Heather Nolan

Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads

Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Yule socks were designed as homage to the ancient celtic winter solstice celebrations. They feature the setting moon and rising sun, pine boughs, and the eternal flame.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Bonavista Socks were designed for the crashing wind and waves of our new home, a little white house, and a cozy fire inside.
Knitting: Pullover
Cladach, Irish for seashore, is a classic fit sweater knit top-down. It was designed for the shared connections of North Atlantic Islands, designed in collaboration with Uist Wool from the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Knitting: Mittens
The Bonavista Mittens were designed for the crashing wind and waves of our new home, a little white house, and a cozy fire inside.
Knitting: Pullover
Mauzy, close. A weather pattern, a mood. A double entendre. This soft sweater was designed to hold you close. A fabric that is warm, yet lightweight. Soft, yet rustic. This sweater is simple, yet with beauty in the details, including a thick double collar and raglan rib.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This pattern was originally designed for the beautiful ethical silk mohair, Cloud, from Woollen Twine Fibre Studio, as the Fancy Camp Bandana. Adding a stranding of unspun yarn and a looser gauge, this shawl is designed to bring us into the autumn.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Happy Trails Natural Socks were designed as a hardy pattern for natural sock yarns. Featuring extra reinforcement and tips for making long lasting socks, these socks will help you ditch the nylon for good and make more sustainable socks.
Knitting: Pullover
The Ros, Irish for jagged land, sweater was inspired by the rocky shores of the Avalon Peninsula and the large minimalist motifs of vintage 80’s lopapeysas. I designed this pattern while browsing thrifted sweaters online, daydreaming about what my perfect lopi sweater would look like.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Solastalgia is a feeling created by experiencing loss from within a place or landscape. This hat is worked with colourwork caribou and twinkling candlelight, designed for a recurring dream of a lost ancestral space.
Knitting: Pullover
The Alcove is the name of a cabin rental on the Southern Shore of Newfoundland where I stayed one autumn, wandering through the trees, cooking over the wood stove, and dreaming up this pattern idea.
Knitting: Cardigan
Solastalgia is a feeling created by experiencing loss from within a place or landscape. This cardigan is worked in Icelandic Lopi with colourwork caribou and twinkling candlelight, designed for a recurring dream of a lost ancestral space.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Eorna (Irish for “barley grass”) socks were designed after the way fields of grass glint in the golden hour sun. The motif is worked in just two colours — great for colourwork novices.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
In collaboration with Woollen Twine Fibre Studio.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The Library Shawl was designed as a cozy wrap for long study days, and has become my constant companion. Worked back and forth in herringbone stitch with 1 strand of plotulopi and 1 strand of silk mohair, this oversize shawl is soft and warm.
Knitting: Mittens
Foraois, Irish for Forest, is a cozy pair of Icelandic mittens made to make your fingers cozy. They were designed for the way snow catches on the boughs in the winter forest.
Knitting: Scarf
The Bibliotheque Scarf was designed as a cozier version of the silk scarves I love to wear in the summer. It is cousin to the forthcoming Library Shawl. Knit with one strand of fingering and one strand of silk mohair in a lovely texture.
Knitting: Pullover
Geimreadh, Irish for Winter, is a classic fit sweater knit top-down with seamless construction. It was named for what showed through the snow in a sandstone fold on my home island, Newfoundland.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Foraois, Irish for Forest, is a snug hat meant to keep your ears cozy. It was named for the way snow catches on the boughs in the winter forest.
Knitting: Pullover
Foraois, Irish for Forest, is a boxy crop sweater knit top-down. It was named for the way snow catches on the boughs in the winter forest.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Foroais, Irish for forest, was a motif designed for the way fresh snow hangs on evergreen branches in the winter forest. These cozy 100% wool socks feature a cuff-down construction with colourwork details at the cuff and toe, and an afterthought heel.
Knitting: Cowl
This cowl was knit for the Partridgeberry, or Lingonberry, that grows on the barrens in the late fall.
Knitting: Pullover
Fómhar, Irish for Autumn, is a bottom-up sweater with seamless construction and a colourwork yoke. It was named for falling leaves and changing trees.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Feamainn, Irish for Seaweed, is a playful top-down repeating pattern sock with a contrasting cuff, heel and toe.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Geimreadh (Irish): Winter
Knitting: Scarf
Bog, Irish for soft, is a cozy bulky scarf that hugs the neck and shoulders. An easy beginner knit with soft Alpaca Merino.