2025 Needle Beetle Update

 Hello Everyone!

I have decided to remove my website from the Internet as most people are now buying pdf patterns. All of my pdf patterns are sold through Ravelry, an amazing community of knitters and crocheters.

I recently relocated to Nova Scotia, and I plan to get back to designing new patterns for sale, eventually. Once I have finished painting and redecorating the new house here in this wonderful atlantic province.

As you can see below, I haven't stopped knitting or designing. I created this knitted piece of dragon eye art 40"x60" hung directly above the fireplace. I hope to offer this as a free chart someday soon, be forewarned, it will take you awhile to knit. :-)

The White Dragon - Fine or Bold

This pattern has been designed for 2 different weights of yarn, fingering or bulky!

I LOVE dragons and have studied/tested Barbara Walker’s Strawberry pattern until I came up with a version of my own to mimic my favourite winged reptile.

3D dragon scales cover both raglan sleeves which meet in the centre back of this shrug.

Sleeves are knit in the round until the armhole, then worked back and forth to the centre back seam and grafted together to complete. A ribbed edging encircles the neck, sleeve fronts and bottom back to create a shawl collar.

Charts and knitting instructions.

Measurements Small(Medium,Large)

You can find it here:
The White Dragon - Fine or Bold

I know, I know, it's been a super long time since I've last posted, that's because real life got in the way. I have published 3 new designs in the meantime:

Fangorn - I really wanted to design a sweater with cables that reminded me of tree bark and of course honour Tolkien at the same time. :-)

MishMash Mitts & Hat - I love using up stash!

Pretty Pat - a pretty little cosmetic bag named after my beautiful good friend Pat

Timber Wolf Charts

I am finally converting, slowly, very slowly, all of my patterns to pdf format for your purchasing pleasure and have started with one of my most popular designs...Timber Wolf Charts. You will find it living here at http://www.needlebeetle.com/intarsiapages/timberwolf.html

Shiny and New!

Finally, I've updated the website, take a peek at Needle Beetle!

It's been awhile since I've done such a major overhaul but I hope you all appreciate the new squeaky clean look and have more fun snooping around.

Within the next few weeks I plan to offer 3 new free patterns as well as a new cable pullover design. Stay tuned for updates and thanks for visiting!

Howlite

This is my current knitting project, not my design, but definitely my knitting.

:-)

Love how it's turning out and am on to sleeve #2.

You can find this pattern by Heather Dixon at www.armyofknitters.com

I love the intricacy, the collar, the sleeves, the cables. It was too pretty not to knit it.

Dragon Realm

Finally, I have something to share, it's been awhile but I hope the wait was worth it. If you'd like to order this new pattern it will be available for shipping the second week in September. I LOVE dragons, and am pretty stoked I came up with a design that shows off my favourite winged reptile.