I am a yarncrafter who is passionate about red pandas, books, and the environment. I donate half of the profits from any commissions to charities like Oxfam, Red Panda Network, and the like.
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Free Pattern for Mango the Knitted Sloth!
I published a free pattern for Mango the Knitted Sloth over at Instructables! Take a look here. https://www.instructables.com/member/Well%20Read%20Panda/instructables/ It feels really good to publish my first Instructable! I’m always intimidated by designing stuff and writing out the designs, so this is kind of a big break-through for me 😀 If you knit a Mango of …
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T̼ngara model Рnow with sound!
Sound on!! A while ago, I crocheted a túngara, a frog I hear a lot during the wet season in Panamá. I wanted to have my model make the distinctive túngara call, which sounds like a video game sound effect, but I didn’t know how. For Christmas, Andrew gave me a bunch of cool electronics …
I live in Panamá now!
Hey everyone, long time no post! My husband and I have been pretty busy moving to the Panamanian rainforest, near the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Gamboa. I hope that my yarn will show up someday, but until then, I’m focusing on plarncrafting! The house we bought came with its own hammock, so I made …
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If you’d like to contact me for a commissioned yarn piece, please email me at kathleen.quitmeyer@gmail.com.
When suggesting commissions, please remember that crochet and knitting take a HUGE amount of time and effort, and that half of my proceeds go to charity. I ask for a down payment of 50% with the remainder paid upon completion of the project. Thanks! If you would like a project to be made with ethically sourced yarn, please let me know.