New eBook introduces a new way to punch up your garter stitch. Includes tutorials, dish cloth / swatches and 3 scarves!

This chevron shawl has a number of interesting features:

Ready for an annual summer event?

If you’ve always wanted to try a jumbo yarn, this may be just the project for you.

This chunky brimmed hat has lots of interesting features that make it fun to knit and wear. It is my personal go-to hat when I am out shoveling snow where I live in Lake Tahoe. They include:

These boot toppers / leg warmers are party in the front and in the back. With Showy Decrease faux cables on the front and a ‘seam’ in the back.

These cozy mittens were designed as a quick knit gift item and knit with a heavy worsted yarn.

Don’t have a chimney? No problem, you can Bring Your Own with this knit bricks pattern.

Your standard garter stitch scarf gets an upgrade with this highly graphic version that looks like knit bricks. The interest comes from the strongly contrasting vertical lines that run perpendicular to the horizontal garter stitch and color striping.

This baby blanket is quick and easy to knit, very versatile with just enough interest not to bore you silly.

The primary feature of this poncho is texture. It’s built into every aspect of the design from cast on to bind off. The poncho is knit in the round from the bottom up.

Here’s a project that’s easy to knit and lots of fun.

The curved shape of this shawl is the perfect compliment to the Showy Garter Stitch. The Showy Decrease (a simple modification to a k2tog) adds raised lines that run perpendicular to the garter ridges for a dramatic look. You can see the vertical implementation of this idea in the Granite Lake Shawl. The bias shaping in the Cassini Shawl curves...

The Dubhlinn Cowl introduces a new way to work faux cables using the Showy Decrease. The Showy Decrease is a technique that links a series of decreases together with a slip stitch. It’s an easy idea that results in the stitches to rise up on the knit fabric and turns a decrease into a decorative element.

The Dubhlinn Summer Shell highlights a new way to work a faux cable. The technique is based on the Showy Decrease which has been used in other patterns to add texture to stockinette, create deep ribs or add pattern to garter stitch.

This is the next pattern in the Showy Garter series and the first in the Garter in Motion e-Book. If you have not seen the free Introduction to Showy Garter e-book please download that as well. It has pages of tutorials and some starter projects that will make this pattern a lot easier to understand. There is also a blog post that has more deta...

The Showy Decrease

This is the final pattern in the Showy Garter eBook #1. You can see the others in the bottom 3 photos.

Rubicon Bay Scarf

This is the next pattern in the Showy Garter eBook #1.

High Sierra is a lacy infinity scarf perfect for the transition into winter. It has several knitting features you will enjoy:

This pattern includes both the Estrellita Hat and Blanket.

Looking for a quick gift? This cozy headband uses a number of techniques you may not have tried before. It was written as a tutorial project for our blog readers, but we’d love to have you try it too.

The hat is lightweight and comfortable to wear and interesting to knit as well with lots of new knitting tweaks you’ll want to use in your other projects. These are techniques that have been introduced with other Knitting Nuances patterns and include: the Resilient Cast On, Showy Decrease and Double Decker Hat Top.

The Showy Rib

This super sized rib is perfect for today’s oversized scarves. The Showy Canyon rib is a simple modification of the traditional k1, p2 rib, but the impact of using the Showy Decrease is dramatic! It’s hard to show in photos, but once you try it you’ll be amazed.

Introducing the Flat i-Cord!

Introducing the Flat i-Cord!

The Embossed Leaf hat is all about contrast - both color and texture. The hat starts with a 2-color cast on that’s been designed to provide some give, an important feature for hat brims. The color continues in the Showy Decreases. If you haven’t tried our Showy Decrease yet it’s a modification of the k2tog decrease that adds height and texture ...

The Tranquility Shawl is pretty inside and out. Not only do the Showy Decreases update the familiar leaf pattern with clean more contemporary lines that rise up off the surface. The design also pays careful attention to the edge stitches. It starts with the Resilient Cast on, a decorative version of the long-tail cast on that has the added bene...

Heliosphere is the first of our hat patterns that start to show you the real power of Showy Decreases when designing hat tops. We first published the Vortex, Ripcord and Yosemite hats to introduce some of these new techniques in simpler ways. This Heliosphere hat adds more drama with a distinctive pattern that hides the decreases in plain sight...

The Manchester scarf is part of our 3-pattern free Ravelry eBook designed to introduce knitters to the Showy and Subtle Decrease. These decreases allow knitters to work with pattern stitches in a new way. The Showy Decrease rises up off the face of stockinette adding a design element that doesn’t require Reverse Stockinette to show.

If you love Log Cabin blankets, you’re sure to love this non-Garter stitch version. Garter-stitch log cabin blankets are wonderful, but we found some stitch patterns that allowed the same ease of construction while being just a little more…well…interesting than “knit every row until your fingers fall off.” The blanket starts with a three-color ...

Knitting Nuance patterns are designed to introduce new or modified knitting techniques and the Vortex Hat has three. Take a closer look and you’ll notice the spiral design sits up on the front of the smooth stockinette. That’s because they use our new Showy Decrease, a modification of the k2tog decrease that adds height and texture to stockinet...

The Parallelity Scarf introduces the k2tog Showy Decrease, a modified decrease that rises up off stockinette. The bias shape allows the Showy Decreases to travel uninterrupted down the entire length of the scarf. You can take advantage of the shape to wrap in into a vest shape. If you’re a continental knitter who traps your purls against the ne...

** Update - this pattern is now free. **

The Rip Cord Hat is the second in a trio of patterns designed to introduce and demonstrate various uses for the Showy & Subtle Decrease. The Showy Decrease is a modification of the standard k2tog or ssk decrease that adds height and texture to patterns. This one builds upon the diagonal showy lines used in the Vortex Hat with two different ...

If you’ve ever driven by fields of freshly planted crops you’ll recognize the inspiration for this simple but elegant shawl. Rows of plants separated by a mound of fresh soil. The symmetry of man and beauty of nature.

The diamond shapes in this pattern rise up off the smooth surface of the stockinette thanks to the Showy Decrease, a modification of the standard k2tog or ssk decrease that adds height and texture to patterns. Another benefit of this technique is that right and left leaning decreases are perfectly matched.

The scarf is knit in the round and includes subtle shaping to improve the drape compared to typical tube scarves. It’s my interpretation of a thick and thin concept that’s been popular for years, updated for current styles and the new yarns available.

Note on Pattern Ordering