Teacups come in all different shapes, sizes, and designs, just screaming to be imitated through knitting! Like the Nice Cuppa hat before it, the Put a Bird on My Cuppa hat is inspired by dainty teacups. Featuring a complex colorwork pattern of blue and white, you’ll love watching the pattern emerge as you mindfully knit […]
Charm: A D&D-inspired cabled hat pattern
Buy it now on Ravelry Charm is inspired by a Dungeons and Dragons spell: Charm Person. When you cast this spell on someone, they automatically treat you as a friend. Cast this on your needles and be charmed by the cabled Xs and Os, and the sweet purled hearts that run up to the crown […]
Free Knitting Pattern: Saturday Afternoon Armwarmers
It’s been almost a year since the Saturday Afternoon Armwarmers were published in Knit Now Magazine and if you never got a copy of the magazine, you may have felt like you were missing out… but wait no longer! Fill out the form below to download a free PDF of the pattern. These armwarmers are inspired […]
GREEN FLAME! Cowl Pattern Available on Ravelry
Buy now through Ravelry Take on the challenge of this fiery colorwork pattern that knits up faster than Viari can sneak past a giant! This GREEN FLAME! cowl sits close to the neck for +5 to warmth and +10 to geeky fashion. Be the nerdiest nerd at your next D&D session and show off your […]
Updated: GREEN FLAME! Test Knitters Found
Update: Hey guys! Thanks so much for your interest in test knitting the GREEN FLAME! cowl. I’ve collected the names of many lovely knitters who I will be contacting about this test knit but do not need more at the moment! If you’d like to be notified by email about future test knitting opportunities, fill […]
When to let go of a WIP (and how to decide)
This weekend, the gals and I are getting together for another Lost Projects Club. So I’m took out my WIPs (works-in-progress) to get a good idea of what I might want to work on while sipping tea and chatting. I have 9… and then I walked out of the room to get some coffee and […]
Nice Cuppa pattern now available!
For your knitting pleasure, let me introduce my newest pattern, Nice Cuppa! This is a stranded colorwork beanie, knit up in primary colors, with a bit of vintage style that was inspired by a friend and her teacup. Read about my inspiration here. I used O-Wool’s O-Wash Fingering yarn because the primary colors are deep, the yarn […]
How I got out of a creative slump
You’re slogging through life when you realize you haven’t made anything for months. Haven’t picked up your needles, a pencil, a paintbrush… whatever tools you use for your usual choice of creation. Or maybe you’ve been picking up that pencil, but nothing happens. You knit for like 5 minutes a day but just feel bored or discouraged. Something […]
Swatch for gauge… or else!
Really cool experiment on YarnSub! Multiple knitters made swatches with the same yarn and needles; the range in sizes would account for 3 dress sizes in a sweater! Great reminder that swatching is important if you want something to fit or to not run out of yarn. 🙂
I’ve been published! Saturday Afternoon Armwarmers
As I mentioned in my 2015 Year in Review, I was finally brave enough (or crazy enough) to submit a design idea to a knitting magazine last year. That idea became Saturday Afternoon Armwarmers and they have just been published in the latest issue of Knit Now! Designing and knitting a sample for a magazine within a month […]