I hope I convinced to you to knit and crochet with us this June and July in the Splash Pad Party. I love the fun community Jen has built up around her podcast. I think her clear love of her extended…
Zig Knitalong: washing and blocking a pomball
Are you worried about washing your pomball? Don’t be. They’re at least as sturdy as a knit stuffie, after all. Step 1) Soak it. I use lukewarm water and Soak, but do whatever you normally do with knitwear. Step 2)…
Zig Knitalong: working the Pomball
The pomballs are designed to be knit as 4 identical panels. I’ve given instructions for knitting them on 4 double point needles, but those of you who love magic loop or knitting on 2 long circulars will have no problem…
Pomball: Waves
As I was sketching out colourwork possibilities for Zig, I came up with all sorts of options and I couldn’t stop with just one colourwork hat. Pomball: Waves has a waving rib on the brim, three colours, and two sets of…
Pomball: Framed
This one is a stunner if I do say so myself. Pomball: Framed has twisted-stitch cables framing wider cables in this delicate fingering-weight hat. Quite slouchy, with a small pomball featuring sculptural single-stitch cables. It’s a wonderful light-weight hat that’s perfect for…
Pomball: Zag
When you start with Zig, you’d better not leave out Zag! This hat is a textured mix of ribbing, chevrons, and a seed stitch pomball. I kept the slouch smaller on this design and went with a crisp white. It’s…
In Search of the Seine Patterns
Dramatic ironwork-inspired details. Simple slip-stitch cables playing against bold colour blocks. Introducing In Search of the Seine, a hat and cowl set. In addition to my perennial desire to stop being cold, this one was inspired by our trip…
free Thotful Spot Hat pattern
Sign up for my newsletter to get access to free patterns, coupons, sneak peeks, and more good stuff. Crisp winds, reading stories aloud together, steely clouds scudding across blue skies. This is October to me. I love the return of hand warmer…
Just winging it
My husband and I are two of the coaches for our local university women’s soccer team. He’s the head coach and I’m the strength and conditioning coach, at least to read the formal documents. With the two other coaches we…
Crossed Furrows Hat Pattern
The genesis of this hat pattern is pretty straightforward: I had yarn leftover from the Crossed Furrows Cowl. It used three colours, but one of them had more of a supporting role and the third really only had a cameo. I…