12/18/13 After much questioning and rejecting of hats, ties, scarves, gloves etc. niece finally suggested I might knit golf club covers for her boyfriend. A PhD student at Northwestern University, he is working toward a degree in Chemical Engineering. I enjoy teasing him about being an “engineer” which he seems to appreciate - indeed once when ...

A quick and easy project to use up scraps of leftover yarn and rubber bands that might otherwise be thrown away. Make them in several colors and never be without a pony tail holder when you need one!

The shape of this mousie has been so successful with my cats they actually beg for them to be finished. Okay, so probably they can smell the catnip and know that I am making something for them, but Otis was not averse to reaching out and snatching the mousie from my hand even as I was finishing it up!

Kitchen towels with knitted on toppers have been popular for generations. My version is simple and quick to make for last minute gifts.

I made this cozy up one year when I needed some quick little gifts for the girls in my life (nieces, daughters of friends). I figured a tube of lip balm or gloss would be more fun if it had a cute little holder to go with it. I had no idea that crafters were creating cozies for everything from acorns to pens to zils (belly dancer finger cymbals...

I “unvented” this pattern when I found I could actually knit in the round and avoid purling. It is based on the Pi R Round shawl I read about in Elizabeth Zimmermann’s books where each increase round doubles the number of stitches so the resulting number of plain knit rounds increases in relation to keep the circle flat. Each Y/O round results ...