All patterns include both written instructions and charts.

Welcome to year two! The idea for my first ebook subscription (year one: the pleiades) was born in 2010 while reading posts on Ravelry: people knitting 10 shawls in 2010. This year, they are doing 11 in 2011, so I really must join in the fun!

Welcome to year two! The idea for my first ebook subscription (year one: the pleiades) was born in 2010 while reading posts on Ravelry: people knitting 10 shawls in 2010. This year, they are doing 11 in 2011, so I really must join in the fun!

Welcome to year two! The idea for my first ebook subscription (year one: the pleiades) was born in 2010 while reading posts on Ravelry: people knitting 10 shawls in 2010. This year, they are doing 11 in 2011, so I really must join in the fun!

Welcome to year two! The idea for my first ebook subscription (year one: the pleiades) was born in 2010 while reading posts on Ravelry: people knitting 10 shawls in 2010. This year, they are doing 11 in 2011, so I really must join in the fun!

This V-shaped shawl features a center star in the square portion. Two sides are bound off, and the other two sides are worked to the end and bound off. Both written instructions and charts are included, as well as diagrams to show the transition from the center square.

A fast and light lace tam that - surprise! - comes in a lined version as well! The lining, knit from mohair/silk, is gathered for extra warmth. Some of my friends have even been wearing them inside out for a more dramatic look.

Once the muse of singing, Melpomene’s name derives from the Greek melpô or melpomai meaning “to celebrate with dance and song.” Over time, she became the muse of tragedy - particularly tragic theater - and today is often portrayed with a tragic mask in her hand: the opposite of her sister, Thalia, the muse of comedy. Among the ancien...

A Verb for Keeping Warm: April 2011 Pro-Verbial Club shipment.

July 2011 shipment of Romi’s Pins & Lace Club - now available to the public!!

A fun and relaxing knit; perfect for a nice fireside chat. This wide and shallow triangle features an readily memorized pattern. The size is easily changed by adding or omitting repeats of Chart A.

Shawl uses one skein each of Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in Everlast and Ever After.

April shipment for Romi’s Pins & Lace Club. Available to everyone now! :)

This is the seventh shawl pattern from the 7 Small Shawls to Knit subscription eBook! Alcyone ia also available as a single pattern.

This pattern was the first shipment for Romi’s Pins & Lace Club, 2011!

This is the sixth shawl pattern from the 7 Small Shawls to Knit subscription eBook! Also available as a single pattern.

Funds donated to Direct Relief International and earmarked for Japan (from pattern sales through May 31, 2011): $2,705. Thank you knitters!

Pronounced: Tay-EE-jet-ay

This is the 4th shawl pattern from the 7 Small Shawls to Knit subscription eBook! This is a shoulderette, but it is written to be easily enlarged by repeating Chart B. Knit from the top back of the neck down, Elektra is shaped to wrap beautifully around your shoulders.

Last of Romi’s Pins n Lace club shipments for 2010!

This is the third shawl pattern from the 7 Small Shawls to Knit subscription eBook! This is a shoulderette, but it is written to be easily enlarged by repeating the first chart. Knit from the top back of the neck down, Celaeno is shaped as a shallow triangular shawl that nestles around your shoulders.

This design was originally for Romi’s Pins & Lace Club: April, 2010. It will be available to the public on August 1st!

This is the second pattern from the 7 Small Shawls to Knit subscription eBook! Instructions are included for a beaded or unbeaded version. This is a small shoulderette, but it is written to be easily enlarged by repeating the chart. Knit from the top back of the neck down, Maia is shaped as a generous semicircle to curve around your shoulders.

NOTE: One of my test knitters, Robin, has kindly put together a stitch count spreadsheet showing numbers of stitches and amount of yarn used per chart repeat. It is amazing! You can download it here.

The first shipment for Romi’s Pins & Lace Club, 2010! This pattern is now available to the public!

Muir is still available for free from knitty.com only. A deluxe version has been added for purchase, in which the border construction has been simplified. The new version also includes updated charts, an additional bead placement chart and a practice swatch chart, all with additional written instructions to be used in lieu of charts.

Designed to help Haiti after their devastating Earthquake, $5 per pattern will be donated to Doctors without Borders for their work in Haiti.

In high school and then again in grad school, my favorite place was a tiny little narrow bistro called Cafe Trieste, with a deck in the back overlooking the creek. The people watching was fabulous, and a warm but simple wrap to throw dramatically over one’s shoulder would have been just the thing.

After I was asked about modifying my design, Ice Queen to knit flat, it occurred to me that a more summery Queen would be just the thing!

The stitch pattern for these socks was a happy accident! I brought the swatch to my Saturday morning knitting group and was knitting away while talking. And, yes, you guessed it; I wasn’t paying attention. I completely misread the chart I had drawn up. When I went back to look at my swatch, though, I loved it! The chart that had seemed a l...

One of my favorite places is San Francisco’s Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden in Golden Gate Park. I can stare at the tulips, of all shapes and sizes, for hours on end!

About four years ago, during a difficult time in my life, I was doing what I often do to soothe my nerves: riding my bicycle beside the vineyards near my home. It was a crisp, sunny January day in wine country and I was enjoying the robins when I saw a streak of blue. And then another. Bluebirds! Not the usual Scrub Jays, but real honest-to-good...

While knitting my Verdigris fingerless mitts for Knitty, I couldn’t help but see what a great sock the stitch pattern would make! This was very uncharacteristic of me, because, you see, since being frightened early on by a sock I knit on US 0s for my husband’s size 13 feet, I had completely lost my desire to knit socks. Sad, but true.

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This is a great pattern for travel knitting! The lace is fun and simple to memorize.

This fun little scarf pattern was originally part of Scout’s Swag Club for February, 2008. It was done particularly for the length of repeats in Scout’s hand dyed yarn, custom color “Raspberry Sorbet.” The stitch pattern was sourced from the amazing Barbara Walker.

Inspired by the Tokyo sweater by Hanne Falkenberg, the prototype was knit with left-overs from that kit! The name “Toque, Yo!” is a punny homage to the sweater, because…well…I just couldn’t resist. :)