For anyone following along at home, you'll notice I swapped the colors between the hat and the mitt. The hat had wide pink stripes, the mitt has wide green stripes (or yellow...there seem to be some strong feelings about whether that's yellow or green or something between). I did it mostly because the mitt won't be reversible (the thumb I want to do doesn't look as cute inside out, and mitts have a few too many ends to ever be really tidy inside out).  And I figured if I made the mitt exactly the same as the hat, it would [...]

The only reasonable response to finishing a hat is to cast on some mitts.  At least that seems to be the theory I work under (and somehow the hat always comes first, never the other way around). So of course upon completion of the stripey bit of magic, I did this. Not even sorry. And yes, yes that thumb is going to be a thing of wonder and delight.  Not sorry about that either!

The hat grew while you weren't looking. Or rather, it grew while I was knitting on it and talking about other things. It continues to be lovely on either side, and the most difficult thing about it continues to be deciding which side to have face out. This is clearly best solved by folding up the brim so both sides show! Pattern should (barring any exciting catastrophes...and it's 2020 so exciting catastrophes seem like a real possibility) be out on Tuesday.  Do the mailing list thing if you want me to pester you when it's out!

I'm selling pieces from the Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet books to raise money for Black Lives Matter and the Equal Justice Initiative. Today I'm listing the Polypodium vulgare cowl from The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet, Volume I and the Metopsilus porcellus cowl from The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet, Volume III. These both absolutely glow. They're both from 50/50 merino silk yarns, and I swear everyone looks like they've had a good night's sleep with that mix up by their faces.  The green one is 21 inches around and 10 inches high and has the most delightful fluted edges.  The pink one is 36 [...]

I'm selling pieces from the Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet books to raise money for Black Lives Matter and the Equal Justice Initiative. Today I'm listing the Erasmia pulchella hat from The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet, Volume II and the Conferva villosa hat from The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet, Volume III. These are both delightful.  The green one is beautifully textured and just the tiniest bit understated, perfect for anyone who likes to be a bit more subdued (or who hasn't full embraced the joy that is exuberant hand knit hats).  The yellow one is so damn cheerful I can hardly stand it (I [...]

I'm selling pieces from the Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet books to raise money for Black Lives Matter and the Equal Justice Initiative. Today I'm listing the Lycaena virgaureae Shawl from The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet, Volume II. Now I'll tell you a secret. I always sort of thought that, when the books were done, I'd keep this beauty all for myself.  It is exactly my shade of orange (with tiny hints of pink and gold in there to break your heart).  The lace is gorgeous. And at about 19 inches tall and 62 inches wide, the whole thing is big enough to feel [...]

I'm selling pieces from the Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet books to raise money for Black Lives Matter and the Equal Justice Initiative. I'm starting with the Fucus asparagoides Shawl from The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet, Volume III. I just adore the shape of this shawl. It sits on your shoulders just so, and the curve on the back is more satisfying than it has any right to be.  It's knit with Plucky Single, a lovely silk and merino blend from The Plucky Knitter.  And it's about 48 inches wide at the widest point, 16 inches tall at the center back, and 10 [...]

Let's raise some money for folks doing good work.⁠ ⁠ I have a stack of pieces from the Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet books. But those books are out of print, so I don't do trunk shows for them, so I don't need the samples anymore. Let's auction them off & send the money to people who will use it to do some good.⁠ Half of the money we raise will go to Black Lives Matter and half to the Equal Justice Initiative. The pieces I'll be auctioning off are the Fucus asparagoides Shawl, the Erasmia pulchella Hat, the Polypodium vulgare Cowl, [...]

The individual patterns from all three volumes of The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet are out! You can take 10% off the individual patterns or the complete books with the code CURIOUS. Or, if you want all three books, you can use the code QUITE CURIOUS to get the whole set for less than what two books would normally cost. Ok, you already know how I feel about books (pro...I'm pro book). But I know that, every now and then, there could be a book out there where you really only need one or two of the patterns, so getting the whole [...]