A collection of three patterns inspired by parts of California. Projects include a shawl, fingerless mitts, and a hat.

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My favorite part of the year is when Halloween makes its return. It’s so much fun to see the normal houses in our town all dressed up to celebrate as the holiday approaches. Seasonal flavors begin to be available and the local farms start harvesting apples and pumpkins. But the best thing about this time of year is all the candy! Of course the ...

A dusty stranger saunters into town. Local troublemakers approach and threaten the stranger, but it doesn’t take long for them to realize their mistake.

Lombard Street is part of I Knit San Francisco

This shawl is inspired by the kelp beds that grow voraciously along the California coast. After the storms in winter, kelp can often be found in piles along the beaches. The air-filled bladders that help keep the leaves aloft in the water become a child’s plaything: nature’s bubble wrap.

Forest creatures give way as the king of the fairies floats through the forest. Clad in woven vines and petals, Oberon admires his new pair of mitts, made from freshly budded leaves.

The forest hushes while birds and deer alike bow down to the fairy queen. As she reaches her throne, Titania’s attendants present her with a necklace of delicate leaves to keep her warm as she holds court.

California Poppies are finicky flowers. They come out only when there is just enough rain. If it is cloudy, windy, or they are moody, they curl up and refuse to show their faces. If you pick them to bring them home, they immediately wilt and leave a sticky sap residue in your hands. But if you get a chance to see fields full of them, it is hard...

Like many other knitters, I find it difficult to stay away from bright variegated yarns. The struggle is always to find a pattern that shows off the yarn as well as the all the work that went into knitting up the pattern. After hoarding far too many skeins of colorful yarn, I finally found a way to use them up.

Driving up a thin dirt road, you wonder what you’ve gotten yourself into as you realize you are going to have to ford a stream. Wheel spinning, you manage to get through only to find a remote parking lot. Roosevelt Elk walk through the dunes in the distance. But you didn’t come to sit at the beach, you came to discover a lost world. It doesn’t ...

Septet: noun - A group of seven people singing or playing music together.

A sock pattern for those of us who prefer our time Wibbly Wobbly.

Pacific Blues is inspired by the way the waves crash along the California coast. The hat has a companion to the Pacific Ripples mitts and cousin to the Beyond The Pines shawl. All three patterns can be purchased together in the From Pines To Pacific collection.

Pacific Ripples are inspired by the waves of the Pacific Ocean off of the California coast. The mitts are a companion to the Pacific Blues hat and cousin to the Beyond The Pines shawl. All three patterns can be purchased together in the From Pines To Pacific collection.

Inspired by the time spent up in the mountains during the winter solstice, Beyond The Pines, is an interpretation of what the sun looks like as it dips behind the pine covered hills. Bits of light dance along the tops of the trees before fading away all together in the deep valleys.

Equatorial Nights is a long cowl featuring the constellations as seen from the equator. The beads mark the star positions. The cowl is entirely garter stitch, making this an excellent pattern for beading beginners. A drawn beading tutorial is included. Equatorial Nights is a cousin to the two pi shawls, Celestarium and Southern Skies.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

This pattern is part of the Lit Knits collection.

Southern Skies is an accurate view of the night sky from the South Pole in the form of a pi shawl. It is the sister shawl to Celestarium and cousin to Equatorial Nights. Eyelets and beads are used to represent the stars. Beads are attached using a small crochet hook. The edge of the shawl is a knitted on garter stitch border.

Celestarium is an accurate view of the night sky from the North Pole in the form of a pi shawl. It is the sister shawl to Southern Skies and cousin to Equatorial Nights, an infinity scarf featuring all the stars around the celestial equator. Eyelets and beads are used to represent the stars. The center bead represents Polaris.

Are you sick of knitting swatch after swatch and not getting gauge? Or worse, you knit without a swatch and make yourself a sasquatch sock? With the Any Gauge Ribbed Socks pattern you only need to knit one swatch. The pattern is built around your gauge. Now you can knit a sock that fits using any yarn.

Whether you are speeding up and down mountains, cruising around town, or proclaiming your love of two-wheeled human-powered transportation, Velomeisters will help you get to your destination.

Need a hat to have an adventure in? Look no further. The Elven Hero hat is your hat. The Elven Hero hat is perfect for any enemy smiting, princess saving adventure you might have. To achieve marauding outlaw look, use brown yarn. If you’d rather create a Santa look, use white yarn for the brim and red yarn for the main body of the hat. A white ...

This pattern is a 60 stitch toe-up sock made with a short row toe and heel. If the short row toe/heel isn’t your thing, it is easy to replace both bits with your preferred method. The toe and heel do not affect the pattern.

The sprig hat is a companion piece to the sprig scarf. It’s a quick and easy lacy knit.

The hat is knit from the brim up. The earflaps are picked up from the brim and knitted in one piece all the way down to the feet. The beak is attached separately.

There was a KAL at the 11 hats in 2011! group during May of 2011.

This pattern contains knit and crochet elements. The hat is knit, but the ears are crochet.

The gauge for the baby sizing is 24sts/ 36rows = 4x4in/ 10x10 cm

This design is inspired by the scarf Mr. Tumnus wears in the 2005 Chronicles of Narnia movie, “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.”

The gauge for the baby knit sizing is 24sts/ 36rows = 4x4in/ 10x10 cm

The hat sizing is as follows: Baby (Adult)

The gauge for the baby knit sizing is 24sts/ 36rows = 4x4in/ 10x10 cm

Silent Snow is a matching stocking and ornament set.

This scarf has a companion piece called the Sprig Hat.