It’s Lockdown Life and you need a comfy jersey to throw on to look smart for endless zoom meetings, but also something stretchy and forgiving as your Lockdown eating habits take effect…

This is a super cute easy-medium ability cardigan knitted in one piece for the body, then you work the sleeves from the shoulder down - in the round!

Kitties love to play with yarn mouses - so here’s a free super easy pattern for you to make as many as you want for your own cats and also for cats at your local animal shelter or SPCA.

Pugs are super cute - so make your own, make them as gifts for your friends - have fun using my pattern!

This is a super cute toddler cardigan, sized approximately 12-18m, but of course all babies are different sizes so they will fit it at some stage!

These socks are ideal for summer sports – they are smooth on the top, and have a twisted rib sole and heel for extra support where you need it. Plus a cute picot cuff to show off in your shoes.

An easy lace-look scarf with interesting triangulation (you knit a scalene triangle, then you’ll knit up the hypotenuse).

We all know that turtles are dying from eating our plastic waste, so in a meta turn of crafting events, you can make your very own amazing crochet turtle made entirely out of plastic bags! I made this for a Conservation Week craft workshop at the local aquarium.

Everyone loves Baby Yoda - so make your own, make them as gifts for your friends - have fun using my pattern!

This is the ultimate in eco-friendly shopping bags – it is made from cut up supermarket plastic bags! So by making it, you cleverly reduce environmental waste AND get yourself a completely awesome handbag.

This is a slightly more advanced lace cardigan that is worked from the top down, and the arms in the round. The lack of side-seams gives a beautiful finish. The lace pattern is stretchy, so sizing is forgiving.

This enchanting tunic is worked from the top down and the same on both sides with an easy-to-remember lace pattern. The little cap-sleeves are self-forming – there is no sleeve shaping!

I’m often asked to resize my patterns for larger feet. So here is a sock for active larger feet that need extra support! I studied my brother’s snowboarding socks and have included various features, such as a tight weave across the top of the foot, a hard-wearing heel, and a supportive cable underneath the foot.

I thought these socks look like a motorway from a bird’s eye view – lots of little cars zooming along the lanes that go down the sides and back of the leg. Your socks also want to travel and be shown off – make them your next holiday project! This is a slightly more advanced pattern, only because you need a little bit of concentration to ensure...

These socks have a triangle made from twisted rib extending down from the cuff, and also reaching up from the heel and toe. The background is purl. Just follow the chart, as though it is a cross stitch pattern – 1 square = 1 stitch.

These fun socks are a great beginner-lace sock project. They are not too complicated because the lace is confined to little squares, alternating with east patches of plain stocking stitch. Don’t you think the lace effect looks like a spinning barber pole? Also featured is a folded cuff – slightly tricky if you’ve never done it before, but you’l...

I think textured stripes are especially fun. The raised tracks reminded me of strolling through the bush, with the rows of eyelets and the moss stitch heel representing the sights and sounds you discover along the way. The pattern uses a simple and repetitive set of stitches without having to use much skill at all.

Don’t you hate it when you go to someone’s house for the evening and you take your shoes off, but your feet are cold and you secretly wish you had brought your comfy old slippers? Well now you can have warm feet without looking like you’re making yourself too much at home. These ‘slipperoonies’ (as my Dad would call them) are darling little bal...

These are some handy socks for doing yoga or pilates – you have warmth, but still maintain the grip you need with your toes and heels because there is no heel and no toe! The textured stripe pattern is easy – it is simply using knit and purl stitches in a variety of placements.

I’ve been travelling the country teaching sock knitting, and in each 2-3 hour class, everyone knits their own miniature baby sock so they can learn the techniques needed for knitting the rest of the socks in my books.

This is the next level up of lace scarves – it has beautiful lace patterning on both edges, with a stocking stitch panel in the centre. But it is still knitted widthways so you can keep going til it’s long enough. If you can master this, you will have no trouble advancing onto triangular lace scarves next!

When you feel your knitting skills have surpassed plain knitted scarves, it’s time to treat yourself to a delicately classic shawlette scarf, with a wavy lace edge and stocking stitch body.

This is a very practical scarf that is knitted in the round and can be worn in two ways – either as a cute head scarf that keeps your hair tidy and your ears warm, or as a handy wrap-around-look scarf that doesn’t fall off!

This rectangle scarf is worked lengthways and features a triangle lace pattern. It’s not complicated, so is an ideal first lace project. Just repeat the pattern until your yarn runs out – you only need a single ball or small skein!

When you need something dainty while you sip your tea with the ladies, these lovely gloves are perfect. They have a fern-like lace section down the top of the arm, and the underside is stocking stitch. To enlarge the pattern, just add extra stitches when you cast on, and include them as part of the stocking stitch section.

These lovely gloves have a lace panel down the top of the arm that looks like little umbrellas, and the underside is stocking stitch. To enlarge the pattern, just add extra stitches when you cast on, and include them as part of the stocking stitch section.

These lovely gloves have rows of cables down the length of the arm – helps make them feel extra snug! To enlarge the pattern, just add extra stitches when you cast on, and include them as part of the stocking stitch section.

Busy kids need to keep their hands warm, but not compromise on the ability to use their fingers properly. These gloves are ideal – they can still play, write, eat, open doors, and all the things you can’t do with gloves on. Perfect project for your leftover yarn stash, and you can make the arms as long or short as you like.

If you really want to make a statement with your legwarmers, then you need the Colour Shocks. Made with bright coloured sock yarn on a black background to really make those colours stand out.

Who could refuse legwarmers with hearts on them? This ingenious set uses two contrasting colours, and to maximize the use of your yarn, each item has the colours worked in reverse.

It’s time for legwarmers to come back! And stripes are the obvious choice. But not just boring stripes – let’s get the party started with horizontal AND vertical stripes!

If you have little kids, you probably include a trip to the lost property box as part of your daily routine. Hand knitted hats are such a shame to lose, so I decided my boys needed hats that stay on!

These hats are a request from my son who wanted a hat that is ‘not too hot and itchy’. They use 4ply yarn, but are knitted on 4mm needles, so it creates a much looser knitted fabric that is not bulky or itchy.

Now you can knit the preschooler in your life the cutest hat ever – and they can be their favourite WotWot all winter. Knit it in blue for SpottyWot or pink for DottyWot. The twirly bits with pompoms on the end will provide hilarious entertainment for your little friend.