So I don’t even care about sports, but I live in Cleveland, Ohio (and I LOVE where I live). And so many friends were seriously bummed out about the football team losing all 16 games as of today, December 31, 2017. One friend asked me to knit a hat for her boyfriend who is from CLE but lives in Minneapolis. Or someplace colder than here. And I w...

The Spotted Salamander is the official state amphibian here in Ohio, and my brother who takes me and my children to witness the salamander migration every spring is expecting his first child, and that child will be coming with us for the first time in 2018. So, I am making actually a hoodie for a baby with this design on it, but I always do hat...

Here’s a hat to warm the heads of trilobite enthusiasts everywhere. Trilobites hold a special place in the hearts of Montessori Elementary Guides (and children) and that is why this is the Cosmic Education Trilobite Hat pattern. All of the important information is in the PDF. Enjoy, and always remember, “This is the art of those who aspire to s...

The Sheela Na Gig hat was designed first as an homage to the great novel “Riddley Walker” by Russell Hoban, and most recently as a way to gift many friends who will be attending the Million Woman March in Washington DC on January 21st, 2017. The Sheela figures are found in many places in the UK and especially Ireland, where my family was from b...

In 1981, Russell Hoban published “Riddley Walker”, a post-apocalyptic novel following the coming-of-age transformation of the 12 year old hero of the title, who lives near the remains of Canterbury (“Cambry”), England in a primitive society that tries to understand our civilization before the 1 Big 1, the nuclear holocaust that occurred in 1997...