My love of cardigans is well documented, and I think I’m about to add another one to my must-knit list. While sometimes I love some good colorwork or fancy techniques, sometimes it is awesome to keep it simple. Summer, for … Read More ...
A Simple Triangular Shawl for Beginners
There are lots of reasons I might decide to share a particular pattern with you, but usually it’s something that I would like to knit myself, or that I would have liked to knit at a different point in my … Read More ...
Pride Knitting Patterns
June is the month for Pride, and I’ve shared a lot of Pride related knitting patterns and rainbow-colored designs in the past (see for example, rainbow patterns one and two, and little Pride flags) but there’s always room … Read More ...
Circular Knitting Machine Hat Knitting Patterns
A lot of people seem to make hats as their first projects when they get a new circular knitting machine. I did, too, though mine didn’t come out great because I didn’t really know what I was doing, I just … Read More ...
Review: Small Knits: Casual and Chic Japanese Style Accessories
Japanese knitting patterns are popular around the world for their simplicity of style, timeless designs and easy to understand charts that basically give you the whole pattern without words. It’s not a style everyone loves, but there are plenty of … Read More ...
Father’s Day Knitting Patterns
Gift ideas that are presented for Father’s Day often bother me because they assume that every guy plays golf, likes to grill, wears ties, etc. (I guess just like all Mother’s Day gift ideas include flowers, scented bath stuff and … Read More ...
Helix Pullover is a Fun Knit for Summer
I love Jessie Maed Designs and have shared a lot of their patterns over the years, but I somehow missed this one from last summer so I wanted to share it with you now.
The Helix Pullover is a top … Read More ...
What’s in the Cards for You, Sweater Knitter?
Sometimes I’ll scroll through Ravelry to find patterns to share and I don’t look at them all that closely before deciding to feature them. So just looking at the top of the pattern page for the Tarot Card Sweater by … Read More ...
Stitch Up Some Zen with This Easy Knit Blanket
There is just something about a garter stitch blanket. The knitting is easy and relatively mindless, and the resulting knit fabric is cozy, kind of chunky and rustic and just looks like something you want to snuggle under.
I knit … Read More ...
Go Retro with This Juicy Top Knitting Pattern
As a person who lived through the 1980s, I have some different feelings about the retro turn in fashion. Of course everything seems to come around again (a few times, probably, if you live long enough) and while I didn’t … Read More ...
T-Shirt Knitting Patterns
I feel like I share a lot of summer tops and tanks, even though surely I don’t share more of them than I do sweaters, for example. See: easy tops | lacy tops | more summer tops as a few … Read More ...
Knit a Cozy Sweater Perfect for Lounging
In my world, sweaters are for all year, but if you don’t wear sweaters in the summer and are in the Northern Hemisphere, this might be one to save for the fall. Our Southern Hemisphere friends can stitch this one … Read More ...
Knit a Scarf with Bold Circles
I had kind of stopped sharing scarf knitting patterns for the summer, even though our Southern Hemisphere friends can still use them, but I will make an exception for this one, which I think maybe everyone should knit right now, … Read More ...
Knitting Patterns for Your Summer Picnic
I was thinking about sharing some patriotic knitting patterns going into Memorial Day/Flag Day/Fourth of July, but I’ve done plenty of those in the past (see: patriotic knitting patterns, and more patriotic knits and some more here).
But … Read More ...
Learn to Knit Cables with These Basic Patterns
Cable knitting is, to me, more of a winter project, but I don’t really know why. I guess I associate cables with big, warm sweaters covered in cable patterns (even though I’ve never knit one of those) so they feel … Read More ...