The Designer of the Month, Tanis Gray, was presented by Bea Soila . Tanis is an American designer based in Fairfax, VA. Her Ravelry name is TanisKnits and her website is http://www.tanisknits.com. She has a long career in the industry. Was a Yarn Editor at Vogue Knitting and co-editor of Knit.1. Currently she is a…

The Designer of the Month, Lorilee Beltman, was presented by Cathleen Jolley. Lorilee used to be the shop owner of Knit City in Grand Rapids, MI but now resides in Seattle. Lorilee is known for teaching and taking the mystery out of various knitting techniques. Lorilee will teach various classes at the upcoming Stitches in…

The Designer of the Month, Kieran Foley, was presented by Pieter Strydom. He is a British textile designer that also designs knitting patterns. He is known for his colorful designs and designs that mimic nature. His website is https://www.kieranfoley.com/ and can also be found on Ravelry. The featured image is Atlantic Waves.

The Designer of the Month, Woolly Wormhead, was presented by Bea Soila. She is a British designer. Her Ravelry name is Woolly Wormhead. She has an active and helpful Ravelry group: Wormhead’s Hats and her website is woollywormhead.com. She is a self-styled ‘Hat architect’ and has 322 designs on Ravelry; 56 are free. Some of…

The Designer of the Month, Jennifer Wood, was presented by Helga Tinnerino. One of her designs was featured on the cover of Interweave Knits of fall 2011. In her book Refined Knits, Jennifer combines cables and lace into her patterns. Her patterns can be found in Ravelry at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/refined-knits/patterns.

The Designer of the Month, Martina Behm, was presented by Bea Soila. Martina is a German designer. Her Ravelry name is MartinaBehm and has a very active and helpful Ravelry group Strickmich! International. Also see her club strickmich! club in Ravelry. Her website is https://strickmich.frischetexte.de/en. Martina is mostly known for her shallow-triangular, garter stitch scarf…

The Designer of the Month, Melanie Berg, was presented by Linda Bohlinger who met her on a recent knitting cruise. Melanie Berg is a German designer known for her colorwork and combinations of stitch patterns. Melanie just published her first book Shawls Knit in Style. The book contains both German and English text. Melanie can…

Bea Soila presented the the Designer of the Month, Veera Välimäki. Her designs can be found in Ravelry under name veera. She also has a website http://www.rainknitwear.com/. Veera designed the very popular pattern Color Affection. Ravelry has almost 16,000 projects using this pattern. Bea highlighted some of her Sweater designs: Breathing Space True Friend Plain…

The Designer of the Month is Sandra Wollin. She featured some of her Illusion Knitting patterns. The patterns can be  found on her Ravelry store at https://www.ravelry.com/designers/sandra-wollin.