My youngest niece is obsessed with animals, and in particular tigers and large cats, so I wanted to make her a tiger sweater for her second birthday. After a bit of research (looking at lots of tiger pictures), I decided to take my inspiration from Calvin and Hobbes.

This sweater was born out of the realisation that arrows could form a striking but simple pattern. It’s a simple pullover with some short row neck shaping, some stranded colourwork, and knit seamlessly from the top down.

I made these mittens back in 2008, and put up a very rudimentary chart and description then. I occasionally get asked for better ones, and now I finally got around to fixing them up a bit. The name comes from the mishmash of regional styles, with a Swedish cast on, a Latvian braid and border, and a traditional Scottish Sanquar motif for the mai...

I have fallen in love with the fake linen stitch, its simplicity and versatility. So when I heard my old friend Sol was pregnant, that’s where my mind went.

I wanted to make a colourful sweater that still would be easy to wear and match, and the result was this stripy little thing. I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.

This is a child sized hat, made to match my sweater pattern.

This pattern is not for absolute beginners, it requires the ability to read the charts and your knitting and do a bit of independent thinking. It has charts and a short written instruction.

I wanted to make my niece Anna a crown hat for her birthday, because every little girl is a princess and an aunts job is to spoil kids rotten. But, all the princesses coronets I could find were boring, and St. Edward’s Crown is so iconic I couldn’t stop myself from taking my inspiration from it.

This pattern is not for absolute beginners, it requires the ability to read your knitting and do a bit of independent thinking. Lace bits are charted only. That said, it’s not very difficult, and if there are any problems I’d be happy to help to the best of my abilities.

Zebra mittens! Uses less then one skein of each main colour and a small amount of a contrasting colour for the cast on. Can be knit twined or stranded.