I was so moved by the young poet at this year’s Presidential inauguration. She was so beautiful and eloquent. She looked so vibrant in her bright yellow and red. I came up with this pattern as my homage to her.

Pattern is written for scarf or shawl. You need 328 yards each of 2 contrasting colors for a scarf or 656 yards each of 2 contrasting colors for a shawl. You could use a fingering or a sport weight yarn.

My daughter described to me a hat she saw someone wearing and this pattern was my attempt to duplicate that hat. It turned out to be one of her favorites and I’ve had to make several since then! I hope you enjoy making and wearing this fun hat. I can’t wait to try more color combinations!

I love all of the beautiful gradient yarns that are available right now. I looked through some lace chart ideas and decided on this subtle decorative pattern. The weight of the yarn makes a lovely, delicate neck wrap for those “between season” days when a heavy scarf would be too much. I hope you enjoy making this pattern.

You can use any chunky yarn, but you will want it to have long strands of color before a color change in order to get defined rectangles. Another option is to pick 2 contrasting colors and change colors with each tier.

This is a very simple cable pattern used to make a reversible boot cuff. I think size M would work for most “average” size high school or college-aged girls. Young girls I would go with size S and Plus-size I would go with size L.

Also check out my Santa scarves:

I saw a fabric version of this pattern and fell in love with it. I searched for a knitted or crochet version and only found a loom version, so I decided to write my own. These are very fun to make and you certainly get lots of positive comments when you wear it!

Both the “knit backwards” and purl version of the pattern are included.

My LYS sold a little booklet with this yarn with the cutest little monsters, that matched the colorways of the yarn. I decided there should be a monster pattern to knit with this great yarn! Super simple - knit in the round.

See also my knitted version: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knitted-santa-scarf

When I think of the Jane Austen period, I picture the ladies in very simple shawls – designed more for function than appearance, yet still feminine. I wanted to design something that would fit this description, plus be a very simple pattern to memorize so that I could work on it while I watched my favorite Jane Austen movie marathon! This is th...