Sherlock’s Great Afghan Adventure is a year long mystery read and knit-along which features a new afghan motif each month inspired by one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous short stories. Beginning March 16, 2019 there will be all sorts of twists and turns to delight the mystery lover and knitter in you. Suitable for adventurous beginners to in...

Sherlock’s Great Afghan Adventure is a year long mystery read and knit-along which features a new afghan motif each month inspired by one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous short stories. Beginning October 21, 2017 there will be all sorts of twists and turns to delight the mystery lover and knitter in you. Suitable for adventurous beginners to ...

Ready for more reading and knitting fun? If so you’ll be happy to know our third round of Sherlock’s Great Afghan Adventure is about to begin. This mystery read and knit along starts July 16, 2016 and runs through June 17, 2017. We’ll have 12 new squares inspired by the 12 stories we will read, plus 4 new character squares, 12 new two-third squ...

Sherlock’s Great Afghan Adventure II is the second of our five Conan-Doyle inspired knitting adventures. Each installment can be knit as a standalone afghan or as part of an overall project (meaning they are designed to fit together). Since there are 60 total short stories and novels in total we’d have an odd shaped afghan (at least one) if we ...

Sherlock’s Great Afghan Adventure is a year long mystery read and knit-along which features a new afghan motif each month inspired by a one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous short stories. Beginning March 15, 2014 there will be all sorts of twists and turns to delight the mystery lover and knitter in you. Suitable for adventurous beginners to ...

Fun, easy-going sock that was part of Sock Knitters Anonymous’ October/November 2013 Mystery KAL. Inspired by the seemingly never ending rain of the summer of 2013 and the water trails carved into the landscape. The socks are mirror imaged and there is a timed bump in the trails as you work your way down the sock.

Labyrinth Lullaby is a traveling stitch lattice design that can be worked either in the original tapered design or in the alternative version (which simply carries the stitch pattern all the way down to the point that you would begin your toe section). Although it looks busy this pattern is intuitive and you will soon be lulled into a sweet, sw...

Squigglez is a unisex sock that has traveling in mind and features a central knit thru the back loop column that moves to and fro down the leg picking up its neighboring columns along the way until all the columns are traveling. The pattern can be worked one of three ways: Original, featuring off-set traveling columns and an unusual gusset; Alt...

Little Bits Swings and Roundabouts is a celebration of the return of seasonal events - specifically the re-emergence of a few floral friends. You should be comfortable with basic sock knitting construction, but the pattern is easy enough for the adventurous beginning sock knitter - if you are comfortable with basic lace and cables you’ll be alr...

This mirror imaged sock pattern was born late one summer solstice evening (hence the name) when I had an urgent need to knit some new socks that would work well in both warmer and cooler temperatures. Living at a higher elevation can mean some cool summer mornings and evenings while the day remains quite warm. With these fluctuations in tempera...

Shelton’s Folly is a tribute to the wonderful lady who introduced my happy fingers to the world of fiber crafts. Even though she never knit a stitch in her life, as she was a dedicated crocheter, she inspired my adventures in knitting which led to my eventual obsession with socks.