About the Free Knit Headband This free knit headband pattern is designed to practice wrap and turn short rows. It is knit in the round and fits most heads from big kids to adults. You'll want to make sure and use a yarn with plenty of elasticity so it snaps back into shape instead ofContinue reading "Free Knit Headband Pattern for Short Row Practice"
Eight Tiny Reindeer: Ear Flap Hat Knitting Pattern
Description of Reindeer Hat If you're looking for a super-warm hat, look no further! This double layer of wool will keep you warm in the coldest months. Eight tiny reindeer is an earflap hat featuring Santa’s eight reindeer in a lacy pattern. When knit in a contrasting color, the stockinette lining shows through around eachContinue reading "Eight Tiny Reindeer: Ear Flap Hat Knitting Pattern"
Co-pilot: Textured Cowl Knitting Pattern
Description of Co-pilot Cowl Co-pilot Cowl is a fast and fun knit that uses less than a skein of fingering weight and it’s the perfect project for a highly variegated colorway if you’re anti-pooling. Do you have a favorite co-pilot? I guess I do, because he inspired the Co-pilot cowl! One day I noticed thatContinue reading "Co-pilot: Textured Cowl Knitting Pattern"
Downtime: Triangle Shawl Knitting Pattern
Description of Downtime Shawl Downtime was made to be easy to pick up for a few minutes here and there in your downtime (see what I did there?). A simple two-row stitch pattern and clever placement of a stitch marker to track your increases mean that you never need to remember which row you leftContinue reading "Downtime: Triangle Shawl Knitting Pattern"
Glitchy: One Skein Shawl Knitting Pattern
About Glitchy Shawl You'll love knitting this perfect little one-skein shawl. This pattern is easy to knit and memorize, so it's great tv knitting! Glitchy features a fun bit of texture reminiscent of Vanellope’s glitch. Glitchy is a top-down triangle with all-over texture and a knit-on garter stitch border. The Glitchy shawl was created especiallyContinue reading "Glitchy: One Skein Shawl Knitting Pattern"
The Shawl You’re Looking For: Triangle Knitting Pattern
About The Shawl You're Looking For The Shawl You’re Looking For is a great pattern to combine yarns that you want to use in a project together but don’t want to actually blend them together. The Star Wars inspired droid yarns I used go together as well as R2-D2, C3PO, and BB-8 do, but theyContinue reading "The Shawl You’re Looking For: Triangle Knitting Pattern"
Love Frenzy: Triangle Shawl Knitting Pattern
About Love Frenzy Shawl You’re going to love the Love Frenzy shawl! I knit mine 100% in front of the TV, so I guess you can say it’s good TV knitting. The squishy texture is fun to knit and shows off speckled yarn beautifully. The main color is Frenzied by Dyed in the Wool YarnContinue reading "Love Frenzy: Triangle Shawl Knitting Pattern"
Yarn Color Palette: New Orleans Square
New Orleans Square Yarns New Orleans Square is one of my favorite lands at Disneyland and it’s the inspiration for this yarn color palette. When I design a knit shawl for New Orleans Square, I’m going to include arches and stripes. I like these shapes because they evoke the feeling of walking among the archedContinue reading "Yarn Color Palette: New Orleans Square"
Yarn Color Palette: Frontierland
I had to create a Frontierland yarn color palette. Frontierland at Disneyland is home to my favorite ride, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. You’ll recognize the coral, green, and brown of that ride in my color palette. The Frontierland yarn color palette includes Knit Picks Hawthorne Fingering Kettle Dye in Daphne, Conifer, and Faun; and Knit PicksContinue reading "Yarn Color Palette: Frontierland"
Yarn Color Palette: Fantasyland
This Fantasyland yarn color palette is like walking down Main Street at Disneyland and seeing Sleeping Beauty's castle waiting for you at the end. Looking at these colors takes me right to that place and I love it. It’s so fun to create your own accessories that are meaningful to you. That is my motivationContinue reading "Yarn Color Palette: Fantasyland"