2025 Featured Designer: Janice Krauser

Today's Featured Designer is Janice Krauser, who designed the Reflections Cowl.

Meet Janice

Janice has been doing needlecrafts for as long as she can remember. She learned crochet from her grandmother at age 7. She still has the toilet paper hats she crocheted. Her grandmother, her mother, and she could all crochet, knit, and do needlepoint, but her mother preferred to knit, her grandmother preferred crochet, and Janice preferred needlepoint. Unfortunately, there are only so many needlepoint pillows one can have. After retiring from education, Janice picked up knitting and has been going strong ever since.

She now lives in Maryville, TN and continues to knit and crochet at her local yarn shop, joining their Wednesday Knitting Group. Changing up patterns, and helping others with their knitting has allowed her to continue teaching. It’s rewarding when someone catches on to a new skill.

Janice got her two Ugly Christmas sweaters done to rave reviews and now is attempting to make a top that looks like a pineapple! We’ll see how that works out. 😉

Behind the Design: Reflections Cowl

This year’s design, a Reflections cowl, was inspired by the East Tennessee mountains and their reflection in the lakes.  While the knitting is pretty straight forward, there are new things to learn.  A provisional cast on, colorwork, a mobius twist and Kitchener bind off make it a step above beginner, but these techniques are easy enough to tackle.  

Keep up with Janice

• Email: jkrauser@bellsouth.net

  
  

• Facebook: /janice.krauser

  
  

• Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/jkvol