This triangle shawlette was cast off as I was cooking the first pot of chili of this season. The weather was chilly, I was making chili, and the colorways used are named Chili and Tomato. Kismet! I used Manos del Uruguay yarns Marla and Sami, one skein each. You could easily substitute a different busy, wild dk yarn you have stashed away with a...

I have put down and picked up this project more times than I care to count, but it was a fun, easy to remember, relaxing project to work on! Pattern is worked in a multiple of 6, so you could make it narrower if you prefer a scarf, or wider if you would like a fuller wrap – project uses the full ball of Kakigori, so adjust amount of yarn accord...

I affectionately refer to the full moon as the night sun. Often, I needlessly recheck the house on moonlit nights for lights I may have left on only to discover it is just the night sun doing its thing. These yarn colors make me think of such nights. This capelet is knit bottom up, in the round, in a yarn that is seemingly perfect for transitio...

Quite literally deep (11 inches or so) and done in seed stitch, this cowl is sure to keep you warm and snug as we head into the cooler months! Made to show off Urth’s fun colorways – choose your favorite self-striping and monochromatic colorways of Koozoo to pair together.

I saw this yarn while browsing in my LYS and thought it was lovely – great colorways slow color changes. It was soft, too! So, I grabbed a ball of the colorway that spoke to me the most that day, unsure of what exactly it would become. This scarf is worked as a right triangle, from the point increasing out. There are sections of garter (great f...

Pattern has directions for both a worsted and super bulky version of this cowl. You do not need 2 yarns to complete this project, unless you want one in each weight. You will need approx. 90yds of the super bulky yarn, or approx. 218yds of the worsted yarn.

I had been eyeing up this Katia Big Paint yarn for a while and could not decide what colorway to choose. Ultimately, I decided on the neutral 201 color. It spoke to me and I knew I wanted to make a nice warm hat, one that covered the entire ear – no lobes peeking out! Worked from the top down, a variation of a brick stitch is used in the body, ...

Let’s just not talk about how it’s been and focus on something else…like the squishiness of yarn? Or how there’s something soothing about slipping stitches and easy repeat patterns? I’m sure you’ll be able to think of loads more of pleasant thoughts while you focus your attention on a special skein of super soft fingering weight yarn slipping t...

I first began knitting this project a little over a year ago. Life happened, I now have an awesome baby, and I finally finished this shawl! I love playing with color combinations with yarns I love, and especially love groups of threes. I can see this knit up in an orange, purple and teal combo, or a yellow, green and aqua…any three colors you l...

This pattern is not a tutorial on the mobius cast on – it is assumed you are already familiar. If you are not already familiar, at the very least, I highly recommend that you check out Cat Bordhi’s Intro to Moebius Knitting video on YouTube. Or even better still, if your LYS has a class teaching this great technique, take it. You will not be di...

I noticed this yarn immediately upon a recent visit to my LYS. I was in the mood to knit something for the impending cooler weather, and this yarn seemed to be just the ticket! Thick and thin, interesting fiber combination, and a hint of sparkle – but which color? Because the price point was so great, I decided on 3 colors! I hope you enjoy add...

This pattern is not a tutorial on the mobius cast on – it is assumed you are already familiar. If you are not already familiar, at the very least, I highly recommend that you check out Cat Bordhi’s Intro to Moebius Knitting video on YouTube. Or even better still, if your LYS has a class teaching this great technique, take it. You will not be di...

While winter provides me with a lot of quality yarn time, by the end of the season I’m desperate to get outside and play in the dirt. I refer to it as the doldrums of winter, the most depressing time of the year for me where I find myself glued to seed and plant catalogs (lovingly referred to as garden porn in our house) just to see something g...

It had been such a mild winter…until February happened. February proved to be the 4th snowiest month on record for this area. Don’t get me wrong – I love snow. I just don’t care much for the snow removal part of the deal. However, the wave of winter we experienced was ideal hookin’ weather! I had a couple of skeins of Malabrigo Worsted in the H...

It’s often hard to discern the temperature in January by simply looking out the window. It can be very deceiving – a nice warm taupe color takes over the woods, a sunny and clear bluebird sky…surely it can’t be that cold! (Spoiler alert, it is that cold.) Despite the chill, I do find the contrast between the woods and sky quite lovely and inspi...

I impulse bought this yarn – it was red and green, but not too red and green, had some grey and just enough sparkle. It was sophisticated Christmas yarn! I squirreled it away with every intent of whipping up something that was Christmas, but not TOO Christmas for the holidays. Flash forward to December 19th when I suddenly remembered the stashe...

This one skein cowl uses Malabrigo Caracol yarn. Caracol is generally used to mean spiral shaped in Spanish, which is very fitting for this yarn indeed. However, there was something else familiar about the word caracol. I was not at all surprised to discover that I was remembering this word because it also means snail. (I excel in remembering r...

This is a quick cowl you can work up in an afternoon, but fair warning, you will need to block before stitching together into a Möbius loop. The bulky stitches will relax considerably after blocking, giving you a longer rectangle to work with and a looser fabric. You could also join the 2 ends with funky buttons if you’d like (crochet is great ...

Big needles, big yarn, minimal effort – all the ingredients for an instant project! This cowl is worked in a shifting 2x2 rib pattern, making it an easy project to whip up in an afternoon. Great for gifting as it only uses one skein, or make one for yourself to take the chill away! Happy Stitching!

I designed this cowl pattern to be an easy segue into lace knitting for a newbie, or a simple knit for a seasoned lace knitter. If you are searching for courage to get started on a “tiny yarn” project, I hope this pattern finds you.

If you live in northern climes, keeping yourself warm like toast can be a challenge. The cold can also make us a little crazy – in this case, crazy about cables! The pattern is not too tricky (perfect if you’re just getting into cabling!) and works columns of tightly packed twisted rope cables up the body of the cowl. The perfect item to keep y...

Easy and fun, and full of as many bobbles as you like - personally I prefer to put in just a touch! Lots of texture - stripes are created not only with the self-striping yarn, but with reverse stockinette stitch randomly placed in sections. And did I mention the bobbles??

This simple cowl uses one hank of Plymouth Baby Alpaca Grande and a size 11 circular needle in 16” length (you could magic loop if you prefer). I created this pattern about 5 years ago as a tool to help newer knitters practice “reading” their knitting. Sections of knit and purl stitches are staggered to make a big zig pattern (so named as it is...

Colorwork is used often in knitting, but overlooked quite a bit in crochet. A friend and I were discussing how much we love looking at the carried yarn on the backside of knitting, and she developed a mobius pattern using 2 colors so that you could enjoy seeing those carries as part of your work. Why not celebrate carrying yarn in crochet too?