Emily Wessel

Emily Wessel

I am one of the founders of Tin Can Knits; we create fun, fresh knitting patterns and books. I blog all about it here, and I invite you to get in touch by signing up for our email updates!


My design partner is the creative and high-energy Alexa Ludeman. We share a passion for designs that are modern but retro, classy but sometimes a little kitschy, and always bold and fun-to-create.

You can see all of our patterns on our website,
or by checking out Tin Can Knits here on ravelry.

Enjoy!
♥ Emily Wessel


If you own a yarn shop and would like to carry my book or individual patterns in print, our wholesale info is here!

original designs

Ruby Sweater
Tin Can Knits

designs from tincanknits

1999
Mad Colour
2x2
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
  • 2x2
  • Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Acorn
Lazy Sunday
Almanac
Strange Brew
Ammolite
Road Trip
Anthology
Strange Brew
Antler Cardigan
Pacific Knits
Antler Mittens
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Antler Pullover
Tin Can Knits
Antler Toque
Pacific Knits
Apple Pie
Road Trip
Awash
Mad Colour
Badger Creek
Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 46: Autumn 2023
Banff
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
  • Banff
  • Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Banff Mitts
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Barley DK
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Barley sock
The Simple Collection
Barley worsted
The Simple Collection
Belcarra
Tin Can Knits
Beloved
Tin Can Knits
Besties Hat
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Besties Hoodie
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Bird Nest Mittens
Tin Can Knits
Blossom
Tin Can Knits
Boardwalk
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Bon Bon Mittens
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Bon Bon Toque
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Bonfire
Road Trip
Bonny
Handmade in the UK
  • Bonny
  • Handmade in the UK
Botany
Handmade in the UK
Bounce
Mad Colour
Bowline
Tin Can Knits
Bowline Beanie
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
branching out
9 Months of Knitting
Britannia
Tin Can Knits
Bumble
Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
  • Bumble
  • Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
Burnished
Mad Colour
cable me softly
Tin Can Knits
Campfire
Pacific Knits
Caramel Slouch
Tin Can Knits
Caribou
Road Trip
Carousel
Tin Can Knits
Carousel Hat
Tin Can Knits
Cartography
Strange Brew
Cartography Hat
Strange Brew
Chromatic
Mad Colour
Chrysanthemum
Tin Can Knits
Chunky Rainbow
Petite Purls, Issue 14 Color Work 2013
Cider
Lazy Sunday
Clayoquot
Road Trip
Clayoquot Toque
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Compass
Strange Brew
Compass Cowl
Strange Brew
Crossed Cardigan
Dream In Color Ravelry Store
Dog Star
Tin Can Knits
dogwood
9 Months of Knitting
Dogwood Slippers
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Drift
Great White North
  • Drift
  • Great White North
Easy Peasy
Tin Can Knits
Embers
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
  • Embers
  • Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Embers Hat
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Estuary
Knitty, First Fall 2012
False Creek
Pacific Knits
Fancy Balls
Great White North
Flax DK
The Simple Collection
Flax sock
Tin Can Knits
Flax worsted
The Simple Collection
Fleet
Strange Brew
Fly Away
Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
Freeze
Great White North
Gather
Tin Can Knits
Goldfish
Tin Can Knits
gone fishin'
9 Months of Knitting
Gothic Lace Cowl
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Grain
Tin Can Knits
gramps
9 Months of Knitting
Granola
Road Trip
Grayling
Road Trip
Harvest
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Hipster
Pacific Knits
Hitchcock
Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 14: Autumn 2015
  • Hitchcock
  • Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 14: Autumn 2015
Homeward
Lazy Sunday
Honeycomb
Tin Can Knits
Honeypie
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Hunter
9 Months of Knitting
Hush
Lazy Sunday
i heart rainbows hat
9 Months of Knitting
i heart rainbows sweater
9 Months of Knitting
Icefall
Strange Brew
Ironheart
Tin Can Knits
Jones
Great White North
  • Jones
  • Great White North
Juniper
Stranded Magazine: Mild Weather 2016
  • Juniper
  • Stranded Magazine: Mild Weather 2016
Kaleidoscope
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Kits Kerchief
Pacific Knits
Leaves
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
  • Leaves
  • Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Light and Shadow
Sight is Life
Lines Mittens
Tin Can Knits
Lions Gate
Pacific Knits
Little Sock Ornaments
Great White North
Little Squirrel
Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
Little Tern blanket
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Loch
Handmade in the UK
  • Loch
  • Handmade in the UK
Lodestar
Rainbow Heirloom
Love Note
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Low Tide
Pacific Knits
Lowlands
Tin Can Knits
Lullaby
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
lumberjack
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Lush
Handmade in the UK
  • Lush
  • Handmade in the UK
Main Street
Pacific Knits
Maize
The Simple Collection
  • Maize
  • The Simple Collection
Malt
The Simple Collection
  • Malt
  • The Simple Collection
Maple Leaf Mittens
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Marley
Mad Colour
Marshland
Strange Brew
Marshmallow
Great White North
Moraine
Strange Brew
Mountain Mist
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Nest
Lazy Sunday
Nest Cowl
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
North Shore
Pacific Knits
Northward
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Oaken
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
  • Oaken
  • Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Oats
The Simple Collection
  • Oats
  • The Simple Collection
Old Growth
Road Trip
Paddle
Road Trip
Paved
Tin Can Knits
Peanut
Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
  • Peanut
  • Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
Penny
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
  • Penny
  • Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Penny Hat
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Peregrine
Lazy Sunday
Photosynthesis
Tin Can Knits
Pinecone Cowl
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Playdate
Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
Polygon
Mad Colour
Pont Neuf
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
POP blanket
Mad Colour
Posy
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
  • Posy
  • Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Precipitation
Tin Can Knits
Prism
Mad Colour
Raindrops
Tin Can Knits
Rave
Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 21: Summer 2017
  • Rave
  • Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 21: Summer 2017
Redcedar
Tin Can Knits
Ridgeline
Tin Can Knits
Rivulet
Road Trip
Rockfall
Tin Can Knits
Rockfall Hat
Tin Can Knits
Rocky
Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
  • Rocky
  • Max & Bodhi's Wardrobe
Rosebud
Pacific Knits
Rosewater
Handmade in the UK
Rye DK
The Simple Collection
  • Rye DK
  • The Simple Collection
Rye sock
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Rye worsted
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Sea to Sky
Pacific Knits
Sea Wall
Cascadia
Silverbells
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Simple Yet Effective
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Sitka Spruce
Pacific Knits
Slice
Mad Colour
Snap
Tin Can Knits
  • Snap
  • Tin Can Knits
Snowflake
Great White North
Snowglobe
Lazy Sunday
Sparkle
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Spotlight
Mad Colour
Stag Button Scarf
Tin Can Knits
Starflower
Tin Can Knits
Storyline
Lazy Sunday
Stovetop
Road Trip
Strange Brew
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Sunflower
Tin Can Knits
Sunshine
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Sunshine Hat
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Swatchtastic
Mad Colour
Sweetness
Loop London
Sweetshop
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Sweetshop Hat
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Sword Fern Hat
SweetGeorgia Yarns
Tall Dark and Handsome
Great White North
Tarn
Lazy Sunday
Tenderheart
Tin Can Knits
Thistle
Handmade in the UK
tic tac toe
9 Months of Knitting
Timber
Lazy Sunday
Tofino Surfer
Pacific Knits
Torrent
Pacific Knits
Tortoiseshell
Tin Can Knits
Trek
Strange Brew
Triptych
Mad Colour
Tulips
Tin Can Knits
Twisp
Tin Can Knits
Undertone
Mad Colour
University
Pacific Knits
Urban Hiker
Pacific Knits
Vest Friends
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Viewfinder
Road Trip
Vivid
Handmade in the UK
  • Vivid
  • Handmade in the UK
waffles
9 Months of Knitting
Wander
Lazy Sunday
Waves Mittens
Tin Can Knits
Wenlock
Mad Colour
Westerly
Lazy Sunday
Wheat
The Simple Collection
  • Wheat
  • The Simple Collection
Whitecaps
Tin Can Knits
Winding Way
Tin Can Knits on Ravelry
Windswept
Handmade in the UK
Winterberry
Great White North