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Welcome to Ilga Leja Handknit Design!

Fall and Winter 2010: The Far North Collection
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My Fall and Winter 2010 Collection explores the haunting and mysterious landscape of the Far North.

It is now available for pre-order for $28.00 CAD, a saving of 33% off the full retail price.

The Far North Collection consists of four unique designs, each to be released one a month, beginning in mid-September:

1. A generous cowl with optional hood
2. A wrap/vest
3. Leg warmers or knitted sleeves, depending on how you choose to wear them
4. A warm jacket in aran-weight yarn

For more details and to pre-order: Far North Collection


Spring and Summer 2010: The Linen Collection
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My collection for Spring and Summer 2010 is the Linen Collection, an exploration of this most elegant of fibres. Patterns from this collection are being released once a month, beginning in April.

The first pattern, Flight of Fancy, is now available as pattern and as a yarn kit.

On the Design Collections page, you will find my collections of handknitting patterns, featuring lace knitting, intriguing stitch patterns, and unique construction.
  
My theme-based collections include shawls, scarves, wraps, and sweaters, many with sizing from Extra Small up to 3X/4X.
Each pattern is sold separately as a PDF download from my website or as printed patterns in yarn shops throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia.

My patterns are written with great care - and occasional humour. Well-illustrated with photos, charts, and schematics, each pattern includes everything you need to know to complete the project.

Yarns are also available for many of my patterns. These are now available for purchase through the PayPal shopping cart.

The International Year of the Scarf
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A knitting club to celebrate all the knitting potential of the scarf.
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Each month club members will receive a scarf pattern, representing a different country. We will explore a variety of knitting styles and traditions. A different knitting experience every month.

Learn more. See the collection of scarf patterns to date here.

BEST-SELLING PATTERNS LAST MONTH:
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BEST-SELLING YARN COLOURS LAST MONTH: 
  
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For additional instructions and tips to achieve the best results with my designs, take a look at my Tips and Techniques.

And to find out what I am up to in my “Knitting World”, come visit my Blog.                        

Enjoy your visit!                                                        

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Recent Blog Entry:

Other Views

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LK Yarns in Halifax has worked up a few new samples of my designs. I stopped by last week to photograph two of them.


Posted by Ilga Leja on 08/31 at 03:03 PM

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