Category Archives: Designing

Broadwyn Shawl

Purchase the pdf file now through Ravelry (you don’t have to be a Ravelry member to purchase) | add to cart | show cart Broadwyn is an asymmetrical triangle knit from the short end, with decreases on one side & a lace panel on the other to make a long scarf-like shawl. With i-cord all […]

Footie Socks

Purchase the pdf file now through Ravelry (you don’t have to be a Ravelry member to purchase) | add to cart | show cart The only formula you will ever need to make footie socks for the entire family. Great with clogs, chucks, or for sitting around the house. Yarn: Yarns ranging from fine fingering/heavy […]

Pattern Release: Modern Colorwork Collection

If you have a feed reader, you may have noticed a flurry of posts coming out of this blog. I had to prep everything for the release of my new Modern Colorwork Collection. The info is up for all of the pieces (see below). They will be released individually one every day this week in […]

Matching Folded Hem Tutorial

I’m working on a new design. A cowl with a nice folded hem edge… very neat and tidy… with a reverse stockinette turning row. Starting the project I like to think through all the details and this one had me a little stumped. I was thinking about how to make the BIND OFF end of […]

Starts and Happy Accidents

I’ve started the first piece in the new collection (with yarn arriving quickly for the other pieces). Just before the weekend* I started the colorwork. Right now it seems like two shades of black. It may not actually look different enough to show in the end, but I’m rolling with it. I am reminded of […]

New Collection for Manos del Uruguay Yarns

I’ve long been in love with the yarn line from Manos del Uruguay. I’ve used their silk blend in my Dimorphous Mitts pattern, and Serena (a surprising and luscious blend of Pima Cotton and Baby Alpaca) in the Furrows Shawl. So I was totally on board when they asked me to design a collection for […]

Back to the Snowy Mountains

I am torn. While I really do love being home, I left behind palm trees and sunshine in California and returned to snow in the mountain desert. I got a lot done at TNNA, including sourcing the yarns for my next collection (the focus of which is Modern Colorwork, and you will LOVE it!), launching […]

Village Green Pullover

Purchase the pdf file now through Ravelry (you don’t have to be a Ravelry member to purchase) | add to cart | show cart This top down, seamlessly worked sweater has an ingenious set-in sleeve construction, and subtle waist shaping. It also features a ruched sleeve detail and ruching at the hem, which gives it […]

Trousseau Wrap & A Custom-Knitted Wedding

Just a quick note today to let you know that I’ve got a new pattern released (when it rains, it pours!). My dear friend Amanda Jarvis, the manager for Lorna’s Laces, got married back in May, and she had asked me to design and knit her a wedding shawl. Then Lisa Shroyer at Interweave heard […]

The Confluence Collection

I’m pleased to present to you, dear knitters, my newest FO, The Confluence Collection. The Confluence Collection is a grouping of patterns exploring the convergence of lines and points in knitted space. I got to play around with Bramble Stitch (aka Trinity Stitch), which when knit at an open gauge looks deceptively like lace, but […]