So a few days ago, I took the embroidered hats off to the beach. The same beach where I'd taken them in their unadorned state for their first photo shoot. There was just one problem. We'd had, um, a bit of snow between the first photo shoot and the second. [...]

Yeah, I've never been good at knowing when to stop. Which is doubtless a challenge to folks in my life. But it seems to work out ok for folks who cross my path in a work context, as it means there tend to be...um...options in my patterns.⁠ Which is the [...]

I started a patreon last year when I revamped my business. I was nervous, but it ended up being exactly what I needed. So let's talk about it!⁠ Making a living writing knitting patterns is...tricky. There are rather a lot of people who think patterns should be free or at [...]

There's a voice in my head that is constantly warning me that Someone In Charge is going to show up any second now, get right up in my face, and demand I explain myself. Insist I justify my choices. Require that I convince them that I am Normal and Trustworthy [...]

They're back! The pattern is called Foraged, it's out on both ravelry and payhip, and the code TOADSTOOL will take 10% off for the next few days.⁠ Now look, I fully acknowledge these are not precisely the most practical knit in the world. But I maintain that sometimes practicality is [...]

So I mean yeah, you can use duplicate stitch to do all sorts of utilitarian mending stuff. It's an absolutely grand way to reinforce weak spots in your fabric. But you can also make it preeeeeeeeeetty. Possibly even borderline fancy. I'm stitching on the hat that came out last week [...]

So it doesn't precisely feel like it just yet (we've gotten more snow in March than we did in December), but the days are getting longer and spring is just about here. Which seemed like a fabulous excuse to bring these little guys back. They will (as always, barring any [...]

Despite the best efforts of the authorities, it seems The Incident is not yet fully contained. There is no need to be alarmed. Please remain calm and await further instruction.

There has, I regret to inform you, been An Incident. ⁠ Never fear, the appropriate authorities have been contacted. Support service are being provided to the affected parties. Plans are being devised to prevent this from happening again.⁠ Those plans are doomed to failure, because this is tremendous fun and [...]

This is a perfect demonstration of how different knitting looks when you make just the tiniest imaginable change. ⁠ These two hats start out exactly the same at the brim. Then, when you work the body, you introduce some increases and decreases. The increases are in the same place on [...]