This large, squishy wrap is inspired by a photo of the sun in the clouds that my dad took above my childhood home.  The light shone on the clouds in such a way that each curving shape was emphasized and the sinuous energy of the cloud was in stark relief.  I wanted to capture the clouds’ luminosity and meandering shape with yarn.  The way color...

While hiking through the Rocky Mountains near where I live in Colorado, USA, my mind fills with the textures, colors, and shapes of the forests, rocks, and sky.  I am inspired by these natural shapes and landscapes to create my knitting designs.  The Heartwood Shawl was inspired by the bark and wood of ponderosa pine trees, which cover the hill...

While driving across Colorado to a fiber festival late one summer, I was struck - not for the first time - by the beautiful contrasting textures and colors of the pine-covered hillsides. I wanted to be able to capture the variety of greens in the ponderosa forests, the texture of lichen-covered rocks, the light and shadow of the forest floor, i...

Feathers, tree branches, a forest vista…the motifs on this hat evoke a sense of the great outdoors. Wear this hat through snow and cold wind, and be kept warm and cozy through it all.

When asked what he wanted me to knit for him, my brother-in-law answered, “A dinosaur hat.” He thought this was a fun joke, but I said CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Requires 1 skein each of three colors of yarn.

I wanted to make a pair of convertible mittens for some friends of mine for Christmas, but couldn’t find an easy pattern for worsted weight yarn. So I decided to make my own. Here it is!