As a classically-educated lover of books, linguistics, folklore, and rhetoric, I have always found nursery rhymes particularly haunting and evocative. On the surface, they are taught to children as tools of language acquisition and often feature deeper lessons; yet, they also often couch within them entire worldviews, economics, diplomacy, poli...

The Stormlight Archives series is a tale of shadow and light, so much so that the Knights Radiant take it on as their First Ideal in their Immortal Words:

No Sanderson book better represents Fall - in my opinion - than his Mistborn series for young adults. Between mistwraiths haunting the world of Scadriel; a Dark Lord whose magic has wreaked havoc and devastation across a barren, mist-cloaked landscape; and the mythical blending of chemistry and alchemy that is Allomancy, the Mistborn series beg...

One of Sanderson’s most beloved animal (alien?) companions, Doomslug (the Destroyer) is a simple slug who just loves to eat a good mushroom and trill a flutelike melody. Yet, as the series progresses, Doomslug’s hidden depths may just be the key to the galaxy and future of humankind…now, if only those mushrooms would quit distracting her…nom no...

Inspired by V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic fantasy series, in which London’s color is the key for humanity’s relationship to magic (Red for harmony, Grey for death, White for despotic control, and Black for destruction), the Shades of Magic Shawl is designed in homage to the main character’s coat of many sides which matches the version of London...

Is there a better cure-all than a steaming cup of tea? Chamomile can steady the nerves, peppermint can alleviate headaches, and orange or lemon zest can be just the uplift when you’re feeling a bit down.

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” - Stephen King

“What would The Princess Bride have been like if Buttercup had gone searching for Westley, instead of immediately giving him up for dead?”

Fall in love with a book and carry it with you everywhere with this sweet envelope-style clutch. With its rainbow of hearts and easily modifiable construction, this clutch is designed to hold your smallest treasures up to your thickest tomes to showcase and share your love of reading.

Second Breakfast: a time for taking it slow; for lingering over a steaming cup of tea; marveling at the bountiful spread of jam, butter, pastries, and sausages from harvest to sizzling pan; and the cheerful thud-thud-thud of a friend come a-callin’ to rehash old adventures. Is there any meal more quintessentially Hobbit folk?

It’s no wonder that pines - being some of the oldest plants on earth! - are often associated with wisdom and regeneration. They defy explanation: they release their seeds once they’ve been dried out (which means they flourish after a fire), their seeds are the embodiment of science and nature in harmony as they spread out in a Golden Spiral, an...

The Eyrie Hat represents the soaring heights and nest-like comfort of the large eagles and birds of prey who spy the many hidden bounties and claim the arid lands of the Southwest as their own. With its soothing, rhythmic ribbed texture, you’ll feel snug as a nestling in this airy, bouncy hat with its downy pom-pom.

It’s a warm Fall evening. The sun has just set and the crisp rattle of leaves chases you down the lane on the way to your Nettle and Bone book club. A chill races up your spine as ghostly images long honed through the ages spring to mind, and a tickle at your ankle makes you jump! But it’s just your neighborhood , rubbing against your woolly Ne...

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There’s just something about a yardang that makes me feel like I can spread my arms and fly – Kate Winslet on the prow of the Titanic style – over the rocky floor of the desert. In an attempt to capture this feeling of the wind that forms their landform namesake, the Yardang Socks were born.

After months of drought, a flash flood signals change and transformation, as well as new pathways forward. How to capture this onslaught of storms (literal or creative)? Meet Arroyo.

The acorn is a mighty little seed. Aside from being a whimsical representation for the many hours of antics they provide squirrels with as they hide, lose, and re-discover old stashs of nuts (whether theirs or not!), they also encapsulate a wealth of symbolism for mankind. They have long been said to safekeep “oak knowledge”: both the actual DN...

Antlers have long had a tie to academia: they denote wisdom and regeneration, and have long had ties to the sacred/knowledge with their sky-reaching prongs. As I scanned my shelves for inspiration this month, I noticed a prevalent theme in some of my favorite Fall YA reads: academia with antler symbolism.  Whether Prongs from Harry Potter, the ...

Add a personal touch to all your gift-giving this season with these Christmas gift tags!

Just like the fireflies that flicker against the night sky over a field of Galaxy Flowers (aka Night Sky Petunias - they’re real, check them out here, June’s 2022 Year of Bookmarks design is for all you night-owl readers who just can’t put the book down.

Kettricken is the princess of the Mountain Kingdom in Robin Hobb’s beloved fantasy classic series, The Realm of the Elderlings.

The Islands in the Stream Bookmark is designed in memory of one of my favorite vacation destinations - Key West. The iconic home of Ernest Hemingway (and, my favorite, the many descendants of his polydactylic cats) inspired this interpretation of my favorite of his books - Islands in the Stream - the namesake for this May 2022 Year of Bookmarks...

The Misselthwaite Manor Bookmark is part of my Misselthwaite Manor collection, an homage to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic “The Secret Garden”. This bookmark (our April Year of Bookmarks 2022 design) features a central bud and vine twisted stitch and cable motif, with a border of mock fence posts to give a little structure to this wild, over...

The Misselthwaite Manor Hat is designed to match the Misselthwaite Manor Mitts released in Spring 2021. With a delicate picot hem, corrugated 2-color ribbing, and a central flower bud and vine motif, this beanie hat is perfect for early spring planting in the garden, flower gathering walks, or finding a warm patch of sun to sit with your favori...

Head outside to read this Spring with the Fern Leaves bookmark! This bookmark (our March Year of Bookmarks 2022 design) features a central fern leaf panel surrounded by furrows of seed stitch to start kindling your garden dreams. Cast on some Spring!

The Nourish Yoga Socks are designed to be best friends to your feet – comforting, flexible, and welcoming – as you practice yoga. With no fussy ribbing, lots of meditative stockinette in the round, no heel or toe to trip up a smooth knitting journey, and an easy purl ridge at cuff, foot, and around the heel opening to add a mental break to paus...

Mark your place in your favorite book with the Mermaid Tails bookmark. With a central motif of mermaid tails swimming up this 8.25” x 3.5” bookmark, this bookmark (our February Year of Bookmarks 2022 design) is generously proportioned for your favorite fantasy or sci-fi book peppered with all your favorite mystical creatures…or for any book tha...

Steam rising from your favorite cup of coffee or tea to greet the cool crispness of an Autumn morning. The heady aroma of sweet with just a hint of cinnamon spiciness wafting through an open window as a tray of apple cider donuts (a family recipe of course) that sends tingles of tradition tingling through your woolly-cardigan covered arms emerg...

An updated Victorian cuff with clean lines and simplified ruffle and ribbon details, the Ripley Cuffs are an homage to the Gothic novels that inspire part of the aesthetics behind Dark Academia. Whether it’s Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, or Frankenstein you pick up to read (or listen to ) while knitting this autumn, th...

Amhrán Na Farraige, or Song of the Sea, is based off the eponymous children’s animated movie. With alternating motifs of lace waves interspersed with mermaid tails – or as Irish myth calls their more seal-like cousin selkies – this cowl is designed to invoke the deep, cold northern seas off the coast of Great Britain. Full of mysteries, enchant...

The Secret Garden book and movie (1993) is one of my childhood favorites that cultivates an air of wonder and enchantment. The idea of finding an abandoned garden full of forgotten stories waiting to come into bloom – what could be more thrilling?

Designed to fit a standard Tarot or Oracle deck, or protect a pocket-sized book, this Apothecary Bag with its ribbon closure makes the sweetest pouch for safekeeping all your precious possessions. Ideal for holding crystals and stones, gathered herbs and foraging finds, essential oils, charms, beads, dice, figures, or even a tea light candle or...

If any being of Middle Earth were a knitter, it would be the Hobbits. Fond of snug homes flickering with firelight and all the comforts of a warm blanket, toasty socks, and a steaming beverage at hand to hold off against cold weather, Hobbits live for coziness. Yet what happens when a few brave souls do venture out? They find themselves on a jo...

The crunch of gold and orange fall leaves underfoot, the quiet promise in a steaming cup of coffee before the activities of the day begin, the warmth of laughter and cozy sweaters around a campfire as friends long separated once again come together in fiber fellowship – Rhinebeck is a celebration of nature meeting nurture and all the goodness w...

These long, languid waves are the perfect way to mark your place in your favorite beach read! Grab your favorite iced beverage, a beach towel, lots of sunscreen, and dive right in!