these are. It will certainly chase off the winter chills. Being that I live in Tropical Queensland the need for a jacket is not that imperative so I think I just wanted to create in the colours. Here is the link to purchase a jacket subrosa123 | Etsy
I grabbed out the Biggan 4 ply that I couldn’t resist buying at the conference and I’ve designed 2 squares. One in mesh and one using 8 shades. These are not the same as the ones from Bulgaria but they are bold, colourful, brave and exotic. So, I am over the moon excited. I WILL make a jacket.
To me it was obvious that the yarn needed to do this should be Biggan designs 4 ply. She is the only one that has the colours I crave. And I’ve used her yarn before and it washes and wears like a dream. I just did Lily the Pink in her 4 ply and I was reminded how much of a pleasure it was to have in my hands.
Now if any of you would like to join me, diving head first into colour, I will hold a 2-day workshop at Studio 61 (near Noosa) beginning this month. These will be 2 full day classes 3-4 weeks apart. The kits will be provided and I will visit Biggan next week to pack them for you. Each kit will be unique. No 2 will be the same.
If this sounds like something you can’t possibly resist then please book online. I called it the Colour Explosion Jacket
You will be working small squares and Studio 61 is airconditioned.