This cowl idea came to me during a time when I wanted something simple and repetitive to knit. I couldn’t find anything that ticked all the boxes, so I decided to design one.

A cozy top down triangle shawl, knit with 3 colours of fingering weight yarn, with simple lace and texture detailing. This shawl was knit with the Pine & Purl Anne of Green Gables sock club. The colour ways were inspired by 3 of the main characters, Anne, Gilbert, and Diana. When I saw this club I immediately saw this shawl design in my min...

This rectangle shawl, knit on the bias, was inspired by Idlewild, a place in Anne of Green Gables. “We call it Idlewild. Isn’t that a poetical name?” ~ Lucy Maud Montgomery.

This top-down triangle shawl is a simple garter knit with lace sections of flowers. The main colour is a neutral to show off the colours of the mini skeins. Purple is my favourite colour and I was inspired by Lilacs. When I decided on the name Lilac, I did some research and discovered that Lilacs are the most common plant that blooms in Ukraine...

This simple textured asymmetrical shawl takes one skein of fingering weight yarn. The 4 row pattern repeat is easy to memorize and makes a great little shawl for the warm Spring and Summer weather. The stitch pattern for this shawl came about when I read and interpreted a stitch pattern incorrectly whilst trying to figure it out in the asymmetr...

This top down triangle shawl, with simple lace detailing was inspired by Lucy Maud Montgomery’s book, Rilla of Ingleside.

This a-symmetrical triangle shawl was inspired by my good friend’s wildflower garden. I choose a main colour that has a lot of green, with some purple and white to emulate the green foliage, and the little white and purple flowers in the garden. For the wildflowers, I matched the colours of the yarn to the colours of the flowers in the garden. ...

This top-down triangle shawl is a simple knit with an easy lace section. It is mostly garter stitch with a row of lace hearts along the bottom edge. Knit in worsted weight yarn it knits up quickly, and is squishy and warm. I wanted this design to be simple, with a little touch of love with the lace hearts and to celebrate love. One of the ways ...

This simple textured asymmetrical shawl takes one skein of fingering weight yarn. The 4 row pattern repeat is easy to memorize and makes a great little shawl for the warm Spring and Summer weather. I was inspired by the colour of the yarn, the name and the pattern stitch, all

Inspired by Ukrainian folk artist Maria Prymachenko (1908-1997) this bottom up triangle shawl incorporates both colours and images (through stitch patterns) found in Maria’s artwork. Prymachenko’s art falls into the category of Naïve art, which is visual art created by a person who lacks the formal training and/or education professional artists...

This simple bottom up triangle wrap, knit with an easy textured seed stitch and a lace flower in garter stitch, is a cross between a shawl and a cowl. It was inspired by Anne of Green Gables and the friendship between Anne Shirley and her bosom friend Diana Berry. I imagine this textured wrap is something Anne and Diana would have worn to go fo...

This simple top-down triangle shawl, knit in garter stitch, with some eyelet details, was inspired by the gratitude shown to me by a colleague, who purchased this wool as a thank you gift. The thought and care that went into the gift of wool, with a high wool content was so special.

This narrow rectangle stole was inspired by the logo of the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany from August 29-September 8, 2022. I was a delegate representing the United Church of Canada. The logo for the event was made up of a cross, circle, dove, and waves. I choose stitch patterns that incorporated all four element...

This cowl was inspired by my mum and her gardens. She loves flowers and spends many hours in her gardens, tending to her flowers during the summer months.

This top-down triangle shawl was inspired by my Ukrainian roots. The blue and yellow reflect the Ukrainian flag, which represents the blue sky and the fields of wheat. In the middle there are several rows of aster stitches, representing Sunflowers, the national flower of Ukraine.

This a-symmetrical triangle shawl was inspired by the many beautiful and colourful wildflowers I have in my garden and the gorgeous colours in the mini skein set (a special thanks to my mum who gave me the set of minis from her yarn stash).

Picnic in the Garden Shawl is a rectangular shawl, with 4 stitch patterns that repeat.