This diamond pattern with beautiful silver beads reminds me so much of walking home at dusk in Ithaca, NY, surrounded by a beautiful, silent snowfall. The ground sparkles here and there from the clean and brilliant snow as if diamonds have been flung across the ground, and there is something amazingly quiet, elegant and timeless being surrounde...

My friend Laura Schickli created this and I modified it so we decided to put it on Ravelry! This is a quick, soft, and cozy project that uses 3 or more fingering weight yarns held together. Begin from the bottom up, with your chosen number of fingering wt yarns. Your needle size can be from US 8 to US 10 1/2, depending on how many yarns you are...

This pattern was created by accident – a nice surprise! My friend Laura Schickli created it but I made it go sideways by mistake so we loved it! It is a soft, lacey and quick project that uses two fingering weight yarns held together (which equals . Adding a metallic yarn provides a lovely sparkle. Gauge is not critical though it will alter the...

Since we are hoping for rain, rain and more rain in California after several years of severe drought, I am having fun creating “rainy” patterns that may serve as a knitted rain dance! This cowl combines beaded raindrops and a zig-zag Aran pattern to create the look of a small stream of flowing water.

April Showers Scarf is a fun and innovative scarf pattern just perfect for rainy days! The pattern uses beads to mimic raindrops falling left and right, ending on top of the umbrella borders. The scarf starts from the middle with a provisional cast on and no “raindrops”. As the chart repeats continue, raindrops begin to “sprinkle” as beads are ...

This crescent-shaped shawl is knit from the top down in a garter ridge stitch pattern with a lace border added as an applied edging. The design is inspired by the beautiful California shorelines that lead into our lovely Pacific Ocean. The shawl uses one color throughout with (optional) beading to achieve the “seafoam sparkle” along the border....

This design was inspired by the beautiful deep blues and purples of airport runway lights at night. The triangular shawl is knit primarily in stockinette stitch with garter stitch ridges to accentuate the lines leading to the central panel.

Evening Breeze is a simple yet colorful garter stitch striped shawl designed to keep you cozy when the evening breezes begin to stir. Inspired by the San Francisco Bay Area coastal breezes that often rise in the late afternoon and cool down even the hottest of days, this lightweight, triangular shawl can be worn as a wrap or a cozy scarf.

These fingerless mitts are knit in the round using one of the colors from the City Stoplights Shawl to create a fun and colorful accessory to the shawl or to be worn alone. The mitts can be worked in any of the classic “stoplight” colors or your favorite color.

This simple, triangular shawl is knit in garter stitch using one main color (MC) and three contrasting colors (CC) to create a fun and easy pattern. The shawl can be worked in classic “stoplight” colors or any of your favorite color combinations or gradations.