I designed Heartbeat for my mother, who is going through chemotherapy and always seems to have a cold. She loves all my knitting and I thought this would help her remember tissues wherever she goes. Heartbeat uses double knitting and the Kitchener stitch, but you can skip both if you prefer and still end up with a cute travel tissue holder.

Symmetry is a fun cozy that is just the right size for an iPod (or cell phone). The 3 page pattern walks you through creating the plaited edge in the round and working flat for the body, and joining again to create the other plaited edge. You will add an applied icord edging on top and sew the side ends together. You can add an optional icord s...

This simple cowl is put together from circles that are knit in the round separately and joined with a crochet hook using the single crochet stitch. It is a very quick knit.