Stylish and Fun Knitting Patterns
Way back in January, I was really excited when Claire of Cookston Crafts reached out to me and asked if I’d be interested in working on a collaboration with her. Claire has some really beautiful yarns so I jumped at the chance! She suggested a two colour striped shawl and this idea just popped into […]
Sometimes I have a really good idea for a pattern before I make it, with all the details really fixed in my mind. At other times I need a project I can finish quickly and that doesn’t need too much yarn, but I have no ideas at all! Harpi falls into the latter category. I […]
This pattern has taken me on quite a journey. From start to finish I cast-on four times in two different yarns before I finally got something that was going to work out for me. I really wanted to extend the lace pattern down onto the cuff but it took too much of the stretch out […]
This time last year I released matching hat (Claiseach) and fingerless mitts (Dromanach) patterns. This year I’ve designed a matching cowl! This was exactly the pattern I needed to start the year with. It’s relaxing, it’s a super quick knit and it was easy to write! Pleuch combines two garter stitch columns with twisted rib […]
Just a quick one today, because juggling a pattern release, school Christmas events and Christmas shopping has me running behind! I was so in love with the wrapped rib pattern on my Aisneach Mitts that I couldn’t resist making a full matching set! These are going to keep me really cosy this winter, now I’m […]
I love to play with the construction of my fingerless mitts. Usually this means putting decorative elements around the thumb, travelling across the back of the hand or making a feature of the outside of the hand. This time I had the idea of moving the gusset from the thumb to the back of the […]
A quick one this week because I’m running behind! This is an idea I’ve been working on, or at least thinking about, for two years. When I originally worked on Buinne this was what I wanted to do, but I couldn’t get the increases and decreases neat or smooth enough so I put it aside […]
This might be my favourite sock design yet! I originally came up with Tìorail for a magazine submission. I’m not sure if the submission went through – I never got an auto-reply or heard back from anyone, but I loved the design so much I knew I was going to release it myself! I knew […]
Sometimes I have an idea for a design and it just takes on a life of its own! This time the idea I came up with was for a sock pattern with wrapped rib columns running up the edge of the foot and up the centre of the leg. But I like to alternate the […]
This pattern was inspired by the gorgeous yarn I got on a whim from Mrs Lam Yarns (aka KallokShekEllon). I mostly like to buy yarn with a plan in mind, but sometimes a skein is just too pretty to leave behind! The colourway is called Misty Morning and it reminds me of mornings (and afternoons) […]
