This cowl can be, and was, worked up in one evening. Casting on Christmas presents December 24th? Pah, you have plenty of time!

I have problems with scarves. Everyone, it seems, wants one, but I can never get the motivation to finish them. All those little rows over and over of the same thing! So when I had a request for yet another scarf with no real guidelines other than “washable and burgundy,” I decided to try to create a scarf that would knit up quickly but be simp...

Mina, the heroine of Dracula and the Count’s love interest in movie adaptations, is a modern, virtuous, Victorian lady, able to both write shorthand and chastise friends on proper behavior. When she would wrap a scarf around her coveted, silken throat, I imagine she’d want something delicate and feminine yet sensible to keep her covered. This s...

This is a pattern for a simple pulse warmer that can be made with a beginning spinner’s yarn. It only takes 11 yards! It includes a tutorial on how to Navajo Ply, which results in lovely but sometimes shorter than hoped for yarn.

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