Welcome (back) to www.quistknits.com! I am so excited to be writing this!
My designer journey has been quite a ride, since I published my first ever knitting pattern in May 2023, to launching a buisness in December 2024 and finally when I closed down shop in December 2025. I needed to test out a few different things until I figured out what works best for me.
Quistknits consists today of a collection of 66 different knitting patterns (and counting!), which are all available for free. If you want, you can choose your own price here at www.quistknits.com, or you can download your copy free of charge. My first knitting-pattern was a free pattern and for my first two years of designing I donated all profits from pattern-sales to charity. After my patterns started to gain populatity, I saw the need to run my pattern-making as a buisness, in order to run things more effectively and also to be able to cover my increasing expenses. December 2024, I launched my very own website and Quistknits as a proper (small) buisness saw the light of day.
I had a lot of fun in the one year when I ran Quistknits as a buisness, and I learned so much. I would never want to be without that year, and it made the foundation of Quistknits as it is today. It allowed me to purchase my own website domain and a computer. Most of the patterns which are available today were published during that year. However, after a year had passed, I felt that it was no longer right for me. Pattern-making is a hobby which I do on the side of my regular job, and as I did not want to choose between Quistknits and my day-job, I decided to stop selling my patterns.
I did however miss having my own platform online, but as all my patterns were free, I could no longer afford paying for my own website. Because of that, I am so so happy to finally have found a platform that works for me, where I can build a space for my patterns without having to charge money for them. I could even use my domain again.
It will take me some time to get all my patterns uploaded to the website. I am working through them one by one all in chronological order. You can now find all my 2023 patterns available here at www.quistknits.com, with the exception of Aks Dagligkyse, which got a small makeover and is in the hands of test-knitters to provide feedback on the updated pattern structure.
To help cover my expenses for pattern making, I am also offering services to other designers. For now, I am offering translations from and to Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and English, but I might add more services in the future. This helps me keep my patterns free for the community to enjoy.
Happy knitting!
Kind regards,
Helene
Quistknits
Sand Matte: The first knitting pattern I published, in May 2023.
About Quistknits and my knitting patterns
All of my knitting patterns and booklets are free to download. Here at www.quistknits.com you can choose your own price. If you would like to support me financially, please feel free to set your own price for the product. Downloads from www.quistknits.com (PayHip) are only available in selected countries (Norway, EU and UK). All of my patterns are also available for free download from Ravlery. If you are based outside of Norway, EU or UK and would like to pay for any of my patterns, you can purchase all of my patterns in the KNIT app.
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