Let’s all give a warm welcome to Little World of Whimsy’s very first featured maker: Isabelle Fahy of Izzy’s Notes And Knots! As many of our patterns are influenced by classical music, it seems fitting that our first featured maker designs are music clefs!

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Meet Isabelle!

Isabelle is an accomplished musician, conductor, violinist, performer, and teacher from Sligo, Ireland who now resides in Munich, Germany. She graduated with a first class honors degree in 2011 from the Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin and was awarded the Nuala Levins trophy for the highest mark in her major of pedagogy.

She is a passionate teacher and conductor, having freelanced in different classroom contexts; teaches individual lessons for violin, cello, music theory, and Kindermusik; and conducts student orchestras.

After moving to Germany in 2014, Isabelle expanded her music teaching career. In 2016, she received the Qualitätszertifikat zum Musikunterricht (quality certificate for music lessons). In 2017, she and a colleague founded International Music School, Munich (IMS) and have been running the music school together since.

She is also a member of the Symphonisches Ensemble München. As well as playing classical music, she enjoys experimenting with other musical genres such as Irish folk music, Mexican folk music, and pop music.

In addition to her music, she enjoys crochet, cozy evenings, drinking tea, hiking, and yoga. She began her crochet journey in 2018 by learning how to crochet amigurumi, finding joy in creating intricate creatures and gifting them to her friends and family.

As she gained experience, she decided to create her own patterns. At first, she focused on making small musical gifts for her students as prizes for achieving goals or celebrating a successful concert.

Seeing her student’s joy and appreciation for her unique, handmade items, Isabelle began to write down her patterns to share them with a wider audience so she could help delight others.

As you can find in her Etsy story, Izzy’s Notes and Knots, she offers a variety of small musical patterns, as well as some violin practice sheets and games.

In her own words:

“I find immense joy in combining my passion for music with my love of crochet. My goal is to continue expanding my musical crochet repertoire in the coming years. The process of trying out new ideas, unravelling mistakes, and starting again is both challenging and rewarding. It allows me to stay creative and continually improve my skills. I am excited to see where this creative journey will take me next.”

Get the Treble Clef Pattern!

• IzzysNotesAndKnots – Grab an ad-free PDF complete with step-by-step photo instructions for under $2!

This pattern is a lovely, low-sew pattern. Designed for cotton yarn, it gives the treble clef a crisp look that is especially prominent when starched.

These treble clefs are perfect as little gifts for both the budding and accomplished musician. They are small enough to be keychains, while also the perfect size to sew onto a blanket or sweater as a little nod towards a favorite music piece.

Her PDF is well formatted and well written. It is high quality. I definitely recommend supporting Isabelle and any musicians in your life!