May 2022 - A Bee In The Bonnet

An overgrown climbing rose bush in front of a house with brick siding, a brick chimney, and white trim along the eaves. The rose bush has several clusters of pale peach roses.

Rose Gardening: My Break from Knitting

Some Mondays are so Mondayish, and sometimes the urge to garden is so powerful, that I don’t even stop to change out of my work …

A top-down image of the Pyrifera Socks, a pair of pink socks with 1x1 twisted rib cuffs and lacy leaf panels down the front and back.

New Pattern Release: The Pyrifera Socks

Earlier this year, Jensen Reyes at Sugarplum Circus asked if I’d be interested in designing a pair of socks with a new base she was …

A young, white woman with dark brown hair rests her cheek against her hands, which are wearing a pair of yellow fingerless mitts with cables and bobbles running up the back.

A Knitcrate Exclusive: The Daffodils in Sunshine Mitts

And now for something completely different! I rarely publish patterns that will forever be exclusive to somebody else’s platform, but I made an exception for …

Three pairs of socks—one mint green, one pink, and one green with brown and yellow speckles—are laid out in a staggered stairstep fashion on top of a white marble countertop. They're surrounded by small white roses.

Summer Knitting: Five Strategies for Success

It’s May here in Ventura, which means summer heat is not far off. If you’re a casual knitter, you might assume there’s no point to …

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