I had a knitting epiphany recently. I only wear shortie socks. I have been knitting ankle and knee socks since learning to knit socks, but the socks I always wear first are my shortie socks. I wanted a really great fitting shortie sock pattern that I could knit over and over again so that every sock in my sock drawer is my favorite kind of sock...

Nothing says autumn quite like Pumpkin Pie. This half-pi shawl is the perfect fall accessory. Knit in a luxurious DK-weight yarn, it will keep off the chill of those brisk fall evenings. The warm orange color evokes the aroma of pumpkin pie spices. Pumpkin Pi features my technique of encoded lace. The lace repeats are easy to memorize and the r...

Get ready for summer. Berry Rita was designed to be a great poolside knit. The bulk of the shawl is knit in soothing stockinette with only color changes to worry about. The stockinette is interrupted with two simple lace panels, and then the shawl is finished off with an oh-so-easy-to-memorize lacy border.

This lacy cowl is deceptively sweet. It is beautifully warm and soft with a simple lacy texture. You will know the truth, though. This lovely little cowl is actually encoded with the title phrase. It’s perfect for the misanthrope in all of us. The pattern is written for 3 sizes. The smallest is a close-fitting neck warmer, and the next two size...

Emblem Socks are a textured ankle sock with lace medallions on the fronts and sides. The sock is knit in the round from the top down. The instructions for Emblem Socks are both written and charted.

Seleel is a fingering-weight poncho, knit in the round from the bottom up. It has a lace border, encoded with the word “spiral”, and the ribbing spirals around the body up to the neck. The sample pictured above is knit in 1.5”/ 2 cm stripes that are designed to blend into each other. The turtleneck can either be worn unfolded to keep your neck ...

This casual weekend sweater features a simple cable and lace pattern. Comfortable and cozy, this top-down sweater knit in the round would be perfect for a brisk morning walk or for cuddling up on the couch with a good book. The pattern is easy to memorize. Cabable is designed to have 2-3” of positive ease. Skills: Knit, purl, knit two together,...

Gran Loves hugs is a stranded colorwork beanie. Using 4 colors, this hat is worked in the round from the bottom up. The decreases are written into the chart. Instructions for this hat are written for the cast on, but after the brim, the instructions are charted only. It’s a quick knit, and the patterns are easy to memorize. Recommended ease for...

This hat is the companion piece to my Together Stole. It uses a modified version of the same lace and bobbles pattern. The hat is knit in the round from the bottom up. I used a tubular 2 x 2 rib cast on, but you can use your preferred method. One skein of yarn will give you enough to complete the largest size and still have enough left over to ...

Together. It’s what I wish we could all be right now. As I am writing this, it is just beginning to be sweater weather. In other years, I would be making the mad dash to finish my Rhinebeck sweater, in anticipation of the most perfect weekend of fall. Instead, Jill Leary, of Jilly and Kiddles Yarn, and I offer you this stole. Consider it a warm...

Nonni is a sport-weight shrug/bolero that I designed for my mom. It is knit up in a single piece, worked from the bottom up. It has a ribbed border on both ends, and the middle section is stockinette with a lace panel in the center. The lace panel began as the word Nonni encoded into the stitches.

Back in January, I took a lace design class with Bristol Ivy. One of the techniques she taught us, was coded lace. I quickly became a woman obsessed. Naturally the patterns get manipulated and altered during the design process, so no secret messages can be decoded here. The two lace patterns in this cowl started from the words “November” and “t...

Lee was my grandmother. She had great taste and even greater style. She was the perfect blend of classic and modern. We said goodbye to her in 2017. Her last gift to me was the Yarn Ink Classic sock yarn used in this poncho. I tried several other patterns, but nothing really spoke to me. Ultimately, this yarn wanted to be something new and uniq...

Ringer Tee is a classic tee shirt pattern with contrasting ribbing at the collar and cuffs. It is inspired by the tee shirts of my childhood: soft, easy to wear, with the comfort of an old friend.

As we greet the Pumpkin Spice Lattes and the golden light of Autumn, we also leave behind the hazy heat and fields of wildflowers of Summer. The Ever Blooming shawl lets you take a little bit of Summer with you into the colder months.

Beanie Mine is simple and quick to knit. I love a classic beanie. I think the shape is universally flattering, and a well-fitting hat is like a hug for your head. I designed this one to have a simple stripe in a contrasting color. It is a traditional pattern that works for men, women, boys and girls. Beanie Mine is a very close fitting beanie. ...

This is a perfect project for using up fingering or sock-weight scraps. I always end the year with a lot of random bits and partially used balls of fingering-weight yarn. Magic Ball Cowl is the perfect project for using a bunch of these bits and pieces. This simple, textured cowl features panels of stockinette, a 12 stitch reversible cable, and...

Joy is a large shawl. It is a right triangle with a knitted-on lace border. The shawl is knit from the short side of the triangle up to the point. The lace border is added after the knitting of the main shawl is complete. I named the shawl after my dear friend, Joy, who gave me the yarn that inspired the shawl as a birthday gift. Joy would also...

Trapezoid is a small cowl, meant for those breezy days when you just want to keep the chill off of your neck. It gets is trapezoid shape from change in number of ribbed stitches from top to bottom. The ribbed sections give it a subtle change in texture. I knit it in Classic Elite Yarns Soft Linen, but you may use any DK weight yarn. It will wor...

I am obsessed with ribbing right now. I think ribbing is so underrated. I love the graphic stripe that you get with a rib, and I love the way that it looks like stockinette when it is not stretched out. This is a basic four paneled beanie with a 4 point decrease. It has two panels each of stockinette and 1 x 1 rib. Beanies are classic, and suit...

This hat was inspired by photographs of ski tracks in fresh snow. It is a bottom up hat, knit in the round. It has twisted rib and a simple left cable stitch. The hat is designed as a beanie, but I have included an adjustment if you prefer more of a slouchy hat. The pattern contains approximately 2” of negative ease. Please take fit into consid...