• fizzy drinks coasters in various shades of blue

    12 Weeks of Gifting — Week 11: Fizzy Drinks

    With Christmas rapidly approaching, anything I recommend you knit has to be a really quick one, and this week’s special discount pattern certainly is! My Fizzy Drinks pattern creates a set of felted coasters (or a trivet,…

  • Glenlborough, a plaid hand-knit cowl, is laid over top of a mailbox

    Twelve Weeks of Gifting, Week 6: Glenborough

    This week’s discount pattern is the wonderfully soft, wonderfully warm, wonderfully clever Glenborough Cowl. As we enter November, I think worsted-weight cowls are the right sort of gift knitting to be focused on. They offer lots of…

  • a pair of hand-knit socks in light blue and dark blue with wandering cables

    12 Weeks of Gifting, Week 3: Wanderoo

    This week’s discount pattern is the Wanderoo sock pattern, another pair of sport-weight socks made with that fabulous Gator yarn from Morehouse Farm. How providential that these socks are coming up just when I’ve been back to…

  • A knit cowl is lying on the forest floor.

    The Quiet Forest Collection

    For a while now, I’ve been working on a secret project, a joint collection of knit and crochet patterns with a number of other talented knit and crochet designers and indie dyers who I met through the…

  • An old map with the words "Plan," and "Woolwide Adventures"

    A New Adventure…

    I can’t share many details just yet, but I’m kicking off a fiber-related Instagram event this Saturday and I think it’ll be a lot of fun. It’s called WoolWide Adventures, and I’d love for your to join…

  • Would Knit Be Fun is a monthly video podcast focused on knitting

    Would Knit Be Fun?

    Wouldn’t it be fun to hang out together and knit while we hear fun stories from interesting people? That’s the inspiration behind my video knitcast / virtual knit-in, Would Knit Be Fun. Every month I’m inviting someone…

  • A pair of hand-knit grey socks with red toes and heels

    Meet Wanderly

    I’d like to introduce you to my newest sock pattern, Wanderly. Some people travel with a destination in mind, and others like to get outdoors and follow where the path leads. These sport-weight, unisex hiking socks are inspired…

  • A pile of Morehouse Farm merino yarn in bright colors

    Nearly Knitting

    I’ve been spending all my time lately on knitting-related things, but not really doing any knitting — or at least, not knitting that feels like knitting. I’m teaching eight classes at the debut Fiberworld event this week…