These are a sweet little pair of socks with a simple openwork design that is a great introduction to lace knitting. A relaxing knit for experienced sock knitters or a great project for novices to refine their skills.

With vibrant colors, a beautiful colorwork chart, and a sole gusset, the cuff-down Baroque socks are a pretty pattern for sock knitters to make to brighten up the dreary winter months or celebrate spring.

With a bold plaid, band heel, and salt and pepper soles, the cuff-down BB Checks are a great pattern for colorwork enthusiasts and a great way to feature your favourite, attention-grabbing colour with only a handful of scraps. Knitters who are newer to socks will find the band heel construction straightforward and the colorwork easy to memorize...

Gather up a fun assortment of scraps for this stashbuster last minute Christmas project! Latvian braids, stranded colorwork, rhythmic and easily memorizable charts, and your own custom palette in a worsted weight yarn make this stocking fly off the needles!

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With an easy-to-memorize color chart, the cuff-down Damier Socks are an engaging way to knit a neutral pair of socks with some visual interest.

This versatile pattern makes a great project for beginner knitters or a wonderful template for those looking to add their own creative details. This symmetrical triangle has elongated arms allowing you to wear it as a light summer layer or draped luxuriously around your neck for a cozy cool weather accessory. Simple tassels added to the points ...

With vibrant colors, a simple colorwork chart, and a sole gusset, the cuff-down Dolci baci socks are a pretty pattern for sock knitters to make to brighten up the dreary winter months. Make them for yourself or someone you love this Valentine’s Day.

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For this engaging colorwork sock knitting pattern, you will need:

This little project is a fantastic scrap buster and makes a lovely Easter gift that lasts longer than chocolate.

This kneesocks pattern, based on traditional Bavarian stockings, is written for an Austrian girl born in Canada, raised in Southeast Asia, now living in Central America. She can carry a small piece of her heritage with her wherever she goes.

This super quick Halloween hat knitting project is worked bottom up, knit from the edge of the brim up to the top, and then felted down in the laundry. You can then use appliqué, needle felting, or really any method of your choice to decorate it to your heart’s content or leave it as is for the perfect Halloween topper!

All you need is a few grams of non-superwash worsted weight yarn to knit these cute little leaves. This is a great stash-busting project, too!

Here is a quick project to use with non-superwash yarn, if you’d like to have a permanent memento by which to show respect for those who served and continue to serve our country.

This super quick Halloween hat knitting project is worked bottom up, knit from the edge of the brim up to the top, and then felted down in the laundry. You can then use appliqué, needle felting, or really any method of your choice to decorate it to your heart’s content or leave it as is for the perfect Halloween topper!

The subtlest cable detail adds a little flair to these vanilla hand knit socks. Wear them to keep cozy for a mushroom hunting expedition or pull them on to warm up when you’re home from the forest.

A children’s colourwork sweater knit seamlessly in the round from the top down.

To make this charming stranded colorwork Christmas stocking, you will need:

These adorable socks for kids are knit cuff down in the round with two main colors and the animal face and ears are added after knitting by using duplicate stitch, also known as Swiss darning.

These mittens are worked in the round from the cuffs to the hem.

This is a cute little pair of ankle socks with a simple rolled cuff that keeps them up when worn with your favourite sneakers. A relaxing knit for experienced sock knitters or a great project for novices to refine their skills.

These are a sweet little pair of socks with a simple lace design that is a great introduction to lace knitting.

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Fancy but not too fussy!

Here’s a Christmas stocking to liven up your holiday atmosphere with a traditional Scandinavian-inspired stranded knitting project, and the cuff is a great way to use up a few odds and ends from your stash.

A super cute, super quick knit that’s perfect for showing off your sock minis!

A folded band provides a no-fuss, classic fit with extra warmth where it’s needed. In this pattern you will use a provisional cast on to create a clean, minimalist look.

This is a basic pair of stretchy ribbed socks that are knit flat on two needles.

This is a basic top down raglan pattern with just a taste of stranded colourwork, perfect for beginners who wish to try a larger project or showing off a beautiful tonal yarn. It is written for worsted weight, making it the perfect year-round layering piece in the cool, rainy Pacific North West.

This snug fitting hat is a quick knit project that is guaranteed to stay put in even the most blustery winter weather.

With an easy-to-memorize color chart, the cuff-down Puppytooth Socks are a a fun way to feature your favourite colours on a neutral base. This pattern looks best with a high contrast palette. Instructions are given for a band heel, in which gusset shaping is worked as you are turning the heel and gives a snug, “scooping” fit. An option is inclu...

This is a basic pair of vanilla socks that are knit flat on two needles.

This delicate looking but cozy socks pair nicely with a skirt, with a touch of feminine charm at the picot cuff.

Keep toasty without all the bulk of a scarf with this beautiful easy-to-knit colorful neckwarmer that is worked in the round.

A simple knit for a pretty layer. This mini skirt goes fits perfectly over a pair of leggings or cartwheel shorts to to keep warm while enjoying the cherry blossoms of early spring or hunting around the village green for Easter eggs.

This is a cuff down colorwork sock pattern with a sole gusset that depicts the Chinese character for ‘forest.’ The pattern was created as a birthday gift for a very special person, and the tentative pattern name was Black Forest (how boring!). In doing research on the Black Forest, the following description was found:

Collect your favourite scraps for this simple colorwork stashbuster!

This is a basic top down raglan pattern with a simple colourwork chart that can be worked with a kaleidoscope of colours or a more subdued palette. It’s perfect for beginners who wish to try a larger project or showing off a beautiful tonal yarn. It is written for worsted weight, making it the perfect year-round layering piece in the cool, rain...

The scrappy striped cushion cover is an easy stash buster project resulting in a cozy practical piece in your customized palette. It’s a great project for beginners or the perfect knitting pattern to work on while binge watching your favourite TV shows!

This is a simple one piece front to back knit that begins at the bottom front edge.

Do you love wool socks so much you want to wear them year round? Well, why not! Wool is moisture-wicking and thermoregulating which makes them perfect in all kinds of weather. The arrival of south swells at our beaches in Tofino signify the return of gentle summer days, and south swell socks are a relaxing and easy knitting project resulting in...

For knitters who are new to socks, these are incredibly easy to make and using sport weight yarn, they are worked up with astounding speed!

Spring on the coast is a tricky animal - we want to wear cute outfits but the weather is unpredictable. Over the knee socks can be a fantastic way to bridge the gap!

This is a classic vanilla sock pattern with a cabled cuff that has the extra stretch needed to keep your socks up without a lot of fuss. A relaxing knit for experienced sock knitters or a great project for novices to refine their skills.

This pattern is named for and inspired by the painting by Hans Holbein, which is full of symbolic elements including an anamorphic skull that appears when viewed from an angle. Cast on these fun colorwork socks in time for Halloween, or any time for a bit of year round spooky fun!

A touch of coquettish charm!

Shake your beachy waves free or make space for your topknot while your ears stay toasty in this quick little knit.

All the fun of knitting a colorwork yoke sweater without having to do the boring endless rounds of the torso and sleeves!

Inspired by the forests and seas of the Pacific Northwest.

This circular yoke sweater is knitted seamlessly from the top down with worsted weight yarn. It’s the perfect weight for winter or Canadian spring (aka never ending winter). This is a great project for someone who’s knit colour work before, and a great way to use up some scraps.

Here’s the toque version of the Tonquin Headband for those who like a little extra coverage. An easy intro to stranded knitting for beginners and a great little stash buster for everyone!

With classic colors and a simple engaging chart, the cuff-down Toy Soldiers Christmas socks are a simple pattern for sock knitters to make as Christmas gifts.

Here’s a cozy, custom-fitting, knee sock with decorative calf shaping, to keep your feet and legs comfy and warm in your gumboots.

This pattern is free until November 2020!!

Once in a while on the rugged west coast, we trade in our gumboots for something a little edgier. Channel some big Joan Jett energy and strut your stuff in these over-the-knee fishnet stockings. Designed with an experienced and adventurous sock knitter in mind, this pattern has low yardage requirements and works up quickly.

This is a basic vanilla sock pattern with an ultra simple rib pattern for variation. Knit in sport/DK yarn, these are whipped up lightning fast and are a great project for sock newbies.

These insoles are knit using bulky weight non-superwash yarn.

Worked cuff down, these shortie socks have a foldover cuff with a short row ankle tab that prevents them from slipping down in your sneakers. Your socks keep a low profile but you can still show off a fun little pop of color.

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This is a two for one pattern that uses the same repeating stitch sequence to make a dish cloth and dish towel using one entire skein each of two different yarns (sport for the cloth and DK for the towel). Depending on what you have in your stash, it’s easy to scale the project up or down by adding or subtracting multiples of 2 stitches.

Thick, warm, sturdy, and a quick knit! That’s what you need when you wear gumboots 11 out of 12 months of the year. How about some shaping for the most comfortable, custom fit?

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