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Knitting: Pullover
The Brooks River Pullover is a boxy, oversized pullover with dropped sleeves and an addictive lace pattern, perfect for tromping in the woods, curling up with hot chocolate and a book, or even just running errands. It looks effortlessly, fabulously casual and goes with everything.

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
“Swords in these parts are mostly blunt, and axes are used for trees, and shields as cradles or dish-covers.”

Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Sea Glass is a large rectangular shawl with stripes, slipped stitch patterns, and dramatic, pointy ends. It’s great for minis, leftovers, or gradient yarns! The MC provides a wonderful backdrop for playing with color and your finished piece will be both beautiful and unique.

Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Daily Gelato is an essential part of summer, whether you’re at home or on the road! Now you can have your ice cream and wear it, too.

Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Agrihan is a tiny island in the Northern Mariana island chain in the Pacific Ocean. It has black beaches, a volcanic mountain that is the highest peak in all of Micronesia, and the sea around it is a gorgeous, deep, dark blue. The Agrhian tank top is inspired by that place. It’s loose fitting, with a deep V in the front and back, and has a lace...

Knitting: Cardigan
Queen of Diamonds is an open front, lacey cardigan with stockinette sleeves-- perfect for spring and summer layering!

Knitting: Tee, Pullover
Did you know that champagne wasn’t always served in tall, skinny champagne flutes? A hundred years ago it was served in champagne cups, stemmed glasses with a wide, bowl-shaped top. Short and squat, champagne cups are the visual opposite of champagne flutes, and I absolutely love them. They have such an elegant, vintage charm…and honestly, it’s...

Knitting: Pullover
The Challah Sweater is a cabled, circular yoke pullover worked entirely in the round. You cast on at the top, and short rows are used to shape the neckline. Next you’ll do some circular yoke shaping before you work the challah cables (Wendy, of Wendy’s Knotty Knits, designed the cables when I told her about my design idea!). After working the c...

Knitting: Pullover
I was first introduced to the concept of a bun break by the Wells & Wong Mystery series by Robin Stevens. A bun break is a short mid-morning (or mid-afternoon) rest period with a rotating selection of baked treats—chelsea buns, or cookies, or perhaps a slice of cake. At my house bun break also includes tea or coffee, and graham crackers are...

Knitting: Cardigan
The Bookshop Cardigan is a grandpa style, drop shoulder cardigan with long cozy sleeves and options for both a cropped and regular body. It’s perfect for rainy afternoons browsing old bookstores and evenings spent curled up in your favorite chair with a good book.

Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Now you can make fingerless gloves to match your Forest for the Trees hat!

Knitting: Pullover
String or Nothing is a worsted weight, seamless raglan pullover with a choose-your-own-pocket-adventure. The pattern includes four different designs for the patch pockets: stripes, mosaic colorwork, cables or plain. You can make two alike or mix and match to your heart’s content!

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Manzanita Avenue is a bottom-up beanie inspired by a beloved set of handmade, mid-century pottery mugs belonging to my grandparents. They’re my favorite mugs ever, and this hat gives the same warm and cozy feelings.

Knitting: Cardigan
Laya is a light, airy cardigan with an easy to memorize lace pattern reminiscent of suns and flowers. It has an open front and icord edging for a clean, wearable finish.

Knitting: Cardigan
Night Market is a seamless, circular yoke cardigan with a slightly retro vibe. The colorwork is done is done with slipped stitches, which means that you can finally knit a colorwork cardigan without steeking!

Knitting: Cuffs
Sometimes when you’re cold, and you don’t need a whole sweater—just some sleeves would do.

Knitting: Pullover, Tee
Berry Jam is a seamless, top down, circular yoke sweater with delicious colorwork berries! You can choose from textured boysenberries, traditional colorwork strawberries, or mix and match the berries however your heart desire.

Knitting: Pullover
Not sure what to make from those beautiful skeins of hand painted yarn in your stash? Space Clouds is here to help you!

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Strawberry Toast is a lightweight beanie style hat with a colorwork berry pattern around the crown. It is knitted from the bottom up, and instructions are included to make a close fitting or a slouchy hat. It’s the perfect hat for spring walks in the woods, summer bonfires, and farmer’s markets!

Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Strawberry Toast Mitts are lightweight fingerless gloves with a colorwork berry pattern at the top. They’re knitted seamlessly from the bottom up and are perfect for chilly late spring and early summer days, coffee shops, or cozy breakfasts any time.

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
When a dear friend was diagnosed with breast cancer this year she asked me if I’d knit a hat for her. I assumed she wanted something extra soft and comforting, since she was about to start chemo, and she did. But she also wanted it to say Fuck Cancer, because, well, fuck cancer.

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Finial is a lightweight beanie style hat with a delicate cable pattern. It is knitted from the bottom up, and the pattern includes directions to make a close fitting or a slouchy hat, and for you to use fingering or worsted weigh yarn, making Finial the perfect hat for all seasons!

Knitting: Cardigan
Unplugged is a cozy, oversized sweater inspired by the cardigan Kurt Cobain wore at his 1993 MTV Unplugged concert. It’s perfect for going out, or curling up to read a book or knit at home—plus it has pockets! It’s a sweater for days with more kindness and less screen time.

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
When I’m stressed, worried, or anxious, knitting helps to sustain and comfort me. But there’s a hitch- I can’t knit anything that requires too much thought or attention when I’m upset. I need knitting that I can do almost mindlessly, because then the knitting becomes a meditation and allows me to quiet my thoughts.

Knitting: Pullover
I recently came across some pictures of beautiful mosaic columns found in the excavation of the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk. Despite having been semi-obsessed with Uruk for years I’d never seen these columns and I was immediately inspired to create a sweater design that paid tribute to them. The body of the Pillars of Uruk sweater has been de...

Knitting: Pullover
With a slightly cropped body and extra-long sleeves, Reality Bytes is channeling the 90’s in a big way—think grunge, Lisa Bonet, thrift stores, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, coffee shops and Doc Martens. This lightweight pullover is knit from worsted weight yarn at a very loose gauge, which gives it an open stitch and makes it ideal for layering.

Knitting: Pullover
I love colorwork sweaters, but don’t always love the fit of a circular yoke, so I designed Tide Pools with raglan increases.

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Sometimes cats are full of mischief, knocking over water glasses, patting you on the face at 5am, and strolling along the countertop for their own inscrutable reasons. Study in Cats, Part 2 is an homage to these naughty-yet-loveable antics of our feline companions!

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Sometimes cats are all angelic, sitting there so sweetly and looking so cute. They’re like gorgeous furry jewels, perfectly displayed for your admiration and adulation. A Study in Cats, part 1 celebrates this serene aspect of our feline companions.

Knitting: Pullover
Late winter is the quiet time of the year. The winter holidays are over, it’s dark, and the cold is everywhere. It’s a good time to turn inwards, to take stock, and to gather our strength for the growth and newness of the Spring to come. Winter invites is to be patient, to plan and work with care, and to sow our gardens with the seeds that we w...

Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Do you ever finish a pair of socks and find yourself with a small amount of leftover yarn? Do you like quick projects that are both beautiful and useful? Then this is the pattern for you!

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Sometimes the details of every day life take up so much time and energy that it can be difficult to see the bigger picture. When that happens it’s good to step back, take a deep breath, and do something a little out of the ordinary to help restore your perspective. Call a friend, read a new book, hike up a different trail, or maybe knit this hat.