I have a bit of an obsession with knit fingerless gloves. I have pairs all over the house and have made them a bunch of different ways. My most recent fingerless gloves pattern is perfect for beginners, worked flat in … Read More ...
A Comfort Knit That’s Just for You
As I write this we’re kind of in the thick of holiday preparations, that mad rush toward the end of the semester, finals and school holidays and actual holidays and the end of the year and wouldn’t it be great … Read More ...
Knit a Vest That’s Covered in Cats
This might be another one of those posts where all you need to know is in the headline.
Knit vest. Cats? Sign me up.
The Darjeeling Vest by Sangmi Lee offers exactly that.
It’s a stranded knitting pattern worked from … Read More ...
Sweet Baby Blankets to Knit
It seems like there is no end to demand for cute and easy to knit baby blanket knitting patterns (lots of people have been checking out this post about how to knit a baby blanket recently), so let’s take a … Read More ...
Knit Up a Colorful Patchwork Blanket
The Checkin’ It Twice (see what they did there, it’s a checkerboard!) knit blanket pattern from Yarnspirations is meant to be a holiday knitting project, but it wouldn’t have to be. Instead of making the one big patch that in … Read More ...
Easy Knit Gift Idea: Felted Sailor Slippers!
It feels like it’s about that time of year as I write this, where you’ve either abandoned all hope of knitting all the holiday gifts you had planned to knit, or you just decided, like, yesterday that you wanted to … Read More ...
Christmas Themed Coffee Cup Cozy Knitting Patterns
A couple of years ago I made a couple of Christmas tree coffee cup cozy knitting patterns as an introduction to knitting stranded knitting and intarsia. I love little projects like this because they don’t take long to knit but … Read More ...
Get a Jump on Stash Busting with the Cecilia Collection
I like stash busting all the time, but I especially seem to think about stash busting at the beginning of a new year. Using what you have is a great new year’s resolution, and a great habit to keep throughout … Read More ...
Book Review: Quick Knit Baby Toys
Babies like the simple things, including when it comes to toys. While it’s lots of fun to knit elaborate projects for babies (and others!), it’s also totally fine to knit simple things. Baby might just end up liking the more … Read More ...
Christmas Tree Knitting Patterns
This is one of those posts that’s hard to title because it’s about knits that are shaped like Christmas trees, some of which are ornaments and some of which are bigger. But if you’re looking to knit some little Christmas … Read More ...
A Knit Blanket for Green Thumbs, Or Black Thumbs
This is one of those projects where I don’t even know what to say about it other than it’s stunning and amazing and I don’t know if I would have the skill for it but if I made it I … Read More ...
Book Review: Mosaic Chart Directory for Knitting and Crochet
I’m a big fan of mosaic knitting, which is a way to make colorwork designs in two colors while knitting with only one strand of yarn at a time. You slip the stitches that show as the second color, and … Read More ...
Christmas Amigurumi Knitting Patterns
A few years ago I did a post full of knit elves and gnomes to knit for Christmas, but there are a lot more options when it comes to Christmas knit amigurumi. Use these little characters as seasonal decor, … Read More ...
Knit a Simple Striped Blanket
It takes a pretty special person to be worthy of a knit blanket as a gift. Other than babies, my daughter is the only one to have gotten one from me. But with a simple and relatively fast pattern like … Read More ...
Knit a Fun Hat with Tons of Colorful Brioche
We have established that I’m trying to bring more whimsy into the world with my work and my life and the things that I share here. I know not everyone goes for the wild or offbeat designs, but I hope … Read More ...