The Danse Macabre or dance of death has been a popular allegory of the universality of death since the middle ages. Typically skeletons are depicted rising from the grave, dancing and making music.

When I published my octopus cowl and octopus yoked sweater, several people wrote to me and requested an octopus beanie. My aim was to produce something a little bit quirky which would make people smile - and so the anthropomorphic octopus was born!

This is a stranded knit beanie with a design showing a witch flying on her broomstick on a starry night with the full moon highlighting her features. The hat has a half-ribbed lining which is tucked inside, so as to give a snug fit around the ears.

This is a reversible cowl with a skeletal horse galloping on one side and an optional quote hidden in the lining (which can also serve as a second cowl design).

This is a reversible cowl with an owl flying through a pattern of flowers and twigs on one side and an optional quote hidden in the lining (which can also serve as a second cowl design).

This is a reversible cowl with dodos front and back on the outside and a Douglas Adams quote on the inside: “It’s easy to think that as a result of the extinction of the dodo, we are now sadder and wiser, but there’s a lot of evidence to suggest we are merely sadder and better informed,” which I felt captured the issue of mass species extinctio...

This is a reversible cowl with an Octopus on the outside and a Terry Pratchett quote on the inside: “The Kraken stirs and ten billion sushi dinners cry out for vengeance”. I based this motif on my popular octopus sweater design after a number of knitters asked for something a bit smaller and quicker to complete than an entire sweater.

This is a reversible cowl with an Ourobos dragon on the front (Ourobos is an ancient symbol of eternity, birth and rebirth, commonly represented as a snake or dragon consuming its own tail). I based this motif on two of my dragon sweater designs after a number of knitters asked for something a bit smaller and quicker to complete than an entire ...

The Reversible Puffin Cowl was inspired by a ball of leftover sock wool in colours reminiscent of a puffin’s beak. I decided to line it - and include a joyful message in the lining: Living my Best Life, also in puffin-beak shades (officially known as Opal 4-ply Showbiz sock yarn 11396 – Theater).

Ouroboros is an ancient symbol of eternity, birth and rebirth, depicted as a snake or dragon consuming its own tail. The dragon circles around the wearer’s shoulders, with its folded wings at the wearer’s back.

This sweater was inspired by a conversation with my family about Christmas sweaters. They said all holiday knitwear is cheesy and totally uncool.

A striking turtleneck sweater with a firecracker collar and an oriental fiery dragon curling around the shoulders with the tail curling down one sleeve.

The Octopus Yoked Sweater is seamless, knitted top down, in the round, with a stranded yoke.

The Dragon Yoked Sweater is seamless, knitted top down, in the round, with a stranded yoke.

The Grapevine Yoked Sweater is knitted top down, in the round, with a stranded yoke which can be done either multi-coloured or in monochrome.

Queen of the Forest is knitted top down in the round using a 3-ply/superfine/fingering weight yarn. Although the yoke looks impressively complicated, it is actually fairly easy to knit. At no point are more than 2 colours being worked at the same time.

This cowl design was inspired by my cat, who is the most inept mouser in the entire history of cats and yet also the most confident in his own hunting abilities. He is 14 now and is yet to bag his first rodent. But a cat can still dream…

Orchard Thieves is knitted top down in the round. Although the yoke looks complicated, it is actually fairly easy to work. At no point are more than 2 colors being worked at the same time.