One of my favorite under-rated Disney movies is The Sword in the Stone. In that movie is a song called “That’s What Makes the World Go Round” and is sung by Merlin to a young Arthur. The lace pattern in this shawl reminded me of some of the words in that song as you knit “to and fro, stop and go” while making a simply patterned piece. The repet...

This cowl was inspired by the phrase “We crochet in Texas, y’all” which has become a rallying cry for all Texas crocheters. The open pattern is based on Morse Code, where each letter is defined by a series of tones and spaces over a specific time interval. In this cowl, you double crochet when you would normally hear a “beep” in Morse code and ...

The design for this hat was inspired by the logo for my local fiber festival, DFW Fiber Fest. In that logo, there are seven swirls emanating in a counterclockwise flow from the center. In order to simulate those swirls, the best way was using two very simple cables. In order to continue the smooth curves from the cables up through the crown of ...

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This cowl was inspired by the phrase “We knit in Texas, y’all” which has become a rallying cry for all Texas knitters. The ribbed pattern was created by taking the phrase “We knit in Texas, y’all” as written in binary code. Binary code is a wonderful language for knitters because just as binary code uses two characters (0 and 1) in varying comb...

This scarf is based on the design of the Mark VI Monorail System used at the Walt Disney Resort. The Walt Disney World Monorail System transports guests from the Transportation and Ticket Center to either Magic Kingdom Park, Epcot, or any of the Resorts around the Seven Seas Lagoon. The sample scarf was made using Destination Yarn’s First Class...

Simple men’s necktie perfect for gifting to that special man in your life. Pattern provides a subtle diamond motif in garter stitch.

This is a pattern I quickly developed after taking a class on knitting and purling backwards. I wanted a quick pattern that would both look good and give me equal practice knitting and purling. This is now my go-to travel pattern because it’s easy to learn and memorize. Great for working with those yarns where you want to show off the yarn with...