Phoenix River DesignsDesigner
Phoenix River Designs - Dimity Parker
Gosford, Australia
I’ve lived on the Central Coast of NSW in Australia all of my life. I come from an extremely crafty family and from the time I could pick up a needle I’ve been doing some form of craft or another.
I’ve been crocheting for 28 years now, my grandmother taught me when I was 7 years old. I never had alot of time for it though as when I finished school I fell pregnant and was raising a severely disabled child and working as a nurse. I met my amazing wife and step daughter in 2012 and we were married in 2013. In late 2016 whilst stopped at red light another car crashed into mine at over 70kmh. This resulted in my spine herniating in 4 places and losing the use of my legs. I’ve had 1 surgery so far but am facing many more in the future. I was told I had less than 10 years before I would be permanently in a wheelchair, I am now determined and fighting as hard as I can to beat those odds.
It was at this point that I took crocheting and designing up full tine to keep me busy and not go insane
- Knitting19 Skills
Knitting: Over 20 years
19 Skills
- Cast on & bind off
- Knit and purl stitches
- Simple increase & decrease
- Picking up stitches
- Knitting in the round
- Stranded knitting
- Intarsia
- I-cord
- Double knitting
- Three needle cast off
- Ribbed
- Tubular cast on/off
- Short rows
- Garter
- Stocking
- Slipped stitches
- Cables
- Provisional cast on
- Entrelac
- Crochet20 Skills
Crochet: Over 20 years
20 Skills
- Chain
- Slip stitch
- Single crochet
- Double crochet
- Afghan Stitch
- Increase & decrease
- Surface crochet
- Half double crochet
- Bullion/Roll stitch
- Magic Ring
- Colorwork
- Front/Back post stitch
- Double treble crochet
- Lace Crochet
- Treble crochet
- Working in the round
- Filet crochet
- Lover's Knot/Solomon
- Beading
- Freeform
