The Mary Bennet Socks are the third in a collection of patterns named after women from Jane Austen novels. I like to design the socks with an eye to what the character might like to knit. Mary Bennet doesn’t like much of a fuss, but I could see her knitting a simple but pretty pattern like this at her mother’s insistence. It’s practical: the te...

The Kitty Bennet Socks are the second in a collection of patterns named after women from Jane Austen novels. I like to design the socks with an eye to what the character might like to knit. Kitty Bennet is a bit annoying and impatient, but she likes pretty things. I imagine her being able to follow a simple, easily memorizable lace pattern that...

The Jane Bennet Socks are the first in a collection of patterns named after women from Jane Austen novels. Jane Bennet is patient, quiet, and determined. These socks need a bit of patience and determination, as the lace pattern is unrelenting! I hope you, too, can imagine Jane Bennet knitting these socks.

The Faye Cowl is a one-piece cowl that is knitted in two parts: the outside first, on larger needles, and then the inside second, on smaller. There are separate charts for the inside and outside of the cowl, and once it is complete the inside is pulled through the outside (folded in half) and grafted together. The two different needle sizes all...