Welcome

Yes, this is the place! Welcome to Karen Alfke's website, featuring 2nd Nature Design knitting patterns and Unpatterns.Unpattern Sleeveless Pullover from the Bottom Up

Yes, much of the country has gone quiet for the winter, what with the big blanket of snow and the relief that post-holiday brings.

But over here on the West Coast, we spent months gearing up for an invasion of fiber professionals at the National Needle Arts Trade Show. For the first time, Unpatterns were there!

'The Rockettes' (my new fleet of black mannequins) were all safely nestled in the back of the station wagon, and made their debut wearing three new bottom-up and three new top-down silhouettes.

Those of you currently enjoying some Unpatterns via download from Patternfish—thank you! All the new silhouettes (6 pullovers, 2 socks, and 2 hats in all) will become available over the coming weeks.

In the meantime, enjoy the photos, and check with your local yarn stores! Orders to stores shipped mid-February, so look for them at your favorite LYS, or ask them to order some in for you if you want the paper versions.

What's next? Why, cardigans, of course! (To debut at the June trade show. Stay tuned!)

Knitters, you cannot purchase these patterns from me directly, in part because I feel so strongly about supporting local yarn shops. Click here for a list of shops who currently carry my patterns and Unpatterns. If you live near one of them, give them a call! Or, if you prefer to purchase a paper pattern rather than download, there are online retailers listed on my shops page as well.

It's a brave new world for all sorts of reasons: I've been blogging, too! (That's where you can read about all the other crazy things I'm doing, like training for my third marathon.)

So nice to see you! I'm glad you came.