It’s been a long time since I’ve posted an old-school inspiration post (something I used to do more often years ago), but I was browsing the Ravelry designer page for Kristin Drysdale earlier this week and I was reminded how much I love her work, and how much I adore one pattern in particular:

I need to think of someone in my life who has a child I can knit one of these for, because it is just. too. perfect. I love it so very much. This is her Little Swedish Dress pattern, and while it’s my favorite of her children’s dress patterns, the Midsommar Dress and the Little Dutch Dress are super adorable as well.

You may have encountered Kristin’s work on Instagram, either on her own feed (where she is @scandiwork), or perhaps like I did – via the feed of Lori Ann Graham, who has knit a few pairs of Kristin’s Hansdatter slippers. Kristin’s array of beautiful stranded slipper designs is slightly dizzying, and it’s hard not to want to make them all. She uses relatively traditional colors in her stranded patterns but makes them feel very fresh in an incredibly pleasing way, and my favorite pieces of hers are the ones where she uses assorted motifs grouped together to great effect, as in the dresses above or the pillow below, the Swedish Christmas Pillow.

She recently released a few adult-sized garments as well, which makes me excited to see what else she’ll be coming up with. Dagna is a circular yoke pattern available as a cardigan or as a pullover, and I think it demonstrates really well the traditional-yet-fresh thing that Kristin has going on.

There are too many beautiful slipper patterns to pick a favorite, so I encourage you to head over to Kristin’s Ravelry page and take a look yourself. All of the ones pictured at the top of this post are available individually or as part of the Norseknits ebook. And if Kristin’s work tugs at your heartstrings the way it does mine, you should check her out on Instagram at @scandiwork as well. (Bonus: she’s also a fan of Scandinavian baking!)

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Slipper photo by Scandiwork, Little Swedish Dress and Dagna photos by Ben Lehnardt.