these simple, stretchy legwarmers have 1x3 ribbing most of the way around, with a line of solid intarsia hearts up the sides.

This is a simple stashbuster cowl made from alternating stripes of any two yarns (ideally somewhere from DK to bulky weight). You can pair two yarns of a similar weight and analogous colors for a more uniform fabric, or combine wildly different yarns in unexpected ways. For added visual interest, the alternating color stripes are tilted on a di...

This pattern allows you to turn recycled glass jars of various sizes into travel mugs—or just carry hot beverages without burning your fingers. (Incidentally, the cozy also provides some protection when the glass jar falls onto hardwood from a height of several feet, don’t ask me how I know.)

These are simple fingerless mitts. The repeating stitch that creates the texture (which imo looks like long-stemmed milkwort flowers) comes from a book titled “The Fashion of Knitting,” published in Chinese in Hong Kong sometime before 1979.