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I’m Shannon of Very Shannon - a Canadian knitwear design company that focuses on modern, mindful and relaxing knits. I hope that my designs find their way onto your needles and into your gorgeous handmade wardrobes and that they encourage you to slow down, take a breath and sink into the rewarding process of slow fashion.

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🌊This color has me longing for the ocean today. So many layers of turquoise and blue. I can almost hear the waves and smell the fresh sea air. It’s been soothing during the grey days of snow we’ve had.
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🌊This year I’m still continuing to practice self care and one of the ways I’m doing that is to knit patterns that aren’t always mine. It helps me to turn my mind off of designing and lose myself in a good knit. I tend to think of it, for example, like an author who never reads any other books except their own - that would seem unbalanced no? It may not be the right fit for every designer (cause we all have our own processes / time etc. - and there is no wrong or right way) but it fills my heart and soul to support other people in the industry and to turn my mind off and lose myself in the making of a gift, or in this case, a new sweater for myself.
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🌊 I chose the Party Top by @abbyeknits because I thought it would be just the thing for layering over my dresses this year. I also loved that it’s cropped and was flattering on the bust size shown on the model (cause hey - I’ve got DD cups lol) and it didn’t have full length sleeves (hehehe...cause sleeve island friends). My pal @suburbanstitcher and I decided to whip them up and this is her lovely yarn - Merino DK in colorway Clean Slate (thx again hun! 😘)! I just separated the sleeves and I can’t wait to wear it!
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☕️ So...what knits are you all working on friends? It’s been a while since you filled me in! Share the deets!
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☺️ Total honesty here friends - it was hard for me to press post on this pic 💞. I’m just gonna admit it. I know, I know...I shouldn’t feel like that but it takes time and work to learn to love yourself and to be comfortable in your own skin. Especially when so much of what we see in the media (etc.) is that we’re never good enough. But I’m taking some steps to conquer those feelings within myself. One of these steps was getting in front of the camera for my upcoming cardigan pattern photoshoot alongside a professional model (I’ll show you those soon)(I chatted a lot about this and my thoughts a few pics ago in my feed if you’re interested in reading how it went). It was a scary, yet freeing experience and it felt so darn good to see my size (and myself) in a sweater I’ve worked so hard on. In fact I loved how the pics turned out so much I’m putting both of us on the cover! For me to actually “like” a photo of my myself is a feat in itself so putting it on a cover of a pattern is a huge step for me. I know this process is healing my self-esteem and I wanted to share a bit of it with you because I also hope it inspires you to love yourself and be more accepting of who you are “now” and not who you could be if you were only “?” & “?”. So long story short, this is me, curves and all, in my upcoming cardigan pattern - Kapsel.
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💞Kapsel is due to come out hopefully on Feb. 12th (fingers crossed), is knit in worsted yarn, and is sized for 30 - 58”. Can we say pockets friends?!! Yesssss!
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💞For day 4 of @fiberuarychallenge this is my current project - both myself and the sweater - I’m casting on for a cropped version and I’m excited!
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Big thx to @koyahniphotography for the pics 💗.
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March 15, 2015