This pattern was designed for Yarn Refuge in Reno, NV. The pattern is free with the purchase of 4 or more skeins of yarn to make the blanket. Place your order in person in the store or at www.yarnrefuge.com. Leave a note on your order if you would like a download code for this pattern to be included.

The Spark Scarf is a simple, modern scarf measuring 6” wide x 60” long. I used about 50g each of 2 colors of Berocco Vintage, but you could substitute any worsted weight yarn.

It’s advent season!!

If you’ve got advents, random mini skeins, or scraps to use up, this is the perfect pattern for you! You shouldn’t use more than 20g of any color (unless you add more colors than recommended in the pattern), so you could easily use this for stashbusting.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year - time for the Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl! This year again I’ve worked with Yarn Refuge in Reno, NV to design the exclusive crochet pattern - the Spark Cowl.

Everyone loves a fade, right? The Triforium Shawl is the perfect way to show off your fade. In this season of yarn crawls and fiber festivals, a 3-color shawl is a great project to shop for at different stores/booths.

The ultimate luxury cowl is here!

This pattern was designed for the 2023 Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl Make-A-Long, which is an annual summer MAL that gets everyone in the mood for the Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl. This yarn crawl is largely centered around Lake Tahoe and the surrounding areas. I designed this shawl with the lake in mind. If you’ve ever walked into the shallows of the l...

This pattern was designed for the 2023 Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl Make-A-Long, which is an annual summer MAL that gets everyone in the mood for the Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl. This yarn crawl is largely centered around Lake Tahoe and the surrounding areas. I designed this shawl with the lake in mind. If you’ve ever walked into the shallows of the l...

You can find the pattern free on my blog - https://blackbirdmountaindesigns.com/blackbird-hot-coffee...

If you’ve got advents, random mini skeins, or scraps to use up, this is the perfect pattern for you! Each color section uses about 6g of fingering weight yarn, so you could easily use this for stashbusting.

The 90’s were the best, right? Rollerskating, great music, neons…

The finished size of this cowl is around 14 inches wide at the bottom, laid flat, and around 11 3/4 inches wide at the top, laid flat; 15 inches tall.

This is a triangle shawl worked from the top down. The wingspan measures about 50.5 inches (128 cm) the depth at center is 25 inches (63.5 cm) after blocking.

The Blackbird Iced Coffee Cozy includes instructions to make the cozy with an open or closed bottom. The pattern includes instructions for 2 sizes - Grande and Venti.

This cowl was designed specifically for the 2021 Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl, as the crochet pattern for Yarn Refuge in Reno, NV. I’m honored to be a featured designer here for the 2nd year in a row!

The Roseate Cowl was designed using MadelineTosh Tosh Merino Light, which is a 100% superwash merino wool, fingering weight, single-ply yarn. Now, a lot of people don’t like single-ply yarn, but I love working with it! The nature of single-ply is to be a bit of a thick-thin yarn, so there are variances in the yarn thickness as you work with it....

The Pearl Drop Shawl is the exclusive crochet pattern for Yarn Refuge during the 2020 Sierra Nevada Virtual Yarn Crawl!

The Basin Hot Pad is part of the Mountain Kitchen Collection 2020. Also included in this collection are the Dell Placemat, Coulee Dish Cloth, and Vale Hand Towel. You can purchase each pattern separately or as a bundle.

The Coulee Dish Cloth is part of the Mountain Kitchen Collection 2020. Also included in this collection are the Dell Placemat, Vale Hand Towel, and Basin Hot Pad. You can purchase each pattern separately or as a bundle.

The Dell Placemat is part of the Mountain Kitchen Collection 2020. Also included in this collection are the Vale Hand Towel, Coulee Dish Cloth, and Basin Hot Pad. You can purchase each pattern separately or as a bundle.

The Vale Hand Towel is part of the Mountain Kitchen Collection 2020. Also included in this collection are the Dell Placemat, Coulee Dish Cloth, and Basin Hot Pad. You can purchase each pattern separately or as a bundle.

Alani means “orange” in Hawaiian, and is a much prettier way to say orange…and my creative juices were NOT flowing when it was time to name this pattern. Choose 3 colors for an ombre effect as pictured with the sample, or go your own way and make this a solid, or a 2-3 color color-blocked blanket.

$1 from each sale of this pattern will be donated to Operation Gratitude.

The Arrosa Backpack is a beginner friendly drawstring backpack crochet pattern. Perfect for trips to the park, beach, library, pool, or farmer’s market, this will be your go-to summer bag!

This is a beginner-friendly asymmetrical triangle shawl crochet pattern. All yarns used in the sample are dyed by local dyers in the Reno-Tahoe area, where I live, also. I’m proud to have a 100% locally made shawl!

2024 update to include a version with mohair!

This is a beginner friendly knitting pattern.

We all have a go-to pattern. Something you love working up every time. The thing you like to give as a gift. The pattern you use to picture how all the pretty yarn you see will work up. Maybe you have a go-to pattern for different things - your favorite hat pattern, favorite scarf, favorite market tote. Well, this is my favorite, go-to blanket ...

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The Atlantis Market Bag is a beginner crochet pattern for the person who doesn’t like making market bags. Because that’s me! But I adore this bag and this pattern, and I know you will, too. Whether you’re heading to the beach, the baseball field, or the farmer’s market, the Atlantis is the ecofriendly bag for you.

The Rock Rose Fields Blanket is an elegant piece that is sure to be a family heirloom. This crochet blanket pattern is easy to follow, perfect for beginners, and is a portable project since you make each square individually and join them together at the end. You can customize your color combinations along with the pattern of the squares in the ...

The pattern is written in American knitting terminology/abbreviations and is available in English only.

Both of my babies loved to be walked around to get to sleep. I’ve spent countless hours walking back & forth, and rocking back & forth, in front of their crib. A rug of the utmost softness was missing, so I headed off to the yarn store to buy something super soft in just the right colors to make rugs for each of my girls’ rooms. This pa...

The pattern is written in American crochet terminology/abbreviations and is available in English only.

The Bella Square Blanket crochet pattern includes instructions for 11 sizes, as well as a color planning chart on the last page of the 4-page pattern. Each square uses only 16 yards of worsted weight yarn, so this is a great stashbuster project. Easy to customize your colors and placement, which makes this a unique and personal baby shower gift.

Uses worsted weight yarn and 5.00 mm needles - I used DPN’s as the project is very narrow. It is worked flat and seamed together.

The Crunchy Crochet Stitch is a simple, but elegant, stitch design that’s perfect for both beginners and skilled crocheters alike.

The Bamboo Stitch is a simple, but elegant, stitch design that’s perfect for both beginners and skilled knitters alike.

This beautiful Shelly Cowl is a simple, but elegant, stitch design that’s perfect for both beginners and skilled crocheters alike. The pattern is written for an 8” x 22” cowl, but instructions are included for how to change the size.