Children’s tube socks with a simple ribbed cuff and panel of ever decreasing cable sections are reminiscent of the twisted sections of balloon animals. This pattern was designed to perfectly complement the “clown barf” yarn custom dyed at the request of my 8 year old son.

A simple pair of men’s style socks for everyone, knit up in a wool/acrylic blend, I started making these for my husband and decided I liked them too much and kept them for myself! Thick and warm, these socks are great for wearing around the house or in your boots out in the cold. They knit up really quickly and the self-striping yarn adds a tou...

I came across this stitch pattern and it reminded me of the beautiful wisteria that blooms every spring near where I used to work and knew I needed to incorporate it into a pair of socks. I only wish I’d had wisteria colored yarn to knit them from! I was especially thrilled with how the lace pattern formed the top of the sock into a wave shape ...

My Daughter received a play kitchen, toy foods and pots & pans from Santa this year. Watching her play with them, (and cleaning up after her when she was done) I decided she needed some mesh Market Bags to carry and store the food pieces in. Using 2 simple yarn-over lace patterns I designed 4 different string bags for her. Two of the bags a...

I made these for my fellow Freshmeat, and the Zebras who regularly attend practice with the Southern Delaware Rollergirls, for Christmas. Tiny little skates, with even tinier little toe stops, are knit in the round from the bottom up. Buttons for wheels, an i-cord toe stop and scraps of yarn for laces finish off these adorable ornaments. I made...

I have always loved legwarmers and playing Roller Derby gives me a great excuse to wear them year round! Store bought legwarmers can be too bulky to have bunched around my ankles when I’m skating and I can’t have them pulled all the way up my legs where they can interfere with the fit and safety of my knee pads. I decided to design a pair of an...

11/13/15: An updated copy of this pattern has been uploaded to correct a stitch count typo and clarify the needle sizes as US needles.