Stylish and Fun Knitting Patterns
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) […]
When I started this design, it was just meant to be a cowlette. I wanted something that would be quick to design, quick to knit and quickly let me move on to my next pattern. That wasn’t what I got though. I fell in love with the pattern so hard, that I was soon working […]
A brocket is a two year old red deer stag. They have smooth antlers with no branches (you can see a photo here) which looks just like the lace pattern on my latest sock design! Can you see the stag’s head? This has been my second collaboration, this time with Rachael of Cat and Sparrow. […]
