This fun and festive cowl was designed to commemorate Twisted Yarn Shop’s 10th Anniversary. The simple lace pattern looks great in speckled and variegated yarns, so grab your favorite wild skein and cast on!

This cozy cowl is a great introduction to knitting in the round. Worked in either DK/Worsted, Aran/Bulky, or Super Bulky yarn and featuring bands of stockinette and reverse stockinette, it’s easy knitting at its finest.

This unisex hat combines stockinette and small cables for a beautiful everyday accessory. Worked in worsted weight yarn, it’s a perfect quick project for last-minute gifts or unexpected cold snaps.

Few things are more snuggly and warm than a handknit blanket. And when that blanket is worked in a fluffy brioche stitch, you simply can’t get more cozy.

This hat uses simple slipped stitches to create bold vertical lines. Pick a high contrast color combination for striking visual impact - or a tonal color pairing for a more subtle effect.

You can’t get much more classic than these simple cabled mittens. They’re the perfect accessory for cool evenings, whether you’re roasting marshmallows and sipping hot chocolate, caroling throughout the neighborhood or rooting for your favorite sports team. Slip them on and gain some winter cheer.

Whenever I head up into the alpine, I scan the landscape for green and silver leaves, shimmering in the wind. And I strain my ears to pick out the soft rustling of nature’s wind chimes. Like the aspen tree, this cowl has a simple beauty that’s sure to make you smile.

This pattern was originally published as part of the Twisted Cowl Club in May 2013.

Winter, to me, is an elegant season with untracked snow, crisp mornings and unadulterated quiet. And this reversible cowl is my homage to winter -- timeless, simple and refined.

Two elegant, geometric lace motifs combine to add art deco-inspired bling to this fingering weight cowl. Instructions include single and double loop options, as well as written and charted directions.

Versatility is at the heart of this cowl. It’s reversible, unisex, and looks just as great in a shiny silk blend as it does in a rustic tweed. The slipped stitches give a pleasing squishiness to the fabric, while the seed stitch squares offer great textured detail. Worked in the round with worsted weight yarn, the repetitive pattern makes for a...

This is an easy, fun project, allowing you to mix and match color combos and highlight the beauty of a very special yarn. Grab two skeins today, and get knitting!

Tofino is a famous town amongst winter storm watchers. This super bulky cowl is such a quick knit, it’ll be done before the storm hits, with sweeping, extended cables reminiscent of wind-driven waves.

The diagonal lines of this tubular cowl bring to mind Portland’s driving rain. Rise above the clouds with this simple to knit and easy to wear cowl offered in two lengths and two weights of yarn.

This is a very special blanket. I first designed it several years ago to welcome my niece into the world. My sister-in-law is of Irish heritage, so I wanted to come up with a pattern that somehow evoked a Celtic Knot. The original blanket came out beautifully, but the pattern needed further refining. When my dear friend Vivian said she was expe...

This reversible, cabled cowl is destined to become a wardrobe staple. After all, who doesn’t want a timeless accessory that’s light enough to wear almost year-round (at least in the Pacific Northwest)? Made with lace-weight yarn, the little waves, or ondelettes, create a cozy fabric you’ll want to wrap around your neck and never take off. Just ...

This dramatic double-loop cowl utilizes a simple cable pattern to create a fantastically cozy and squishy accessory. The swooping planes of the fabric are reminiscent of tectonic plates diving below each other and are the inspiration for the pattern’s name. Worked in heavy-worsted weight yarn, it’s quicker to knit than you might think, and more...

A great novelty yarn begs to be the center of attention. So why make it compete with a complicated pattern or stitch?

Moms know, you can never have too many blankets. Especially when they are as pretty and functional as this one! For this versatile blanket, a lattice-inspired edging is knit onto a moss-stitch square - so there’s no sewing up at the end.

So you want to make a Wild Thing? First you must understand that there are no rules to wild things. That said, there are some key features which any respectable wild thing does have - claws, yellow eyes, and terrible teeth. Horns, manes, and tails, though not required, are strongly encouraged. As are pot bellies.

Do you ever drop stitches and as you see them unravel down your beautiful swatch of stockinette you inwardly (or audibly) yell, “NOOOoooo….!” Then this is the pattern for you! Through this scarf pattern, you may actually learn to enjoy dropping stitches (deliberately that is). Plus you will create a wonderfully wearable, light-weight scarf to b...

This pattern utilizes the classic Shetland Horseshoe Lace pattern to make an airy-light hat and matching scarf. With only 4 pattern rows per repeat, the lace pattern is easy to learn, and instructions are given in longhand and chart formats.