Through July 31st, 2017 all 3 patterns of the English Oak series are available for purchase for $5 (half off the e-book price) by using code HereComesAutumn at check out.

The Year of the Afghan: Nature’s Scenery will be updated throughout 2015 on the first Tuesday of each month to include the latest square for the KAL.

Inspired by A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair, the Underworld Garden Socks explore the magic of creating life in the Underworld. Roots climb down from the cuff of the sock into the buds of flowers, creating a soft texture of bobbles throughout the sock. Underworld Garden Sock is a mystery knit and will be revealed in full on May 15th, 2...

A Bolide is another term for an exceptionally bright meteor, or one that explodes in the atmosphere or is referred to as a large crater forming body. The Bolide Shawl is inspired by such a meteor, bright and shining near its end. Marled throughout by holding two strands of fingering weight yarn together with the option to knit with a single str...

The Reconstructed Shawl is a fingering weight asymmetrical triangular design created with simple repeats and fun textures! Designed for two 100 gram skeins and size 20 gram minis or a full skein of contrast, the shawl incorporates texture and striping. In striped colorwork sections, the contrast color is worked for 2 rows and the main color is ...

Jackalope Socks are a cuff down pattern worked in the round. Pattern instructions are for magic loop method with your stitches being split between two needles. Cuff is a simple twisted rib, leading into a textured transition before starting colorwork on the leg. The heel has a woven texture and a ribbed gusset creates a snug fit around your ank...

Welcome to the first Shawl and Crawl for the Utah Yarn Crawl!

The Adventaceous Wrap is knit from side to side, starting at a point and increasing. Throughout the increase, you will increase 3 stitches on the left side for every 2 on the right side. After the increase section, the wrap continues straight in decreases along the edge, offsetting the continued increases along the off-centered line. A simple p...

You will enjoy cuddling up in the wooly warmth of An Ode to You shawl throughout the chilly months of winter and well into the Spring. Perfect for cozy winter getaways or quick outings in city. Simple repeats create a gorgeous blend of cables, texture and simplicity in knitting.

Knit out of luxurious baby alpaca yarn, Linked fingerless mitts knit up super quick for a versatile accessory this autumn. With two lengths options, you can wear them over a pair of gloves, with a long sleeved button up, or under your jacket to fend off the chilly air! Both sizes are knit up with a single skein of bulky yarn – perfect to use up...

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Perfect for a stroll in the woods and a quick knit on worsted weight yarn, you’ll fall in love with English Oak Fingerless Mitts as they keep your hands warm in the cooler autumn mornings. Curvy oak leaves sweep up the back of your hand while ribbing angles out into reverse stockinette on the palm.

Beginning with the provisional cast on you follow the cowl lengthwise through a mossy stretch of stitch-work and then transition to wavy oak leaves. Finishing with a seamless join, the English Oak Cowl is a classic that lays flat across your chest and pairs well with any top.

Worked from the brim up with increases to create the slouchy appeal, a defined oak leaf trails up the hat with simple eyelets, creating a beautiful design for your journey through the woods this fall.

December is full of so many things, but most important are those that you made yourself. December brings snow in Utah and my favorite memory is that of great big flakes of snow that fall upon the ground in bundles of fluffy mounds. Pine trees bring on a sense of Christmas, both large and small, and in attempt to bring the Year of the Afghan tog...

November is a beautiful month, full of changing colors of leaves. I envision this tree having multicolored leaves before the first snowfall is welcomed midmonth and autumn progresses into the chilly winter months. The trunk braids itself upwards in a spiral of life, showing the complicated patterns of our world and their truest beauty.

Full moons and leafless trees fill up October’s landscape as the leaves in Utah have mostly changed and begun littering the ground with their beautiful colors. Spots of stars surround October’s tree in the night sky.

September’s block is inspired by the stunning shorelines of Utah. They range from the deep caverns that line Lake Powell, to the salty depths of our very own Great Salt Lake all the way to the smaller mountain lakes found within the high Uintah Mountains. You can oftentimes find birds flying across the waters, particularly the white and grey se...

Inspiration for this block came from the rising heat that radiates throughout the month of August. The sun burns down upon our Utah landscape sneaking out from behind the beautiful mountain ranges that frame in the Salt Lake valley. Cables trail up the valley into the mountains, while a burly trunk meets a scrumptious foliage made up of large b...

To Knit a Christmas Stocking is a fun pattern full of color and a great way to use of scraps of yarn! Knit in the round from the top down, it features an optional ribbed cuff and a stockinette cuff. Color charts are provided for the separate sections and can be mixed up to create a diverse, yet similar set of Christmas Stockings for your entire...

Inspired by the beautiful freedom of July. Throughout the month of July we celebrate our freedom in the USA. The distant silhouette of birds fly free from the branches of a tree, off into the distance while leaves scatter blissfully to the ground.

My love of old things and those that last with unconditional love brought June to life. The archaic looking fig trees with trunks full of lines all stemming into a single one and orchids that can be found clinging to trees in the tropics. Both of these are beauties found in nature – and show some of the deepest emotions we have as humans. We lo...

Inspired by the beautiful magnolia flowers blooming upon the tree of the same name. The sturdy trunk that transforms into wandering branches that disappear into the subtle cupped pink and white blooms that canopy the ground below.

Inspired by the white and pink blossoms of April’s trees, buds turning to bundles of blossoms lining the branches the drape downwards. Two trees border each side of the square, reaching in towards one another while tulips reach up towards the sky in their first glimpse of the year.

Inspired by the green theme of March and the thought of warm days ahead where one can wander the pathways of nature. Cables guide a meandering path up the right side of this block with soft patches of grass poking out, a reminder of the warm months to come, while a twisted trunk finds its way into the leafy treetop.

Inspired by the love radiating throughout the month of February, this afghan block has two adoring birds meeting over their nest of eggs upon the branch of a tree in a moment of pure affection. The nest is made of crossing cables that meet a branch sprouting off a tree that wanders up the right of the block.

Inspired by the mountains of Utah that are covered in beautiful snow come January. Blackberry stitches make up the mounds of snow with beautiful pines sprouting up from them, reaching towards a sky of falling snow.

Color Collision is a quick knit that will brighten any winter wardrobe!

A great winter accessory, particularly for those snowy days we all adore. Beautiful cables matched with the simplistic stockinette and garter stitches create this bonnet style hat.

Bright colors and dramatic lines makes The Electric Cowl a fun and quick knit for any knitter.

A spicy cowl for a spicy you!

Inspired by Summer in Brandon Mull’s The Candy Shop War. She is a brave, young girl, who loves adventure and will stop at nothing to join her friends in midnight robberies… until they find out the truth!

Lithos is the Greek root of Lithified, or layers and ultimately means rock and relates to Sedimentary rock layers of the earth. Much thanks goes out to Jessie Driscoll for being able to use her beautiful yarn as inspiration for this shawl.

Inspired by the folding dancing fans fashioned during the Ming Dynasty in China. The Chinese fans started with a simple use, blocking the sun and later, for decorations for women and scholars as well as a stage prop in Ping Tan, dancing, opera, Quyi and as a tiě shān, or iron fighting fan. Fans often symbolize friendship, respect and good wishe...

Are you the last of your kind? A lone Sky Pirate flying an air-born ship through the cloudy skies praying you won’t go beyond the Edge? Gear up for the adventure of your life with these fabulous mitts and let us go chase some storms! There’s stormphrax to be had!

Are you lost at your local farmer’s market and don’t know what to do?! And worst of all you’ve discovered all these delightful things… whether it is fresh eggplants, green mixes, ripe apples, or some yummy fleece from your favorite fiber maker… and you don’t have anything to carry it in! Problem solved!

This pattern is inspired by the glimmering beauty of whales and is named for their protectors in the arctic during whaling season, the Sea Shepherds.

A lightweight hat designed for the hat lover to wear in the summer months. This hat was designed with all knitters in mind, and is a quick knit for the advanced knitter or an easier lace pattern for the beginner. The construction of the hat is based on simple repeats and carefully placed decreases.