Lotsa socks! That’s what I’ve been working on, of late. Lotsa socks to go with my new novel. I roped in Meg Warren who designed Tristan and Isolde from WWMDfK? and the two of us have been going great guns, getting inspired by the characters in my new young adult (YA) novel Grounded, and generally having a free-for-all sock explosion in our heads. Whyfore? Because we’re going to be rolling out a new series of patterns inspired...

I hate dish rags, but I LOVE hand towels. Especially hand towels that really REALLY absorb water. So I made one. When What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? was coming out I needed some mindless knitting to keep me cognitively anchored (ahem) but not overwhelm me. Enter my very own hand towel. I blocked mine wet… well… just because that’s what I do when I wash knitted things. It didn’t really need it. The stitch pattern is easy when you know...

CraftLit subscribers will get this tomorrow in their subscriber feed, but everyone else can find the new pattern on Ravelry—my new Downton Daisy’s Hat pattern. Daisy has become a bit of a meme and her hats have moved up in the world with her. Why not throw another hat (ahem) into the ring? What we can glean: Daisy’s hat is a beret (or tam). It’s simple. The yarn looks vintage and the back of it seems to run in completely concentric...

I am SO excited! We’re finally close enough to the release of  What (else) Would Madame Defarge  Knit? that I can start to tell you about some of the goodies you’ll find inside. Like over 250 pages! Color Photos! Over 25 rockin’ patterns! (Did I mention color pictures?) Returning Defarge vol. 1 designers! Big Fun! No Whammies! One of the patterns (it was all I had time for) is from me— and this is one of those happy...

Holly Golightly Who doesn’t need flip-top socks?! In the winter, my feet are always cold. Until they aren’t any more and I want to take my socks off, but if I do my feet get cold. You’re sensing the problem, no? And in the winter, do I get pedicures? No I do not. It’s not for a lack of vanity—it’s how cold my feet get after they come out of the water! At MDSW I saw this gorgeous yarn and it absolutely...

Hunger Games Extreme* Socks This sock came to me all at once one night about 22 days before the Hunger Games movie was released. I remember sitting there, turning to my husband and saying, “Holy Cow! I have to make a Hunger Games Sock Pattern!” He looked at me patiently and said, “Okaaaaayyyy..” I think he’s used to this sort of thing from me. I knew exactly what I wanted: über cushy replaceable  sole, toe-up...