Janis FrankDesigner
Canada
Originally, I started selling finished beaded jewelry on Etsy and was overjoyed when folks started buying it. It further developed into finished slippers, more jewelry and a variety of unique collectibles and antiques.
Time and life went on and I created a number of unique slippers, texting mitts and jewelry items that no one else was producing. I became a little bored making the same things over and over and finally decided to create my first tutorial on how to make seed bead bracelets. That led me down the road of self publishing. Once bitten by the pattern writing and publishing bug I never looked back.
I now have a number of patterns, and more in development published with all the major online retailers including Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Indigo/Chapters, and more.
Amazing what a chick from the prairies can accomplish with a computer, an Internet connection, a little creativity and dare I say, chutzpa ;-)
- Knitting11 Skills
Knitting: Over 20 years
11 Skills
- Cast on & bind off
- Knit and purl stitches
- Simple increase & decrease
- Picking up stitches
- Knitting in the round
- Turn a heel
- Ribbed
- Garter
- Stocking
- Slipped stitches
- Cables
- Crochet12 Skills
Crochet: Over 20 years
12 Skills
- Chain
- Slip stitch
- Single crochet
- Double crochet
- Afghan Stitch
- Increase & decrease
- Half double crochet
- Front/Back post stitch
- Double treble crochet
- Treble crochet
- Working in the round
- Beading
