One of my favorite summer pastimes is hunting for whelk shells with my dad on the beach at Cape May, NJ, so I was inspired to design this pattern with the whelk stitch. The texture is created with a four-stitch repeat over four rows that involves slipped stitches and alternating between knits and purls.

The Hemlock Headband is a quick, warm, squishy headband featuring a cabled design in the center. It can be made with super bulky or bulky yarn. I specifically designed this using hand-dyed single ply super bulky yarn from Oak & Fiber.