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Supporting Our Own

There are some kick-ass Ukrainian designers out there. If you’re in the mood for pattern shopping, check them out. Here’s a few that I found if you’re looking for a way to support fellow knitters from Ukraine.

Irina Dmitrieva has had designs published by Twist Collective and Brooklyn Tweed. She sells her lovely cabled patterns on her website or via Ravelry. The Granat Hat is a beautiful design (there’s matching wristers, too). Irina has so many great designs to add to your pattern library.

c. 2020 I. Dmitrieva

Natalie Pelykt has been knitting since she was a child. Her Ravelry name is “knitforsweet” and her patterns are absolutely lovely. Her Etera cardigan is beautiful:

c. Pelykh Natalia

It’s part of a five-design ebook. I’m also charmed by Guell:

c. Petykh Natalie

She has a Ravelry shop with many ebook collections to drool over.

You know you’ve got some skeins of fingering weight yarn yearning to be made into shawls. Check out Yulia Tkachenko‘s portfolio (her blog is here). Here’s the Water Glare shawl — great pairing of muted multicolor handpaint and pattern!

© Yulia Tkachenko

Anna Radchenko, also known as WoollyWood Designs, features some great sock patterns, many with stranded motifs, like the Gingerbread House Socks.

© Anna Radchenko | WoollyWood Design

Anna has a buy 3-get 1 free policy at her Rav shop (no coupon code needed). Here’s a textural sock pattern, the Russet socks:

© Anna Radchenko | WoollyWood Design

Lace-lovers might wish to check out Elena Vladmirovna’s shop. This is her Nightless Nights shawl:

c. ElenaVM

Liudmyla Babintseva’s Voyage (there’s a men’s version, too) caught my eye:

© Liudmyla Babintseva

Here’s a link to her Ravelry shop — lots of goodies there!

This one’s a freebie, designed by mitten designer extraordinaire Lotta Lundin.

If you know of any other Ukrainian designers, please feel free to add their names in the comments.

Note: I’ve tried to provide additional non-Ravelry sources where possible. I believe my use of the above photographs is fair use; if you are the copyright holder and believe otherwise, please contact me so that I can rectify the situation.

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