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When I was a kid, my Dad built a beautiful wood, lattice fence around our back patio and the garden that surrounded it. I remember him working on it one summer when I was maybe 5 or 6 years old. He built it from scratch, stained the wood, placed every wood slat, and hammered every nail into place. He took great pride in his work. The flowers an...

I think there’s something truly beautiful about the layers of colors in rock formations. While researching a few rocks and minerals, I stumbled across an incredible photo of Crazy Lace Agate (pg 4 & 7) I couldn’t believe how it matched my latest shawl design, right down to matching the color of my sample spot on. This top down, crescent sha...

Misty Cornwall invokes memories of walking along coastal beaches in the early morning, with the misty fog still hanging over the ocean. Walking along the coast, passing branches of driftwood sitting intently and artistically in the sand, you breathe in the salty air!

This was a pattern I designed while knitting abroad on my first Rowan Tree Travel Trip to Scotland in March of 2019. Since Covid changed our world, and traveling is no longer something any of us take for granted, this pattern has taken on new meaning. Getting back to the skies means we are getting back to a new normal for all of us. I present t...

This pattern was a collaboration with Desert Blooms Yarn using their absolutely sublime Lush Base, a blend of baby alpaca, silk and cashmere. Both of these colors represent the Apache Plume. When it blooms in the spring (and sometimes in fall) the pink, silky -plumed seed heads develop and cover the tips of the branches for several months. The ...

Port Day started out as any other collaboration has for me. I had an idea in my head, grabbed my needles and the fantastic yarn from Dream In Color (Jilly With Cashmere) and started knitting. I knew what I wanted for this shawl. Something simple but with a wide elaborate and fantastic border! It’s the timing that makes this shawl special to me....

My maternal grandmother “Cookie” was an amazing woman of many talents. She was a horticulturist, a botanist and a fourth level teacher of Ikenobo Ikebana. She surrounded herself with flowers and blooms of all kinds and prided herself in the gardens she kept throughout her life. She was also an amazing knitter having learned to knit when she was...

A collaboration with Crave Yarn, Mellifera is a bi-colored crescent shaped shawl with a wide, meaningful border. The word “Mellifera” is Latin for honey-bearing. The wonderful colorway of Crave Yarn’s “Golden Hour” instantly reminded me of honey when I started working with it. The first part of the border closest to the body is made to look lik...

When the “Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible; 260 Exquisite Patterns by Hitomi Shida” was released in 2017, I could not wait to design a shawl with these perfectly delicate stitch designs. Looking through the book was like looking through a coffee table art book, it was simply stunning. It didn’t take me long to start swatching! A collaboration wit...

A collaboration with Skein Yarns, Gothica Lace Wrap was born from my need to do striking lace with such a beautiful, dark tonal yarn. I had never worked with a colorway like “Graphite” before and knew it needed to be something dramatic to show it off. Dramatic yet alluring and very pretty. Gothica Lace Wrap begins with a provisional cast-on and...

Placitas, New Mexico is a small mountain town north of Albuquerque. This Lace Wrap is dedicated to a period of time in my knitting life which has come to a close. Our very dear friend Frankie had been in the process of moving to California for quite some time. The week I finished this wrap, their house sold and we spent our final afternoon knit...

This classic, timeless unisex scarf will take you wherever you want or need to go. Simple to make yet boasting a complex finished look, The Journeyman Scarf will be something that stays with you like a constant companion. Made of easy knit and purl stitches, it is completely reversible. The scarf is bordered on all four sides with beautiful see...

Bud Vase is the third and final shawl in the new trio of shawls for Sexy Spines Volume 2! The Yarn Hollow Company sent me some of their Silky Sock fingering yarn in the colorway “Cherry Mochaccino.” Bud Vase uses faux cables and a delicate flower-like pattern to create its dramatic spine. The Bud Vase Lace Edging uses faggoting, more faux cable...

Cat’s Paw is the second shawl in the new trio of shawls for Sexy Spines Volume 2! The Plucky Yarn Company sent me some of their Bello Fingering in the gorgeous colorway “Forward In Flats.” Cat’s Paw uses several Shetland style patterns from the Cat’s Paw pattern itself, to the zig zags along the back. The knitted on lace edging uses faggoting, ...

Nocturna is the first shawl in the new trio of shawls for Sexy Spines Volume 2! The Skein Yarn Company sent me some of their merino / cashmere in the gorgeous colorway “Moon Shadow.” Nocturna boasts an extravagant sexy back pattern along with a knitted on lace edge including a lace insertion and the more traditional long Vandyke pattern.

Rich in color, diamonds, facets and personality, this stunning shawl is as easy to make as it is to wear. Intermediate level at best, with all the wrong side rows purled, this is not a difficult shawl to make. With a diamond lace chain down the center back and diamonds and points all along the edging of this shawl, you may be the richest person...

This pattern is now available as a part of my eBook Sexy Spines Vol.1

A snap to make and available in worsted weight yarn! They are plain vanilla mitts, good for the beginner and the experienced knitter looking for a quick knit. Easy to make, and they make great gifts!

A summer garden party with tea, canapés, and cucumber sandwiches. The slight breeze in the air whispers through hats and shawls to show off lace in the summer sunlight. Teaberry Crescent is made top-down with increases on both sides at the edge to create its shape. With a garter stitch body and an elaborate lace border, this knit proves soothin...

Adjustable to any size and fully reversible, Patina Crescent was designed specifically for hand painted yarns and for those new to lace. With elements made to your liking, Patina Crescent is knit top down with easy lace appearing much more difficult than it really is. A picot bind off finishes the design with attractive simplicity. A breeze to ...

Ferryn is a top down crescent-shaped shawl with cabled faggoting dancing down the center spine along the sides of an alternating fern stitch pattern. This enticing cabled faggoting continues in the knitted on lace border and is framed perfectly by two bands of faggoting. It is finished with a modified Brand Iron pattern creating points along th...

The Scottsdale Shawl was inspired by the architectural influences of Frank Lloyd Wright seen citywide in Scottsdale, Arizona. Knitted top-down, increases are done on both sides to give its crescent shape. The signature clean lines of his architecture are represented by a slipped center back stitch while the alternating bands of garter and stock...

With its garter stitch body and a lace edging that is easily memorized, you can knit this anywhere. It’s the perfect pattern to show off a special variegated yarn and it will not obscure the lace edging. Effortless is a shawlette that is so easy to make, its effortless. You can’t ask for more than this in a shawl!

Topiaries & flower blossoms enclosed in a knot garden bloom across your back in this very feminine summer shawl. A dramatic and matching lace border enclose the same blossoms completing the shawls edge. Petit Jardin will help keep the breeze at bay or your shoulders warm in places with air conditioning just above freezing!

Quartzite is a chic crescent shaped shawl knit top-down with simple repeats and evenly spaced garter ridges creating the appearance of preserved layers of sandstone. It is finished with a knitted-on border that mimics the movements deep within the earth that cause sandstone to convert to quartzite over very long periods of time. Quartzite is as...

Lately I have found myself inspired by the different colorways I have been working with. This KnitPicks Tonal Sock yarn in the colorway “Wine Tasting” is no exception! The colors in this yarn sing, much the way a good classic red wine does with the many different notes, levels, and flavors. To match this classic colorway, I added a vintage doub...

Inspired by the Malabrigo colorway ‘Persia’, this crescent-shaped shawl boasts elements and motifs of historic Persian pottery dating back many centuries. The body of the shawl is easily knit in garter allowing you to appreciate the deep blue-green and turquoise colors that began to be used in Persian pottery as early as the 11th century. The h...

Gazing in wonder at the meticulously sculpted topiary garden, your eyes catch a glimpse of your favorite flowers. You can almost smell them in the distance. You make your way through the maze of this formal English garden until you reach their scent. As you close your eyes while leaning over to take in their aroma, you remember why they become ...

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Pattern updated in October 2023

As is traditional in Estonian and Shetland lace, this scarf is knit in garter stitch and is full of texture & optimism while also being reversible. The scarf is completed by adding a knitted on lace edging to both ends. A wonderful choice to show your year round support for any cancer, disease or syndrome with a colored ribbon devoted to it...

Tameron is a lace stole worked in one piece using a provisional cast on and is finished with lace end borders that are added last. Tameron is inspired by the “Frost Flowers” stitch pattern displayed on the cover of Barbara Walker’s A Treasury of Knitting Patterns. This is a charted pattern with notes and 11 full color photographs for direction ...