A Mario-themed hat in three sizes: “little kid”, “big kid/teen” and “adult”. While the original inspiration is a Bowser shell from Mario Kart, this hat would be happily at home in any color theme for anyone who just wants a spiky hat.

The colorwork on this hat is inspired by a mathematical object called the Cantor Set. In this instance, the design looked like castles across the body of the hat. The finished hat is warm and slouchy when worn: the hat height with brim folded is around 10.5 inches, and the head circumference is about 21”. It’s stretchy enough that it should fit...

Night sky was inspired by speckled late sunset clouds, after all the color has faded from the sky. The slip stitch pattern means you work only one color for each row, and the stitches mimic these speckled clouds. The reverse side of the scarf might be even more stunning than the right side!

This is a garter stitch blanket made in strips and seamed at the end. Each strip is constructed on the bias for the overall zig zag effect. The pattern includes a schematic for how to place three colors of aran weight yarn for this geometric effect. You’ll need around 800 yards of each color, meaning one ball of each of your three colors in the...

Cowl designed for three-color gradient yarn or scrap yarn. The pattern includes instructions for how to work with your exact amount of yarn, even if you need to change colors in the middle of a row. No leftover yarn ends here!

A lightweight fall hat for kids!

A colorwork hat in three kids’ sizes. These have been a big hit with some kids I know as I’ve worked through my samples!

A colorwork hat in three kids’ sizes. These have been a big hit with some kids I know as I’ve worked through my samples!

A colorwork hat in three kids’ sizes. These have been a big hit with some kids I know as I’ve worked through my samples!

A colorwork hat in three kids’ sizes. These have been a big hit with some kids I know as I’ve worked through my samples!

Scrappy Stripes is a large rectangular scarf worked diagonally from corner to corner. It is a fantastic project for using up yarn scraps. In my sample, I used more than one little ball that weighed about 6 grams! Instructions are included for transitioning between yarns.