During the autumn, I picked a big jar of Scarlet Oak branches from our trees to keep them over winter to add happy colour. Within the next few days, I wound up this beautiful yarn - Yarnadelic by John Arbon Textiles (from www.unwindandknit.com ) and began swatching various ideas. None of them really made the yarn (or my heart) sing. I then walk...

Mahana is to be warm in te reo Māori (the Māori language). The Mahana Scarf is made from special yarn which is 80% young kid mohair and 20% merino. The angora goats which this mohair yarn is from, are raised at Ad Maiora Angoras on Banks Peninsular in the South Island of New Zealand, making the yarn completely traceable (www.admaiora.co.nz). Th...

The Maawhatu (said Maa – far – two) Jersey is made from special yarn which is 80% young kid mohair and 20% merino. The word Maawhatu means curly in te reo Māori and refers to the beautiful curls on the angora goats which this mohair yarn is from. These goats are raised at Ad Maiora Angoras on Banks Peninsular in the South Island of New Zealand,...

Te Maara is the Māori word for the garden as the delicate lace down the sleeves reminds me of my garden.

The First Frost Cardigan came about because of our little Crab-apple tree which is always the first to turn its leaves to rusty red and signal autumn is coming. It is not long after this, usually we have our first frost of the season and it is for this moment, that first heralds of winter coming, this little cardigan is inspired by. This is the...

Last Frost is a top-down seamless yoked sweater with short sleeves. The yoke is cast on and worked down, the increases are worked in the stockinette sections around the colour-work, cable and lace patterning. Once the sleeves are separated, a straight body is worked down until a simple rib or repeating the lace patterning finishes it. The sleev...

All the cold and grey of late winter can get a little wearying, and some bright joy of spring is eagerly watched for! Those buds of flowers who brave the still cold days and whisper the promise and joy of warmer days to come! This is what the Camelia Jersey is about – joy and colour in the cold!

Te Āporo Kōura / Golden Apple is cast on around the neck, then worked down with German Short Rows for shaping and with increases to the Leaf Lace pattern. Increases continue in the lace pattern and once completed, further increases and stockinette are worked. The sleeves are separated from the body and the body is worked down straight with the ...

When the grapes are plump and ripe, the wheat is golden and crisp and the last of the Black boy peaches (with their dusky pink skin) are being gathered before the winter cold creeps in, it is a time of busy harvest. Those crisp mornings when we are reminded of why we prepare and harvest, as the cold starts to bite and takes longer to recede, ne...

The Tiffany Cardigan is a combination of wonderful ideas from a team of people! The idea of the cardigan came to me when I was watching a period drama and loved the beautiful collars. When talking to some friends, they came up with the idea of calling it the Tiffany Cardigan based on old Tiffany lamps, which I loved as it suited the vintage but...

One day, we drove past the little old church in our village and suddenly there was my pattern. From the outside, the stained-glass windows look like lattice which is represented in the lace pattern, and this is surrounded by the window arches.

Please note - this pattern until 1st January 2023 is part of a kit with yarn from Dye Studio 54 (https://www.dyestudio54.com) and Miss Muffet Knits (on etsy).

Each lace motif represents a flower, with the bobbles like the little stamens and pistil inside it. These flowers speak of blooming and flourishing.

The hat is cast on and a two -coloured rib is worked. The body of the hat has the stranded colour-work incorporated in four colours but only two colours ever worked at one time and with no long floats. The crown is shaped with plain stockinette and decreases before closing at the crown. A pom-pom may be added if desired.

Evening Shadows is an all over colour-work, top-down, seamless, yoked sweater with long sleeves. The yoke is cast on and worked down, the increases are worked in the stockinette sections around the colour-work. Once the sleeves are separated, the fun does not stop with a wonderfully easy and effective colour-work pattern worked on the straight ...

Karaka is a simple top-down seamless yoke jersey. The neck band is cast on and some short rows are worked within the rib. The yoke is then worked down with simple lace panels and increase stitches in between to shape the yoke. Once the yoke is complete, the sleeves are separated off and the body is worked down straight and finished with a rib h...

This pattern is a little gift to celebrate 3 years of Amikihia Knits!

The Amio Sweater is cast on around the neckline and the raglan shaping is worked down to the separation of the sleeves. The body continues with the colour-work to a folded hem, which is seamed down. The sleeves are placed on the needles and worked down with decreases to a rib cuff. Finally, the neckband is picked up and either a crew neck band ...

The Motuiti cardigan is a modified drop shoulder cardigan worked seamlessly from the bottom up. It is cast on at the bottom and a rib hem is worked before the cable pattern is introduced and worked up the body to the underarm. The front and back are separated at the underarm and worked separately up to the shoulders with shaping for the necklin...

Forest Walking is a saddle shoulder cardigan with gathers on the fronts flowing down to a softly A-line body. The two saddles are worked, then the back is picked up and worked down to the bottom of the armhole with shaping. The fronts are picked up along the saddles and increases worked to form the gathers, with no shaping down to the armhole u...

Sky Watching is a seamless top-down raglan with a simple stitch pattern around the top half of the yoke. The rest is stockinette. The yoke is worked with increases and then the sleeves are separated off, leaving the body to be worked down straight to a rib hem for a cropped length. The sleeve stitches are returned to the needle and worked with ...

Autumn Flowers is a top-down seamless colour work sweater. Around the neck is cast on and short rows worked to shape the shoulders and lift the back. Then increases are worked concurrently with the colour-work yoke. Once the sleeves are separated, the body is knit down straight until a simple rib hem is worked. The sleeve stitches are placed ba...

The sweater is cast on with colour A and some of the yoke is worked with increases before colour B replaces it. The yoke continues with a lace and cable pattern, the lace representing waves and the diamond cables representing us listening to it roar! Colour A is repeated with the final increases and the sleeves are separated from the body. The ...

The hat is cast on and a simple rib worked, before an increase round and reverse stockinette sets up for the lace motif. The lace is worked, followed by a bobble and slipped stitch detail all on a background of reverse stockinette. The crown is shaped with decreases worked in purl before closing at the crown. A pom-pom may be added if desired.

Evie is a top-down seamless short sleeve top. Around the neck is cast on and short rows worked to shape the shoulders. Then increases are worked around a simple colour-work motif and changes in colour. Once the sleeves are separated, the body is knit down straight continuing in the colour-work motif until a simple rib hem is worked. The sleeve ...

The Māia top is a top-down seamless yoked short sleeve top. The yoke is cast on and worked down, the increases are worked in the stockinette sections around the colour-work. Once the sleeves are separated, the fun does not stop with a wonderfully easy and effective colour-work pattern worked on the straight body. A simple rib finishes it. The s...

Kanapu - shining (te reo Māori)

Roa is worked top down, shaping the raglan before separating off the sleeves. All the raglan increases are shown in size specific charts to make working the increases easier. The body, then pockets and hem are worked before either bishop sleeves or tapered (fitted) sleeves are worked, then the lace detail added. The cuffs are worked in rib then...

Poto is worked top down and seamless. The yoke is worked with raglan increases then the sleeves are separated from the body. The body is worked straight down and a long rib hem finishes it. There are two sleeve options, either a bishop sleeve (as shown in the photos) or a tapered (fitted) sleeve which both have a cable pattern worked in the bot...

Bright Sparks Hat is cast on and a short rib hem is worked before moving into the faux cable and rib pattern. A short rib pattern section is followed by decreases at the top of the hat. A pom-pom can be added and your little Bright Sparks hat is ready!

Kōpani - To cover, shut in, enclose (te reo Māori). Kōpani is about being quietly in the enclosed places.

Marake - To be clear, open, exposed to view (te reo Māori). Marake is about boldly stepping out into the open.

Kerepe is te reo Māori for grapes and the little bobbles in the lace pattern represent the growth of tiny grapes in the overall garment.

Awhi (said Ar-fe) means to embrace, hug, cherish in te reo Māori and the Awhi shawl is a versatile hug. The pattern is written for both Sport weight and DK / worsted weight yarn. It can be knit wider / narrower and longer / shorter to fit. The joined edge can either be seamed together once finished or buttonholes worked into the border whilst k...

Harikoa (Har-ree-kor-ah) means joy in te reo Maori and my hope is this garment is a reminder for you to find some joy in everyday!

Hōtoke (Hor - tor - ke) is te reo Maori for Winter. Winter is about cosyness: cosying up indoors in front of a blazing open fire, cosying up with a warming hot chocolate and cosying up to walk in the

Ngahuru (Ngar-hu-ru) is te reo Maori for Autumn. When the nip in the air has you reaching for something else to put on, Ngahuru is the go to shawl. It is instant happy colour on grey days and light and airy so you feel gently hugged!