As delicious as their baked counterparts, all patterns in the Garden Delights club are full of summer fun. They are easy to knit and easy to wear. All designs use just one skein of fingering weight yarn.

Ordinary Magic is a celebration of wool.

The Daybreak socks are meditative to knit and versatile to wear. Worked in DK-weight yarn and featuring a long, foldable double-cuff the socks are warm and cosy.

Woven Together uses a simple stitch pattern and a tiny bit of scrap yarn to create interesting yet meditative-to-knit fingerless mitts. They are great for those with cold hands as they allow the fingers to move freely while staying put warming the wrist. And they’re also perfect for in-between seasons when mittens are too much. but there’s stil...

These mittens are warm, cosy and simple to knit. You can play with colours and really make them your own. Make a pair for every coat!

Pisama is a simple, fun and quick hat design. The contrast-coloured stripes are perfect for using up all those small balls and scraps of yarn you have in your stash.

These cosy mitts are engaging to knit, featuring different textured patterns that are created with just knit and purl stitches. The length of the mitts is easy to alter.

Sapling is an easy knit with a unique, decorative slipped stitch details. The band on the yoke, and optionally on the sleeves as well, look like woven fabric, but is easily created with a two-row slipped stitch pattern. The sweater is worked entirely in the round and the body and sleeve lengths are easy to adjust.

Dawn to Dark is addicting to knit and cozy to wear. The textured pattern creates beautiful linesand is easy to memorize. Choose a base yarn and grab a bunch of fluffy yarn to go with it

Mage is enchanting to knit and soothing to wrap yourself in. The beautiful lace pattern is easy to memorize, and it’s combined with cosy garter stitch, so you can just sit back and enjoy the process.

Summer Rain is soft and comforting. This large shawl offers just the perfect layer of warmth to wrap yourself in when needed. Its clean lines are refreshing and relaxing to knit. You can truly make the shawl your own by having fun with your color combinations.

This pattern was originally published in 52 Weeks of Shawls by Laine Publishing. Now available as a single PDF as well.

The soft curves of the lace pattern matched with a garter ridge background in Enchanted is both cozy and beautiful. DK weight yarn adds to the appeal and means you’re in for a quick and warm knit. The hat is a perfect match to the Enchanter shawl.

Meditation is the ultimate comfort knit. This lightweight sweater is knit in pieces, to make the most of the relaxed and comforting garter stitch. The side seams also bring structure to the otherwise loose sweater. DK weight yarn and big needles mean this sweater works up in no time. Stress-free to knit and wear, what could be better?

This quick-to-knit shawl lets your yarn be in the spotlight. The large textured areas are broken with garter stitch wedges, creating a fun asymmetric triangle shape. Go for classic in all solids, or playful with a fun speckled yarn – the options are endless!

Warm, practical and pretty, Blossomy is a quick knit with a delicate stitch pattern and an eye-catching knit detail. Using three different yarns, there’s plenty of opportunity for playing with color and stash busting.

Homebound is a cozy hat, both to knit and wear. Pick two colors you feel drawn to and let the simple colorwork patterns soothe you.

Get lost in the rhythm of the charming combination of lace and garter stitch. The soft lace pattern is eye-catching with its gentle curves. Do you see grass blowing in the wind or fern fronds? Pair the pattern with a luxurious yarn for some well-deserved self-pampering. Or go with your trusted favorite!

Lace and stripes – the perfect, addictive combination. Light as Air has three different lace patterns that alternate with stripe blocks. Worked in two colours of heavy lace weight, it’s a fun knit that you don’t want to put down!

Jovial is a playful, light-weight shawl. The shawl is worked in three colors, each with its own stitch pattern, adding another layer to the color blocks and stripes. It can be as bold or as subtle as you wish – a band of merry and bright colors or a combination of soft and mellow ones.

Simple, comforting stitches paired with chic stripes – what’s not to love? Surrender is a shawl that’s perfect for knit nights and tv marathons. Or those moments when you crave the familiar comfort of knitting but don’t want to think too much.

Fold Lines plays with gentle geometric shapes. This asymmetric triangle shawl has triangles and columns and wavy lace, mostly created by knit and purl stitches. The surface is softly textured and looks good on both the right and wrong side of the fabric.

As cozy as a cup of the chocolaty goodness, these Hot Cocoa mitts are warm and comforting. The heavily cabled cuff turns into a long rib that covers your hand and fingers, keeping them toasty. Worked with bulky weight yarn, the Hot Cocoa mitts are a quick, satisfying knit!

Cozy up with this warm shawl! Snow Lantern was inspired by and made for snow days. Or just dreaming of them. Double seed stitch, cables and plenty of fun bobbles… There’s texture upon texture in this triangle shaped shawl knit out of worsted weight wool.

Cinnamon Stars was inspired by an orchid. Oncidium Twinkle ‘Cinnamon’ blooms with dozens of tiny flowers, cascading downwards from within the leaves. And as you look at them closer, you can smell the warm, spicy scent. The plant was such a surprising delight, it stayed on my mind and turned into a knitted hat.

For a knitter, yarn can hold many memories – the friend who gifted it to you, that special trip you took, the item you knit with it in the past. They’re so precious we hold on to the last yards of them even after the majority has been knitted. The Memory Keeper’s Hat is a project where you can use these treasures and give them a purpose.

Cloud Shadows is a project that is hard to put down. The combination of garter stitch and stripes is very addictive and the beautiful lace pattern is intuitive to knit. The lace blocks balance out the shawl and contrast wonderfully with the more graphic stripes. Choose two contrasting colours and cast on for a shawl you don’t want to stop knitt...

The simple things in life are often the best. Sunsets painting the sky in glorious colors, wrapping yourself in a soft, woolly shawl. And the calming rhythm of stripes and garter stitch. Get your yarn and needles ready for Lonna, and cast on for some relaxing knitting time – a gift for yourself.

The soothing sounds of the wind, sunlight dappling in through the branches and birds chirping happily. This is it, the peaceful secret grove only you know about. There’s also a secret grove hidden in the textured surface of these mitts. Depending on your yarn choice, it might be more or less visible, but you’ll know it’s there.

Pentala was inspired by water. The soft lapping of waves, the intricate patterns tiny streams make. The eternal, natural movement of water. Finland is the land of a thousand lakes and we have a coastline on the Baltic Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Water is a natural part of life here. And ever so inspiring.

Rhubarb Pie is a beautiful crescent shaped shawl. The eyelet arrows and thin mesh stripes create lovely layers and make the shawl light and flowy. And there’s no purling!

Relaxing garter stitch and playful eyelet stripes make Currant Jam a perfect summer knit. It’s familiar and easy to make, but has a refreshing twist, just like currant jam. This shawl has an asymmetric triangle shape and is knit on the bias, so the rows are never very long.

The deep, dark red cherries speak of warm days. A baker has to be speedy in picking them, as the birds love the berries, too. As delightful as its baked counterpart, the Cherry Cake shawl is traditional and full of summer fun. It’s both easy to knit and wear.

Your first pair of lace socks, that sweater you knit for your first born, that yarn you got while on holiday. All the memories, all the moments. Knit them all into this shawl and create a fiber scrapbook of your memories. Using a neutral color as a second yarn throughout the shawl creates a cohesive, calming look to the whole shawl so you don’t...

Wrought iron fences, old brown stone walls and tall paned windows. Soft clouds peeking behind chimneys and rooftops. Heriot Row was inspired by the architecture in Edinburgh’s New Town.

Rich texture and smooth stockinette stitch – New Paths is a cozy shawl with a traditional triangle shape. It’s both elegant and rustic at the same time. Knit with DK weight yarn and blanket sized, it’s wonderful for keeping you warm.

When frost paints everything white and breath rises up as fog, you need something to keep your hands warm. Kindling is a pair of extremely cozy mittens with design features that maximize on warmth.

Bilberry is a set of warm winter accessories – a hat, cowl and mittens. Bilberry was inspired by tree trunks and their wonderfully knobbly texture. All pieces feature an interesting cable pattern and are quick to knit. The chunky yarn and thick cables mean they are warm and just what one needs in winter. I imagine these to be worn on walks thro...

This beautiful lace wrap was inspired by the Scottish landscape. The heather-covered moors, rolling hills and meandering footpaths. The gentle, soft air and open skies. The pretty lace patterns in the shawl hold the memories of the views in the highlands.

Ordinary Magic Hat is available as an individual pattern or as an eBook with the matching Ordinary Magic Mitts.

Ordinary Magic Mitts is available as an individual pattern or as an eBook with the matching Ordinary Magic Hat.

Inspired by the traditional woven paper hearts that have adorned homes during the Holidays, these entrelac hearts are a softer version of the old classic.

High up on a hilltop, the landscape stretches as far as the eye can see, birds swoop up and down and the wind kisses your face. The hike up means you need to concentrate on putting one foot in front of the other and navigating the meandering paths. But it’s worth it as up there the air seems fresher and the cares of the world seem to float away.

Airy and light, delicate and beautiful, just like the wings of a butterfly.

Merriment was inspired by a windy day by the seaside. The smell of sand and sea, wind in your hair, and smiles. Carefree and fun!

Favourite Things is a tubular cowl where you can let your creativity fly! It can be knit up in one, two, five, six or ten different colors easily.

Architectural shapes and hanging leaves with the sun dappling through, that is what I see when I think of arbors. This shawlette is the knitted equivalent to that old world summer favourite. It has all the same elements and is just as classic.

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In December 2015 I participated in an advent calendar swap. Send out six 5g miniskeins to four people and get 24 miniskeins yourself. I wanted to use up as much as I could of the skeins I got, so I came up with these striped knee-high socks. They are toe-up socks, with an afterthought heel and a twisted rib cuff.