Kate Barrios Designs - Hand Knitwear & Home Design

Kate Barrios Designs - Hand Knitwear & Home Design We teach you to knit with easy to follow patterns for modern garments.

If you've been knitting (or crocheting) for a while, you follow knitwear designers on social media, are good following p...
21/11/2025

If you've been knitting (or crocheting) for a while, you follow knitwear designers on social media, are good following patterns, and now you’re wondering if maybe you could be a knitwear designer too, I have great news for you: you absolutely can!

In this blog post I’ll discuss why it would be useful to learn about Knitwear Design, how you could get started, and the basic tools you need to be able to actually do Knitwear Design. Click the link below if you are curious about it!

https://www.katebarriosdesigns.com/blog/get-started-with-knitwear-design

💞First time knitting in a while, with gifted yarn from Peru! It will be a top, just Stockinette st, simple lines. I'm ex...
21/02/2024

💞First time knitting in a while, with gifted yarn from Peru! It will be a top, just Stockinette st, simple lines.

I'm excited! 🌄

Hey folks! It's been a long time! I've been bitten by the plant bug, and here I have a few succulent cuttings waiting to...
12/02/2024

Hey folks! It's been a long time! I've been bitten by the plant bug, and here I have a few succulent cuttings waiting to be planted. Also, I just got some souvenir alpaca yarn from Peru, and I'll be making myself a top. Will be sharing more about that later!

Have a happy week! 💞

02/12/2023

🌟Hello friends! Over the past few weeks so many people have asked me how I am able to come up with my designs in almost a monthly basis, designs that are intricate yet pretty.

I get it! Years ago, I was searching for resources about how to do this too.

Well, I ended up creating my own Course based on what I wish I had back then! 😎

And now I’m FINALLY sharing it with you, and making it available to everyone who needs it!

This week, on Monday December 4th, I’ll be releasing my Course so that you can design knitwear (or crochetwear) too! (go ahead and mark your calendar for Monday because there will be a special launch price for those who purchase during this special pre-sale!)

This workshop will allow you to finally:

🔥 Learn the basics of knitwear design
🔥 Learn how to create the most popular shoulder shaping
🔥 Use Spreadsheets to make the process as quick as possible (in less than a day!)
🔥 Learn how to calculate the yardage you’ll need for your future projects

Even if you have never designed knitwear before or don’t yet have a particular idea in mind, this is going to make creating sweaters so much simpler and faster for you!

And I want to know: What are some of YOUR reasons for wanting to design knitwear?

What is your ultimate goal?

I know there’s a bigger reason behind your plans, your dreams, and your ideas.

It’s not to knit (or crochet) a sweater just for the sake of it (although I know making one is pretty good already!).

Maybe for you it’s freedom, independence, a sense of calm, etc.

So what is it for you?

WHY - really WHY - do you want to learn how to design knitwear?

Comment telling me your why, I love hearing from you! :)

Get excited for Monday and keep an eye on your email if you're on my newsletter (if not, hurry up and get there by going to my website) because I’ll be sharing the special launch pricing link then!

I still have a sleeve and a half to go, plus neck band, and I’m kind of freaking out about buttons! Right now I’m leanin...
12/05/2023

I still have a sleeve and a half to go, plus neck band, and I’m kind of freaking out about buttons!

Right now I’m leaning towards the light green little flowers. I hope they don’t seem too childish 🤣🤣🤣

💕 I love it when a garment starts shaping up! Just the sleeves to go. And then blocking, sewing, and button band! OK, OK...
08/05/2023

💕 I love it when a garment starts shaping up! Just the sleeves to go. And then blocking, sewing, and button band! OK, OK. I still have a way to go. But I can see it!!

Do you think Bruno is plotting against the front of my cardi??
02/05/2023

Do you think Bruno is plotting against the front of my cardi??

And I finished the back! I’m now working on one of the fronts, and it feels awesome to knit again ❤️
01/05/2023

And I finished the back! I’m now working on one of the fronts, and it feels awesome to knit again ❤️

I haven’t been inspired to knit in a long time. There, I said it. I haven’t posted to my feed in who knows how long. I’b...
29/04/2023

I haven’t been inspired to knit in a long time. There, I said it. I haven’t posted to my feed in who knows how long. I’be been kind of busy giving a turn to my life, but more than that, I grabbing my needles was scary.

It was scary because it meant I had to make it profitable, and that was so very sad to me. I managed to make knitting, this amazing craft that came to my life by pure chance, a duty.

Well, no more of that. Maybe one day I’ll get back to it, but not today, and not in the near future. I’m still running my blog, and my patterns can be still found for free there, and for sale in Ravelry and Etsy. I want to explore becoming a knitwear design teacher. Again, not right now, but possibly in a few months.

For now, I’ll use this space to share my knitting, maybe some sparse designs, image composition, maybe reels creation…?

You’re very much welcome to hang around! Thank you if you have stayed around for such a long time, actually. I really appreciate you!

That’s it for now. I hope to be sharing more about this Spring Cardigan I’m working at the moment. I’ve been stuck for a while in the laziness of figuring out the neck and shoulder shaping, but I hope to be done with it this evening. Wish me luck, and I hope to report again very soon!

xx

Kate

🔥About that swatch🔥 Swatching can be… controversial. I know, I know. For us, designers, swatching is a must. It’s how we...
14/09/2022

🔥About that swatch🔥 Swatching can be… controversial. I know, I know. For us, designers, swatching is a must. It’s how we see our ideas first come to light. How we determine if we like the yarn we picked, needle sizes, stitch patterns to use! It’s the best we can do except knitting the sample 😅

What about you, dear knitter? Do you swatch before starting a pattern? Tell me all about it in the comments below! 🦄❤️

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