by StephCat | Jul 27, 2016 | Knitting
My contribution to the Knit Picks Creative Color 2016: Fair Isle Collection, the Deco Hat, is now available! It really takes advantage of all the shades of color that you can choose in Palette. When I was designing it I played with several different colorways, but...
by StephCat | Jul 25, 2016 | Knitting
Morro Shawl Love the Estuarine Shawl, but either want more, or maybe something a little simpler? This sideways knit shawlette features the dot knit stitch in a textured side panel, and a sumptuous lace and cabled side edging that’s knit at the same time. It’s...
by StephCat | Jul 25, 2016 | Knitting
Estuarine Shawl This top-down shawl, with a two-colored cable center section, just begs to be wrapped around you! The dot-knit stitch is a fun and simple way to give texture to the side panels. A sumptuous lace and cabled edging is knit on at the end. Play with this...
by StephCat | Jul 25, 2016 | Knitting
The Estuarine Shawl, shown below, is now available! It’s worked in Fibre Co Cumbria Fingering, a yarn I fell in love with while working on this shawl. Although the pattern is written for using multiple colors, you can knit it in one color, or knit the main body...
by StephCat | Jul 21, 2016 | Knitting
Exakta Hat, Stolen Jewels Mitts, and Thornhill Cowl, from Hitch: Patterns Inspired by the Films of Alfred Hitchcock, are now available as single patterns! From now through midnight July 28, 2016 PST, purchase any or all and automatically get 1/3 off, no coupon code...
by StephCat | Jul 20, 2016 | Knitting
Here’s Part 2, including stranded stitch dictionaries. These are all useful, and it’s hard to recommend just one or two. They’re not listed in any particular order. I tend to like creating pictorial motifs, so often I’ll use something I find in...