Achillea Cowl

The Achillea Cowl pattern is live! It’s a gorgeous combination of stitches that can be worked in DK or worsted weight yarn.  There are two versions included in the pattern. The small cowl is just the main chart worked twice around. The large cowl includes a top...

Byzantine Cowl now available!

In case you weren’t lucky enough to get one of the gorgeous club kits from Dragonfly Fibers, you can now get the Byzantine Cowl pattern by itself! This gorgeously soft indulgent cowl was inspired by the geometric motifs and colors present in Middle Eastern...

2013 Knitting & Designing Plans

Plans, not goals, not resolutions! Book Deux:  Last year the plan was to have it ready for Spring 2013 TNNA (at the time, there was talk of TNNA just having one big knitting orientated conference, combining Winter & Summer into Spring). Now I’m shooting for...

2012 in Review: Knitting & Designing

I’ve stated before I’m not a big fan of resolutions.  That said, I do like looking back over the year and seeing what I have accomplished (or not!). The biggest news, for me:  California Revival Knits came out! I’m so proud of it.  It’s...

MFPP September: Autumn Nostalgia

I just published my MFPP ebook, Autumn Nostalgia! As I’ve gotten older (old enough to have college age kids of my own) I think I’ve gotten more nostalgic about college. As I note in the introduction, my college experience, at West Point, was NOT...

Byzantine Cowl for Dragonfly Fibers

I just got the go-ahead from Kate at Dragonfly Fibers to let you guys know about this new pattern! It’s a club exclusive right now (but Kate told me she’ll accept club sign ups as long as she still has the yarn) — and let me tell you, this base, the...