I learned how to make this shawl so long ago, I don’t recall the when or the where. I made a lot of them. They were easy—and because of this pattern I never had a fear of short-rows. I was doing them without knowing they had a name. Students who had just learned to knit in the wake of the 9/11 attacks helped me knit one for our principal (see below). You can see how lovely the shawl can be with completely random (though related) colors...

Ah, the mythic Hair Clip Cap! The post that time forgot. Sorry, I’d had this scheduled as a draft and didn’t get to it in time.   So! I wrote a pattern for a hair clip hat. Why? Because I wear my hair up in a banana clip and I can’t fit a hat over the clip! What you need to know to knit it— Skills​  decreasing  seed stitch pattern  mid-row cast-on  crochet  picking up stitches (with or without crochet hook)...

Free things for you! I’ve been working on adding patterns and goodies to my Ravelry store and CafePress shops for CraftLit and WWMDfK?. There’s always more to do, but so far I have a lot of free things for you (and a couple that aren’t free but I thought I’d throw them in as they are related). Enjoy! Bags |   Socks | Sock Heels Socks How to Knit Socks Free This free eBook gives you everything you need to know about...

You’re all very sweet and tolerant of my long-ish pauses on this blog while I write and edit another knitting book, write a novel, podcast, and design patterns, but for a long time now I’ve wanted to try to tie this blog into the rest of that lot a bit better. What better way to start than with Game of Thrones?! Meg Warren, who you may know from What Would Madame Defarge Knit? and   The March Hare yarns, has designed the most...

I just returnecd from signing books at Vogue Knitting Live absolutely brimming with design ideas and new book plans and there just aren’t enough hours in the day. I am SO excited! What gloriously wonderful people I met absolutely everywhere I went (even at the Irish Pub where I had breakfast on Sunday! He wasn’t a knitter when we started talking, but now that we spoke… who knows?). I’m going to be posting a few patterns...

There’s one tricky bit about knitting—knowing when to stop when its time to bind off. No matter how long I’ve been knitting or crocheting, I will forever worry and kvetch about this. I never know if I’m right. I’m always guessing. Good metaphor for life, no? My current idiot knitting project is no different. I love having a project like this on hand. It’s easy. It’s mindless. It ends in a great finished...