Sometimes, a pattern just gets in your head, and you can’t stop, won’t stop making it. Over and over and over. That’s what’s been happening with these Sundae Socks, my newest pattern and a fantastically delicious collaboration with Knitted Wit. See, it all started at TNNA in June. JJ, idea-generator and work-wife extraordinairre, suggested I write a sock pattern with …

Just in time for the holiday of your choice, I’ve released the fifth offering from the Big Ass Skein Society, and it’s a doozy – four patterns all together, all made in Blue Moon’s fantastically squishy Targhee Bulky. He Said/She Said is the perfect pattern collection for all of your holiday knitting – two hats, two sets of fingerless mitts, …

Ananke was my very first pattern, and remains my very-most popular one, too. I don’t know what it is, exactly, about this pattern that has made it rise to the top of my designs, but I suspect it’s the simplicity of the design. The simple and meditative pattern lends itself well to knitting while living life, and the stitch patterns complement …

I am so happy to have re-blocked and re-photo’d Crimson & Clover. Now that both of my samples are re-blocked, I’ve been wearing them like crazy, and they sure are fabulous. First, there’s the song: I love Joan Jett’s version of Crimson & Clover the best, because, well, because Joan Jett. We’ve been rocking a lot of ladies lately – …

Ok, ok, so it’s not Spring right now, but this shawl really doesn’t care, because it’s snuggly and warm and lovely and oh, so easy to wear. In fact, I’ve got the 2-skein version on right this very second. Viriditas came out a few years ago, but I just recently got around to expanding the sizing and re-photographing it. A …

The Cursed Cowl isn’t truly cursed, but it is kinda spooky – with a big spider crawling across a background of its web, this is perfect for Halloween. I published this pattern a few years ago, before my very favorite super bulky yarns, Knitted Wit’s Cotton Candy and Blue Moon Fiber Arts’ Sookie, hit the scene. If time were on …

Lorajean from Knitted Wit is pretty special. In a good way. She makes these amazing products that my hands just itch to use, and then she gets a bunch of local folks together and creates this truly fabulous collaboration, just in time to get so much holiday knitting done. The Snowy Hat Collection is a true Portland collaboration. Lorajean, aka …

Waaay back when, before I was born, my folks had a hippie-dippie shop in the town I grew up in called Radiation. They sold bell-bottoms, waterbeds, and other counter-culture goods. The basement of the house I grew up in was the perfect suburban basement, with old couches, a TV, a pool table, and, taking up one whole wall, the wooden, …

Another older pattern that I updated and we re-shot recently was the Peregrine Shawl. It was originally designed for one skein of Blue Moon‘s DeVine, which was this awesome multiplied squishy chunky yarn that I loved. They no longer carry it, but I’m happy I had the chance to spend some time with it. Thanks to a truly fabulous sample …

This cowl is seriously so much fun to make. Grab 250 yards of DK-weight yarn, five lovely buttons, and a wee bit of knitting-attention, and you’ve got a beautiful and very textured little cowl. The Oregon Trail Cowl first came about in response to Tina’s newest-at-the-time yarn, Yaksi. It’s a very happy-making blend of wool, yak and silk, and takes …

Stefan and I had a lot of fun in our massive photoshoot this week. I had the opportunity to showcase some of my new dresses (as well as justifying their purchase – they’re for my business, people!) and he had the opportunity to play with his new camera. It was seriously the most fun. This pattern, the Cascade Range Shawl, …