Released as part of a series honoring the French people, this simple pattern brings a smile to my face whenever I work on it. You can infinitely alter the pattern to meet your needs, from making it longer or shorter, to altering the stripe sequences, to making it wider for an earwarmer, suspenders, or bag strap.

Like our other foster dogs, Bear (pictured at the right) sometimes needs a little help to keep calm and carry on. By making a felt pad for essential oils, we can increase the likelihood of calmness while encountering new situations, like other dogs on a walk, staying home with our other dog, etc.

The Blue Lagoon brings up a lot of imagery for people. Some people think of the spa in Iceland. Some think of the movie (1980). Some think of their Caribbean vacation. To me, it brings up tropical cocktails. When I found Blue Curacao Syrup from Monin, I was overjoyed. The Blue Lagoon Mocktail (Blue Curacao Syrup, Sprite, Lemon Juice, and Sugar ...

I saw a cowl on a woman that I absolutely loved. Long color changes, broken only by ruffle chains, it worked wonderfully on a neutral coat as well as with her multi-colored sweater.

My new pattern! This was a fun one. It actually started as an idea for a jacket, and then that didn’t work, and it sat in my stash on the needle I left it on for months. I was starting to get out my Holiday things and found that the 2002 Holiday Teddy ornament has this adorable bonnet. Then I got thinking, and…

A cute cowl for any occasion. This yarn is particularly thick and thin so this pattern would be great for a handspun yarn with lots of texture. I’ve added some great yarns as suggestions above.

This pattern is great because it uses an unusual bind-off technique, and it is customizable from a waist-style apron to a full “cooking apron” style.

In case anyone needs more clarification on the pattern, there’s an additional blog post I made here. This is a pattern that starts in the round and ends flat.

This one was purely an exercise in how you can do this.

Quick and simple, this was the first and easiest pattern I’ve designed on the loom.

This purse is a great project to build some skills on the knitting loom by using multiple strands of yarn to create a firm, nearly ribbed looking fabric with double knit stockinette stitch and incorporating bead strings into your loom knitting.