When my daughter was little - maybe three or four years old - she forgot the word for her socks one morning when she was getting dressed. She came to me, a worried look on her tiny face. “Mama, I can’t find my… my… Foot Sweaters.”

Early on in spring, reminding us that warmer days are on their way, the first leaves of seedlings emerge from the soil, reaching for the sun. Those duos of bold, delicate leaves are called dicotyledons (or dicots). This spring moment inspired the Dicotyledon Mitts, and now it brings that inspiration to a coordinating hat. Twisted rib panels con...

What do you keep in your magic bag? Is it full of secrets, runes, or golden coins? This little bag is perfect for holding those magic beans you got in a shrewd cow trade…or if that’s not your bag you can use it for your D&D dice… your lucky pebbles…or any treasure you can imagine.

The jolly, colorful stripes of old-fashioned ribbon candy come to life in this simple bandana cowl. The pattern is designed to knit up quickly, and make use of odds and ends of yarn from your stash - between 30-40 grams of colors A & B and 20-30 grams of color C.

Vincenzio Viviani, a mathematician and disciple of Galileo, dedicated his life to the exploration of geometry and the relationships inherent in everyday shapes. The essence of this pattern, named in his honor, is its unusual parallelogram construction. It explores an unexpected twist in the relationships of this hat’s familiar shape. As I was w...

Vincenzio Viviani, a mathematician and disciple of Galileo, dedicated his life to the exploration of geometry and the relationships inherent in everyday shapes. The essence of this pattern, named in his honor, is its unusual parallelogram construction . It explores an unexpected twist in the relationships of this cloche’s familiar shape. As I w...

Vincenzio Viviani, a mathematician and disciple of Galileo, dedicated his life to the exploration of geometry and the relationships inherent in everyday shapes. The essence of this pattern, named in his honor, is its unusual parallelogram construction. It explores an unexpected twist in the relationships of this cowl’s familiar shape. As I was ...

Siltcoos Lake is a beautiful lake on the Oregon Coast where I spent a memorable summer as a child. Looking in Wikipedia I learned that the word Siltcoos is Native American and could refer to the name of a local chief or to a family name. It is also possible that “Tsilt” and “Coos”translates to “plenty elk” in the Coosan language and in referenc...

This is almost the simplest of simple cowls, designed to get a new knitter comfortably alternating between a knit stitch and a purl stitch. Designed to use up all of a single skein of Berroco Wizard, it makes a long cowl that can be worn scrunched up, or folded over for a doubled (or mock turtleneck) look. A self-striping or gradient yarn will ...

Originally this scarf was designed as a gift for a friend who had lost her spouse after a long illness. The scarf pattern shows transitions - from the ridges of garter stitch at one end, changing to garter ridges and stockinette, then the smooth stockinette stitch, and into the eyelets and mesh. This is a scarf about flowing and changing and fo...

This is the simplest of hat patterns. I designed it for teaching children to knit. It is straightforward and only uses the knit stitch. With some minor shaping on the top, it can be knit by the experienced knitter in an evening for a quick gift or by the beginner for a first or second project. The hat is sized for the average 8 year old - but w...

Sometimes it is necessary to have a quick pattern … for a last minute gift, or because you need an instant gratification project, or there is a nearby cold neck. Enter the Tisane Cowl. It’s knit with one skein of bulky weight yarn and the top and bottom edges should roll just a couple of rows. A simple pattern with the Broderie Anglaise stitch ...

The Begin Again Hat is the companion pattern to the Begin Scarf, also designed to be a first knitting pattern. A hat is slightly less basic than a scarf. Here the knitter learns to knit and purl, to knit in the round on circular needles, as well as knit-two-together and a basic finish for the top of a hat. The result is a warm beanie with a squ...

The Begin Scarf was written just for that - the beginning knitter. It is a most basic of scarves: knit every row and you are done!

Signaling the arrival of spring, the first leaves of seedlings begin to show themselves. The first two tiny leaves are called the dicotyledons (or dicots). In these simple mitts, the Broderie Anglaise on the backs of the hands add a subtle element of interest, the two elongated stitches bringing to mind the tiny leaves of a newly sprouting plan...

A boomerang shawl with slip-stitch stripes creating a tooth pattern and wider stripes with eyelets to create a center section. The finished shawl dimensions are approximately 23” deep with a 7’ wingspan. For a smaller shawl, you can omit 2 or 3 repeats of the narrow stripes.

This is a symmetrical triangle kerchief in a lace/mesh stitch with a seed stitch edge. A crocheted front edge adds stability to the ties to keep it on your head at your local anti-hate rally.