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Lacy Garter Blocks Beanie
Lacy Garter Blocks is a slouchy beanie with a tilted blocks motif. This is a quick and easy knit with larger needles and worsted weight yarn. It only takes several hours to complete, making it a great project for beginner …
Rainbow Sparkle Dress
With its simple stocking stitch pattern, this tunic dress is very quick to knit up. Designed and named by my daughter, Isabella, I constructed the pattern design and knit it up in Kartopu Kar-Sim metallic yarn and WonderSoft Merry Go Round rainbow DK …
Gradually Cowl
Tutorials Single Crochet (SC) Back Loop Only (blo) Star Stitch Yarn Artfil Colour Bundle x 1 Or 20g of ea of 6 colors (A through F), fingering weight. Content: 80% Merino Superwash Wool / 20% Nylon Length/Weight: 444 yds …
Stoneleigh Hat
This hat combines short rows, garter stitch wedges, and alternating colors for a fun knit! Inspired by other patterns with similar construction—but sweater patterns using this method for yoke shaping—the Stoneleigh hat is the little sister of the …
Adler Tee
This tee is great for the hot days of late summer. The lacy back is open and breezy with a smooth front and rounded neck that adds a nice casual feel. Wear this top to the park or farmer’s market, or even an afternoon barbecue, the light weight means …
Doggy Purse
So my daughter is in gymnastics. In the lobby, there is this little play area with toys we can use to keep the little heathens occupied before class starts. One day, this old, yucky doggy purse appeared there and it was like WWE started because the …
Twined Vines Shawl
A Half Pi Shawl with Estonian Gathers, Leaves, Mesh and an optional crochet bind off. Presented in two sizes. Errata added 9/1/17 - corrected Chart D Tutorials Tab cast on (without a provisional cast on) To slip or not to slip the first …
Slipping Outside Cowl
This cowl is perfect to wear when you go exploring. It will transition nicely between a walk downtown and a hike in the woods. Easy and fun to knit, “Slipping Outside” is worked entirely in the round. It begins and ends with garter stitch while an …
Abundance Socks
This sock was designed late in the year while I was reflecting, soul searching and contemplating on the feelings and experiences I want to manifest in the new year that was about to start. I considered choosing a word of the year, but I couldn’t …
Mission Street Shawl
Pondicherry is a small seaside town in South India that was colonized by France in the 1700s. Today the town is a potpourri of cultures with a unique French flavor to it. Churches, old French villa architecture, streets with French signboards, local …
Clamber Mitts
Tutorials Counting Cast On Stitches Stretchy Long Tail Cast On Knitting Lace How to Read a Knitting Chart YARN 1 skein of Knitlob Lair’s Tuulen Tytär or approx. 350y / 320 m of fingering weight yarn. Needles 3 mm / US 2.5 dpns or …
Cat’s Pajamas Hat
Ever get tired of hats that need pushing back off your brow or having to tug them down over your ears? This hat is shaped with short rows to be longer at the sides and back so that it covers the ears and base of your neck, but won’t fall into your …
Tutorial: Estonian Gathered Stitch
If you knit combined or Eastern Style knitting, where the back leg of the stitch is the leading leg, skip the first two steps. Step 1: Insert RH needle into the first stitch on the left hand needle and slip as if to knit. Repeat for a total of …
Tutorial: Crochet Star Stitch
The Star Stitch is such a pretty way to add an accent to a piece! Julie uses it in her Gradually Cowl so you can see it in action. Give it a try - it's a pretty and easy stitch to add to your arsenal! Star Stitch - Crocheted …
