Munising

Seney

Copper Harbor

If you’re looking for mystery and intrigue, look no further than Benton Harbor, Michigan. When you connect the dots between Benton Harbor, Ludington, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin you’ll create a triangle of paranormal activity second only to the Bermuda Triangle.Boats have mysteriously disappeared in this area of Lake Michigan with seemingly no exp...

Mary raises her sheep in Fennville, and the first time I saw them, the ewes were heavy with lambs and ready for shearing.Her pasture is an old pear orchard and I’m told that the sheep run from tree to tree in the fall when they hear the pears dropping. Along with cjkoho Designs, I’ve purchased her entire clip to create the Welcome Home yarn lin...

Grass Lake, Michigan is home to cjkoho Designs’ studio, where Carla creates beautiful hand painted and kettle dyed yarns.Carla once told me that her love ofcolor has her hoping to“ bathe the world in color” with the creations she dreams upin her studio.The Grass Lake chart makes good use of color, allowing the knitter to knit as written, or pic...

Skills Needed: Cast on, knit, purl, knit with two colors, decrease

Skills needed: cast on, bind off, knit, purl, yarn over, decrease

Skills needed: cast on, knit, decrease, pick up stitches, bind off

Skills needed: crochet cast on, knit, decrease, Kitchener stitch

Skills needed: Möbius cast on, knit, purl, increasing, attached I cord cast off

Our family lived in Canton, Michigan when I was a child, and it is also where a friend, who recently lost her battle to cancer, called home. It seems the older we get, the more people we love who find themselves battling this disease. In honor of those we’ve lost, and in support of those still fighting, a portion of the sales of this pattern wi...

There’s not an easy way to get to Drummond Island. It’s a large island in the northern part of Lake Huron, which is actually closer to Canada than it is to the mainland of Michigan. In spite of the winding trip you’ll need to take to get there, the simple life on the island is unmatched. If you’re looking for a wild social life, look elsewhere,...

In 2015-16, Genesee County made international headlines through Flint’s water crisis. As Flint struggles to address the long term effects, it’s tough to remember that there are a lot of wonderful things in the community. Flint has revived their farmer’s market, has lots of local restaurants providing innovative cuisine, and many historic hotels...

Skills needed: cast on, bind off, knit, purl, decreasing

My grandparents took me to Sault Ste Marie, Michigan every summer and we would stand and watch the gates that would open and close a series of locks allowing huge shipping vessels to navigate the waters taking them from Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes and eventually out to the Atlantic Ocean. We’d gaze across at Canada and wonder what wa...

Skills needed: Long tail cast on, knitting, purling, two-color knitting, decreasing

Tapiola, Michigan, is a Finnish community where my grandmother Mayme,a knitter and single mom, raised six children in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. My grandmother never learned to read a pattern, but knit from memory the mittens, scarves and afghans that remain in the households of family members scattered across the country.

Skills needed: Cast on, knit, purl, slipping stitches, cast off

The motif pays homage to Saint Padraig, the apostle and enlightener of Ireland. In artwork, he is often depicted holding a shamrock. This project started as just one hat for Erica’s son Padraig, who loves shamrocks. After a few friends saw the work in progress, we knew we had to create a pattern in multiple sizes. Saint Padraig is a simple two-...

Our family was a canoeing family, and some of my favorite memories as a child are from time spent in an 18 ½foot Kevlar canoe. Growing up, on Saturday mornings my dad and I would load the canoe onto our car and head to the river to paddle and fish. It was always quiet on the river in the early hours of the morning, and that time was special. Th...

The Davis blanket is a great stash buster if you’ve got bits of yarn lingering from past projects. Knit one mitered quadrant at a time, Davis has stripes as random as you want to make them (or as regular as you need them to be). Made from a washable yarn, it makes the perfect baby gift that won’t tire you out before you hit the final bind off.

In 2015, Michigan announced its commitment to create a state-wide trail system leading from southern Belle Isle, traveling north to the tip of the Upper Peninsula, and finishing in Iron Mountain. My niece and I hope to travel the entire trail in bits and pieces as the rails to trails sections become completed. What’s the name of the trail? The ...

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a fair isle hat pattern that you can complete quickly for the one you love.

On many Michiganders’ bucket lists is a trip to the Upper Peninsula, but the drive from metro Detroit or the effort it takes to plan a vacation in the U.P. often keeps people away…much like Fair Isle knitting. The technique may be on your knitting bucket list, but fear of the unknown keeps you away from the beauty that lingers just beyond that ...

This is a Windmill Bag variation originally written by Danielle LaFramboise and published on her blog peanut butter yelly time. This variation was published with her express consent. Please visit her blog for clear pictures on sewing up the sides of the bag.

Looking to use up some novelty yarn? This quick purse pattern was designed as a store sample to do just that! This quick knit can be given a variety of looks depending on the yarn you carry along with the wool you choose.

Designed as a store sample for a LYS, and uses up those single skeins of yarn you have in your stash.

Designed as an easy, social knitting project for Black Sheep Knitting Guild members to knit on a bus trip to a local shop hop. This stretchy hat is a quick knit that is sure to make many on your gift list happy when they receive it!