O. V. Bear Sweater

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Several years ago I made a pair of socks for my friend, Jean, who is a fisherwoman and a talented potter. At the time I just added the Fish Scale Lace pattern to my standard sock pattern. I kept thinking that it needed a little something else but didn’t come across anything that suited my fancy. I’ve looked at stitch patterns many times over t...

While visiting my mother-in-law, Jean, recently she gifted me with some sleeping beauty turquoise jewelry. The color of the stone was captivating to me. I also love the name of it which is based on the name of the mine in Globe, Arizona where the rare color of turquoise is mined, Sleeping Beauty Mine.

Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane his wife… that’s right I couldn’t get the Jetsons theme song out of my head. It was one of my favorite cartoon shows when I was a kid and out of nowhere the song popped into my brain and it WOULD NOT leave. So I decided to use it. I was in the middle of knitting some fingerless mitts for a ...

Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane his wife… that’s right I couldn’t get the Jetsons theme song out of my head. It was one of my favorite cartoon shows when I was a kid and out of nowhere the song popped into my brain and it WOULD NOT leave. So I decided to use it. I was in the middle of knitting some fingerless mitts for a ...

You start your mitts or mittens by knitting the cuff flat then joining the provisional cast-on edge to the live stitches with kitchener stitch to create your circular cuff. Then orient the cuff to have the part of the cable pattern you want to face out and pick up stitches with 2 circular needles to knit the hand and gusset of your mitts in the...

I made this beanie to match a baby sweater that I had made. It is just a simple little striped beanie in bumble bee colors… so cute :) The sweater pattern is Kid’s Color Block Cardigan by Leigh Radford and can be found in her book One Skein. It is one of my favorite knitting books.

This is my take on a hat my mother-in-law, Jean bought in Ireland over 20 years ago. She handed me the hat and asked if I could change a few things and make it for her in two colors. I accepted the challenge!

This is my take on a hat that my infamous mother-in-law, Jean, bought in Ireland over 20 years ago. She handed me the hat and asked if I could make it for her and, of course, she wanted a few changes. I liked the hat and thought it would be a fun project to take it apart and figure out a pattern. I’ve updated it and made it with two different v...