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Introducing my latest pattern, Soundtrack! Soundtrack is knit seamlessly from the bottom-up using worsted-weight yarn (I used the lovely Sweet Georgia Yarns Superwash Worsted). It’s an easy-to-make layering top featuring 2 contrasting colors worked in…
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Have you ever heard anyone say that you need to “read your knitting”? It has nothing to do with reading words – it’s actually about visually understanding a stitch pattern (not just…
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I released my pattern Ponchetta just about 1 year ago! This is one of my personal favorite designs and it was a design I had in my head for quite a while…
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Sometimes it’s nice to give my brain a short break from design work. I had a big deadline that I finished up a couple of weeks ago and I had a knitting…
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Last month I had the opportunity to work with the west coast (the “other” Portland!) hand dyer Lorajean with Knitted Wit to create my Coastal Gradient cowl pattern. This month I got…