Adrienne Larsen

Adrienne Larsen

My username is TheYarnslayer and my website is theyarnslayer.com where you can see all of Yarnslayer Fibers offerings and all of my designs.

Conventional wisdom dictates knitting is relaxing and mindless. Unfortunately, I’ve never been good at relaxing and mindless. As a child, knitting gave my antsy hands something to do. As I got older, my antsy hands and restless brain searched for harder and harder patterns to conquer. Finally, nothing would do except to invent new patterns myself.

These days, the creation of a simple pattern isn’t quite enough to tame my restlessness. It demands that my designs push the envelope, often beginning with the thought, “Is this possible?” With that, a quest to slay the next dragon begins!

Yarn is my favorite tool in this quest, but also my most gifted adversary. Like my sigil, the ferret, I continually search in familiar corners to find something new and surprising to challenge me. Also like the ferret, my fingers display a joyous dance of war when I discover it.

My background includes an M.S. in Textile Engineering from Philadelphia University. My designs have appeared in publications including Interweave Knits, Knitscene, knit.wear, Creative Knitting, Vogue Knitting, and Knitter’s Magazine. My winning knit fabric design was also distributed nationally through Urban Outfitters.

Through my work as a knitting instructor and yarn guru at The Bountiful Ewe in Fargo, ND, I enjoy teaching people how to slay their own dragons.

original designs

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Cabin Morning Coat
I Like Knitting, October 2019
Lamplighter's Hat
Interweave Knits, Gifts 2019
Kehra
Fall with SweetGeorgia, Vol. 5
  • Kehra
  • Fall with SweetGeorgia, Vol. 5
Double Cross Pullover
Knit Picks Website
Smocked Pullover
Cast On, Fall 2019
Mirielle Tee
I Like Knitting Website
Kailani Breezy Top
I Like Knitting Website
Vivian Chevron Tee
I Like Knitting Website
Eve Stocking
I Like Knitting Website
Annapolis
Nomadic Knits Issue Four: Maryland/DC/Virginia
  • Annapolis
  • Nomadic Knits Issue Four: Maryland/DC/Virginia
Slate Shawl
Universal Yarn Website
Twisted Dee Cowl
Universal Yarn Website
Marilyn Accents Top
I Like Knitting, June 2019
Assateague Pullover
Interweave Knits, Summer 2019
Staghorn Vest
Cast On, Summer 2019
Traversing
Making Stories Magazine, Issue 1
Renascence
Nomadic Knits Issue Two: New York State
  • Renascence
  • Nomadic Knits Issue Two: New York State
Santa Maria Del Fiore Cardigan
knit.wear Wool Studio Vol. V
Pencroft Pullover
Knit Now, Issue 97, December 2018
Ziggurat Shawl
The Yarnslayer
Gloria Mittens
I Like Knitting, December 2018
Saturn's Rings Pullover
Interweave Knits, Winter 2019
Frosted Foliage Pullover
knit.wear, Fall/Winter 2018
Butterfly Cardigan
Bladet garn 07/2018
Acacia
twist collective september 2018
  • Acacia
  • twist collective september 2018
Orbit
Cast On, Fall 2018
  • Orbit
  • Cast On, Fall 2018
#05 Herringbone Tee
Vogue Knitting, Early Fall 2018
Heliotrope
twist collective july 2018
Peach Bellini Tee
I Like Knitting Website
Comet
Cast On, Summer 2018
  • Comet
  • Cast On, Summer 2018
Nantucket Pullover
I Like Knitting Website
X's & O's Cowl
The Yarnslayer
Double Ring Cowl
The Yarnslayer
Twinkle Cowl
The Yarnslayer
Treebeard's Hat
The Yarnslayer
Flying Car Bolero
Knitting Traditions, Fall 2017
Nutmeg Ponchette
The Yarnslayer
Pretty Woman Tee
The Yarnslayer
Nottingham Vest
The Yarnslayer
Mildred Pierce
The Yarnslayer
Mariposa Tunic
The Yarnslayer
Mako Cardigan
The Yarnslayer
Lydia Cardigan
The Yarnslayer
Lolo Shell
The Yarnslayer
Lace Highway Cardigan
The Yarnslayer
La Vela Shell
The Yarnslayer
Ibis Bolero
The Yarnslayer
Erebor Dress
The Yarnslayer
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