My hands are perpetually cold in the winter, but with all the knitting and typing I do, gloves just don’t work for me during the day. I’ve found that the perfect solution is fingerless mitts - they provide enough warmth to keep my hands toasty and don’t get in the way of my everyday life.

Starry Vista was inspired by nighttime over the desert and the dark, blue-black hues of the yarn. The lacy, starry edges are contrasted with the solid stockinette in the middle, invoking bright and clear evenings over sandy hills.

This shawl is a product of four things: a wrap I saw on a lady I passed in the street a few years ago, my discovery of the wonders of one-color brioche, some gorgeous Polwarth yarn dyed by my friend Erika, and the first trigonometry I’ve done since high school. While none of those things sound like they should go together—and some of them sound...

This pattern was released on October 15th for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. 25% of all pattern sales from this pattern will be donated to SANDS/Red Nose Australia - thank you for helping me help them. If pregnancy loss and fertility issues are sensitive topics for you, please skip to Page 3 of the pattern. I hope you’re well

During my first winter living in NYC, it was so cold that I realised I needed a whole different type of winter wardrobe than I was used to. Bulky yarn was definitely the way to go, and given how quickly it would knit up it seemed like the perfect opportunity to design my first jumper. After fiddling around with some cables and the wonderful The...

I designed this beanie in collaboration with my three year old. After we couldn’t find a pattern that she liked on Ravelry, we finally found some inspiration with a honeycomb stitch that I love which I’d used in one of her baby blankets.

I love to travel. I love seeing new places, revisiting familiar ones, and catching up with the people I love who are spread out around the world.

Cables are my happy place. The process of making them and the final, squishy product are the definition of indulgent to me. I do find, though, that all-over cabled knits can be a little stressful to make. This scarf was created as a nice medium between brain-breaking cabled charts and mindless ribbing - the ribs make up half of every row, and t...

As soon as the weather gets even slightly chilly, I spend all my time inside wearing my comfy sheepskin

This is v2 of Lorraine’s Lace, which was originally published in 2017. It comes with an expanded #sizeinclusive range of sizes, as well as notes on ease and how to adjust the fit. There are also some updates to the fit of the original sizes and a new schematic with full measurements included.

This bag is a tribute to the first hints of summer when all I want to think about are beaches and getaways. It begins with a sturdy linen stitch bottom which transitions into a straightforward lace pattern. Since it’s knit in one piece, you can easily take it with you on all your travels. Once it’s finished, throw all of your bits and pieces in...

I designed this blanket as a gift to welcome my dear friend’s second child into the world. I hope knitting this blanket brings you as much joy as it did for us, whether it’s as a gift or for your own little one!

My family moved from New York to Sydney in the middle of 2019. While my husband and daughter were born in the USA, for me it was a return home. I wanted to make something special for my baby girl to commemorate the trip, and the Southern Star was born.

This shrug knitting pattern is a lot of fun to knit. It has an an all-over eyelet texture that is easy to memorise and a heavier weight yarn that’ll have you wearing the shrug in no time. It’s a perfect project for those summer nights that sneak in where you just need something to cover your shoulders. Plus it’s made out of machine washable cot...

Have you ever picked up a skein of yarn and just fallen in love with it? That’s what happened when I found MooRoo’s Moonbeam. It’d been a long day of wandering around a fibre arts fair, and I was on the hunt for a skein with some silk in it. Finally, right as I was about to give up, there it was. Silk and merino, super squishy with just the rig...

Someone asked me the other day what my favourite thing to knit was, and without hesitation I answered “baby blankets”. There’s something about the idea that I’m helping to welcome a new life into the world that gets me every time. Plus they’re just a big rectangle so you can do heaps of fun stitches with them - like mosaic knitting!

This is a shout out for all my knitters - it’s a knit version of a style of blanket that is traditionally crochet. The pattern looks intricate but it’s actually so easy to pick up that after one stripe, your fingers will be flying on autopilot. I promise you’re going to immediately fall in love with it. The pattern’s written for two colours but...

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For some reason, winter always hits my hands the hardest. If you’re like me and you spend the whole cold season with freezing hands, you’ll know how lovey mittens can make you feel. These ones in particular will make you feel extra lovely - with their subtle cable texture they work brilliantly with both variegated or solid yarn.

The Cosy Sunday Fade Blanket was made for my sister’s wedding with colours chosen by my parents. It was truly a family affair and made with a lot of love, and I’m excited to share the pattern with all of you. I hope the one you create brings you and your loved ones as much joy as it has to me and mine, now and for many cosy Sundays into the fut...

The Four Way Stop blanket is a gorgeous baby blanket that’s a great opportunity to learn some new techniques. Done mostly in stockinette, it’s a nice relaxing knit with a bit of interest in every row with the squishy garter stitch border, mid-row colour change, and modified corner-to-corner construction.

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I made these mitts for my art-loving sister, who’s always been a fan of Van Gogh’s. After buying a skein of Fox and Feather’s Starry Starry Night yarn, I knew I wanted to make a simple pair of mittens to show off the colourway. The Starry Starry Mitts pattern is a nice quick knit for the mitten pros out there, and a great intro for mitten newbi...

This lace knitting pattern makes a wonderfully luxurious cowl. It’s a great introduction to lace knitting, and comes with both a chart and written instructions so you learn to read a simple chart. The cowl itself is knit from a merino/silk blend, which can be substituted for any DK weight yarn. It’s knit in the round on either circular needles ...

This fun beanie looks very detailed but is deceptively easy and fun to knit! It’s made up of a simple knit, purl and slip stitch pattern and results in a lovely dense material that will keep you warm all winter long.

This cabled beanie pattern makes a lovely knitted beanie. It’s a fun pattern on chunky yarn that knits up very quickly. Knit in the round, on your choice of either DPNs or circular needles. I’ve added instructions for five different sizes, ranging from infants all the way up to adult men’s size, so you can make one for every member of your fami...

I love cables, but have been wanting to play with creating texture and patterns with simple knit and purl stitches for a while. After making a bunch of Seed Stitch Scarves I figured giving a different textured scarf a shot would be fun. As it turns out, diagonal ribbing is fairly straightforward but looks amazing. The yarn is nice and chunky an...

This cabled beanie pattern makes a beautiful slouchy beanie. The cables are just intricate enough to keep you on your toes, and produce a lovely pattern that brings to mind windows in old Gothic buildings.

This criss-cross knitting pattern makes a wonderfully luxurious cowl. The tiny cables will initially keep you on your toes, but once you get the hang of them they’re a breeze and a joy to work with. It’s the perfect pattern for learning to cable without a cable needle.

These adorable little booties are knitted in cotton for summer babies, but can easily be knit in heavier yarn for cooler weather.

This slouchy seed stitch beanie is the perfect winter accessory! It’s knit in one piece without any seaming, and was specifically designed as a first project for knitters who are new to knitting in the round. For more advanced knitters, it’s an awesome quick knit.