I have been heavily influenced by bohemian flair in sweater designs. Loose silhouette, movement, drape, contrasting bright color… Everything about the bohemian influence really agreed with my roots in California. Since we never really get winter here, I wanted to design something that is easy to wear even in our warmer winter season, that can b...

~ It’s a happy day,

A Sweet Lil’ Tee in Sweet Lil Buttercup (yarn)…

Bagel is a Taiwanese Mountain Dog that traveled over 6,500 miles on a plane to be part of our family when my husband and I were dating. And good thing we are in sunny Southern California because he is really afraid of the rain. Whenever it rains, he looks up in the sky wistfully and then looks back at us like we are doing something terrible to ...

Gurum means “clouds” in my native language, Korean. While I was working on this toe-up sock design with this MCN blend yarn from Anzula, I knew exactly what I wanted to call this design.

The second piece of this Collection was inspired by the characters in The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy.

The idea came to me when I was looking for a small blanket for TV knitting time. I also love how this project will defy the infamous “Boyfriend Sweater Curse,” the urban knitting myth that once you knit for your significant other, the couple will soon break up. It really is one project, and you can keep one half of it, so the Curse cannot get t...

Made with HANDSPUN yarn!

Errata

“I don’t know why we bother with corsets. Men don’t wear them, and they look perfectly normal in their clothes.” – Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey

Embrace Me is a semi-circle shawl with Diamond lace border. Worked in this wonderful silk-blend yarn, the shawl is a perfect companion during hot summer days in July or fancy dinner parties at night.

Ladies in Downton Abbey, a popular television series set on the fictional estate of Downton Abbey in the North Riding of Yorkshire , England, are often dressed in delicate, feminine, and classic wardrobe.

The stitch pattern is one of the easiest stitch patterns to memorize. Stretchy fabric that the lace pattern creates guarantees good fit.

I wrote this up last January when I was making a pair for our Asia trip. Since these were really basic mittens, I thought I would share this with others. Like my first pattern “Napoleon” premies hat, it’s very easy and it’s in the round (yay, go seamless!).