Gamer Babe Designs

Yvonne Poon Yvonne Poon

Esprit d'Evelyn: Leaves, Love, and Creative Collaboration

Esprit d’Evelyn combines the rhythm of stockinette and lace while challenging you to step up to the plate and elevate your knitting skills. An asymmetrical, triangular shawl, it's designed for three sizes so you can make a size that works for you. You’ll enjoy this journey exploring and celebrating your creativity while creating a shawl you’ll love to wear.

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Yvonne Poon Yvonne Poon

The Crochet Provisional Cast-On

A provisional cast-on is a temporary cast-on that can be undone later to leave live stitches that you can work with. You can cast on provisionally with any method using scrap yarn, but I love a crochet method. It’s straightforward to work and unzips easily to release the live stitches.

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Yvonne Poon Yvonne Poon

The Rookie Designer

When the novelty yarn craze hit in 2005/2006 and fuzzy scarves were all the rage, I walked into a store and said, "I'm going to buy two balls of fuzzy yarn, make my fuzzy scarf, and THAT WILL BE IT." I didn't need more things to do and more things to stash.

Well. You probably have a good idea how that turned out.

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