My friend asked how hard it was to make her some fingerless gloves. She had recently seen some and thought they were amazing. Answer: Ridiculously easy. I made her pick out her own yarn - it was good for her to have some ownership in the final product. She was originally looking at blacks or greys when this multi-color yarn caught her eye. That...

Summer was coming - and in Minnesota that means that the A/C indoors is set to remind us of how cold it used to feel outdoors. I seriously don’t understand this concept - it’s finally warm out so let’s set the office AC at 65 and watch everyone turn blue again - but I digress. I wanted a little something to keep at the office that would warm me...

NOTE: MARCH 12, 2016: Cast on stitches should be 196, not 198. Updated PDF ready to download.

I was looking for a single-ball pattern and nothing was catching my eye. Then I decided to whip up a dog sweater for my daughter’s Jack Russell, Skye. I only had a few yards left at the end. If your skein has more yardage, might not be a bad idea to add a few more rows before beginning the tail shaping.

I always wanted to try Double Knitting and this is the result of my first effort - I learned a lot!

I was bored last weekend and went digging around in my stash for a fun color combination for a baby sweater. This is what I ended up with. I used about 1/2 a skein each of the grey and green … and a fraction of the painted yarn.

My daughter spends too much time on Pinterest and once again emails me a photo and says “Hey Mom, can you make this?”. It was a photo of a dog sweater with dinosaur spikes. Cute. Yep, pretty sure I can pattern this one.

My daughter and I were checking out the junk “cowls” at the mall while we were Christmas shopping. Ok, we bought one for a gift, but it was bugging me. The yarn was thin & cheap and it had a seam. Yuk. I could do better and decided to surprise my daughters (I have 2) for Christmas.

This was originally created as a baby blanket and could easily be expanded to a throw or bed blanket. The way the pattern and worksheet are laid out its easy for you to add additional pattern sets.

This pattern isn’t difficult and turns out stunning. Graceful cables criss-cross up the scarf.

I was getting to the end of the homemade Christmas gift list and looking for a project that would knit up fast. This was perfect! Two rows, no markers, easy to remember, big needles with chunky yarn - It was downright fun!

I had several Christmas gifts to make and this pattern, although a little fussy, turned out beautiful. I kept scrap paper on hand to keep track of what row I was on.

This is an easy scarf and great introduction to bobbles. Gauge is relative. Play with needle sizes to get the look you want. I knit this scarf with SandnesGarn Pronto yarn - super bulky - with a size 11 needle. I used 3 balls of yarn to make a scarf 80” long.