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Pi Not Pie is a mini collection of half pi shawls. The three shawls range in complexity - from simple garter stitch to all over lace. Cloud, the simplest in the collection includes instructions on how to insert your own stitch patterns into the shawl.

Simple Shawls is a collection of four simple shawl patterns, perfect for the beginning shawl knitter and shawl enthusiast alike. Each shawl is adjustable, simple, and can be worked in any yarn at any gauge. Purchase of Simple Shawls supports the production of MAINE Knits, and independent collaborative publication funded through a Kickstarter campaign.

Sumi ink painting (or drawing) is an ancient East Asian art form that uses black ink and brushwork. My featured designer collection in Knitscene Fall 2016 was inspired by the tradition of Sumi ink drawings. These stark black and white drawings/paintings are fluid and full of expression. I can find endless inspiration for knitwear (or anything) within this art form, and I was far from finished with this inspiration source even after I completed my collection for Knitscene. (Indeed, I could probably do five more collections based on this theme!)

Farm yarns are my jam. My friend Hannah from Mindful Folk Farm lovingly raises her sheep to create small batch, botanically hand dyed yarns. This project was designed as a two-skein project to make the most of her gorgeous yarns. This unisex cowl is deep, featuring a simple stitch pattern to show off subtle color variations. A point at the bott...

I have been on a mission to make a sweater that wears like a sweatshirt for a while. This one fits the bill. It has just enough positive ease to be comfortably roomy and is simple with a bit of interest in the lace adorned yoke (which is sort of my sweet spot of knitwear design!). Add in a drapey and soft yarn and you’ve got a sweater that will...

YARN NOTE: The pattern is very adjustable to the yardage you have, as you may knit each section fewer or more times than the pattern states. A suggested minimum yardage for a good-sized shawl would be around 800 yds / 732 m. Likewise, if you’re using the yarn the pattern calls for, you can continue knitting each section until you run out of yar...

This is the fingering weight version of my popular worsted weight Tensho Pullover which is named for Tenshō Shūbun, a Sumi Ink artist dating from the 14th century.

This sweater is named for one of my favorite fall vegetables: brassica oleracea v. sabellica, otherwise known as kale! In autumn I am either rounding up the last harvest in the garden, out eating apple cider doughnuts with my family, or catching the last bits of warmth before the snow flies. And, as the summer sun chills off, I need a sweater t...

One winter’s eve I found myself craving COLOR. Multiple times I filled up my cart with Jill Draper’s beautiful selections, and finally landed on these four colors together. The combination is both playful and romantic; deceptively simple and just the cure for those needing an infusion of color in their knitting.

Now available as an individual Ravelry download, this pattern was originally published in Making Stories Magazine, Issue 2. There is something about lace around my shoulders that I find immensely elegant. Combined with a circular yoke and top down construction, it’s also simple to knit and simple to wear.

Bravura, noun: a florid brilliant style: a show of daring or brilliance

Finished Size: 20” wide and 27” deep (measured tip to tip in each direction)

When one of my dearest and oldest friends asked me to make her a sweater for her wedding I said “of course!” Together we chose a yarn and designed her wedding sweater. This sweater is a spin off of that one. It uses a lighter weight yarn held double – mohair for some luscious-ness! It also features a slimmer fit and button up front, cropped len...

This cowl is designed to be a canvas for playing with color. Sections of stripes and colorwork offer different ways to experiment and see how colors blend or bounce off one another. While the pattern uses 6 colors, there is no reason you can’t incorporate even more! Stay on course, knitting the colors as written, or veer off course and trust yo...

In Maine, spring is hard earned and hard won. Winters are long, and by the time green things start to poke up out of the ground it is worth REJOICING. Even the invasive wild mustard that comes up in my yard is a welcome sight. It is a delicious welcome to a season that will soon be filled with other green vegetables. This hat’s undulating stock...

Interested in Pi Shawls? Come learn with me in person at Harrisville Designs on April 13th! LINK HERE.

Interested in Pi Shawls? Come learn with me in person at Harrisville Designs on April 13th! LINK HERE.

Interested in Pi Shawls? Come learn with me in person at Harrisville Designs on April 13th! LINK HERE.

Bulky lace is one of my favorite thing to knit. Bulky weight yarn somehow feels like a guilty pleasure, and knitting luxurious lace in it is even better! Bulky lace weight is dramatic, elegant, modern and COZY! This is a shawl to get through winter if ever there was one! The pattern is repetitive enough that the knitter can easily make the shaw...

Triangular top down shawls are one of my favorites for the beautiful and simple symmetry. This one is a fun way to play with color without the stranded colorwork. Use different tones of the same color or mix and match for endless color combinations.

Eda was my very first independent knitting pattern. Over time, I’ve learned a lot about how to not only craft a knitting pattern that is comfortable to follow, but also how to add small things that create a great aesthetic. There was so much I loved about that original Eda Shawl, that I knew I wanted an updated version of it with some small cha...

Oh, a classic cabled cardigan! It never goes out of style and it can be worn with nearly everything! The original Porter Cardigan was published in October 2015. It’s remained one of my best selling sweater patterns ever since. I’ve been asked time and time again for this sweater in a lighter weight yarn, and so here it is! This yarn is only sli...

Named for a Maine cove, Mill Cove is the relaxed pullover that works for a walk on the town as well as those outdoor chores. Dress it up, or let it keep you cozy as you’re digging for clams and stacking firewood.

This simple and repetitive colorwork motif is made incredibly fun when worked in Spincycle Yarns’ Dyed in the Wool.

Note that lace instructions are charted only. There are no written instructions for the lace portion. While it is a long repeat, it is an instinctive lace pattern.

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Yoked sweaters are pretty much my favorite thing to knit. When I came across Spincycle’s amazing yarns, I knew I had to design something with them! They are incredibly fun to knit with. You won’t want to put your knitting down before you get to the next color.

This shawl is named for the gorgeous yarn it’s knit from. It’s no secret that I love farm yarns with a lot of heart. Mindful Folk Farm Yarn is just that. I’ve so enjoyed getting to know Hannah, the Shepardess of Mindful Folk Farm and Yarn. Hannah is a down-to-earth human who works hard taking care of her animals, selling her wares and homeschoo...

As of August 2019, sizing on this pattern has been extended to be more inclusive. See updated sizing below.

As of August 12, 2019, additional sizes have been added to this pattern. It now fits between a 30-62” bust.

This is the children’s version of Studies in Ice

This shawl is a collaboration with Oysters & Purls Yarn, creator of beautiful naturally dyed yarns. There are a limited amount of kits available for this shawl from Oysters and Purls. Get them while they last!

My beloved Tensho Pullover is a favorite… and so I thought it ought to become a hat as well! For those of you hoping to knit the colorwork, but not wanting to commit to a sweater, this is the project for you! For rows that have floats of 5 or more stitches, consider trapping your floats.

Recently I moved to a new house. We moved from our house in the city where we’d lived for nearly a decade, to a house in the country. While a welcome change, it’s come with a lot of chaos and stress. One night, as I was laying in bed in my new bedroom snuggling my daughter, I marveled at the stars. In the city I couldn’t see any stars, and now ...

To celebrate the release of Sumi Knits, the ebook will be on sale for $15 until Nov. 22 at midnight EST. No coupon needed! Individual patterns for this collection will be available shortly!

To celebrate the release of Sumi Knits, the ebook will be on sale for $15 until Nov. 22 at midnight EST. No coupon needed! Individual patterns for this collection will be available shortly!

To celebrate the release of Sumi Knits, the ebook will be on sale for $15 until Nov. 22 at midnight EST. No coupon needed! Individual patterns for this collection will be available shortly!

This pullover is named for Tensh? Sh?bun, a Sumi Ink artist dating from the 14th century.

To celebrate the release of Jones, the pattern will be 15% off through Oct. 29th, midnight EST! No coupon needed.

Finished measurements

Erratta: Third paragraph in the pattern section should read: “Rep rnds 1 - 8 five more times, adding one to the purl stitch section (17) each subsequent round”

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/studies-in-ice

Dog Tooth Lily is named for the genus of flowers that blooms first here in Maine. Never thinking myself a bright yellow type of person, I can’t get enough of that color come March. Lily is worked top down starting with a garter tab cast on. Increases are made at both edges to create a crescent shawl, with a flowery all-over stitch pattern. The ...

Softness around one’s neck is a way to luxuriate no matter what you are doing throughout the day. Sometimes it’s a big squishy wrap, and others it’s a light little layer like this one. It’s perfect for when winter is transitioning into spring or summer into fall. When you need just a little something around your neck.

Cables nestled in the luscious texture of this hat plus just the right amount of slouch, means you won’t take this hat off your head until summer. Stone Wool Cormo seems meant for cable knitting and is both soft and durable. This hat has scarcely left my head since knitting it!

The Bonnie Banks Wrap uses a similar eyelet motif to my Bonnie Banks Shawl. The result is a giant scarf in a soft squishy yarn and mesmerizing pattern (the only thing that’s better than a delightfully soft yarn is when there is an enormous amount of it!) This bountiful wrap is giant enough to keep you cozy warm all winter long while knitting an...

Having spent a good deal of time working on several amazingly beautiful farms, I have found them endless fonts of inspiration. The natural and cultivated world provide many of these inspirations. But many are also found in the old buildings and belongings of the farm. An old stack of textiles from days gone by, sitting on a picnic table

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When packing for a wedding recently, I realized I did not have a single shawl to wear to such an occasion. Shawls I have in plenty. But the shawls I wear are wooly, everyday shawls. I needed a graceful, fancy shawl that was wedding appropriate. So became this shawl. It is named for my all time favorite song by Stevie Wonder, the song that never...

Finished measurements

Knitting - a simple act - continues to amaze me. There have been times that the yarn and needles running through my hands are so deeply embedded in my memory that I can remember the very stitches I made, one at a time. Sitting beside a hospital bed of a loved one, on a castle wall in Italy with the loveliest of views, working on a cabled cardig...

This cardigan was designed with the colors of the beach in mind. Subtle color changes at the hems and neckline call to mind the shades the outgoing tide leaves behind on the sand. It’s a cozy cardigan that is light and airy when worked in lighter low-contrast colors, or makes a bold statement with deeper high-contrast colors.

To celebrate the release of Sumi Knits, the ebook will be on sale for $15 until Nov. 22 at midnight EST. No coupon needed! Individual patterns for this collection will be available shortly!

This yarn was sitting left over from another design, calling to me like a siren. I love Icelandic wool and this yarn in particular exemplifies the magical qualities about it I love so much. It is light as a feather, warm and hardy. I needed a simple project to relax with, and came up with an easy pattern with a few interesting details (my favor...

“Icelandic wool lives up to its reputation in every way. It is light, warm and very resilient—an experience that every knitter must give themselves the chance at. Einband is all of those things, but even softer and lighter. It’s like wearing a divine cozy cloud. This piece was designed with the iconic Icelandic sweater in mind, but rather than ...

This pattern, along with the others in the Simple Shawls Ebook, is currently available exclusively as a gift to supporters of the MAINE Knits Kickstarter Campaign. Backers who choose a gift that includes the eBook will receive a download code once the Kickstarter is funded. Your support helps fund independent publishing and a project that comes...

This pattern, along with the others in the Simple Shawls Ebook, is currently available exclusively as a gift to supporters of the MAINE Knits Kickstarter Campaign. Backers who choose a gift that includes the eBook will receive a download code once the Kickstarter is funded. Your support helps fund independent publishing and a project that comes...

This pattern, along with the others in the Simple Shawls Ebook, is currently available exclusively as a gift to supporters of the MAINE Knits Kickstarter Campaign. Backers who choose a gift that includes the eBook will receive a download code once the Kickstarter is funded. Your support helps fund independent publishing and a project that comes...

This pattern, along with the others in the Simple Shawls Ebook, is currently available exclusively as a gift to supporters of the MAINE Knits Kickstarter Campaign. Backers who choose a gift that includes the eBook or a pattern from the ebook will receive a download code once the Kickstarter is funded. Your support helps fund independent publish...

During the month of November 2016, email subscribers will receive a free copy of this pattern! Become an email subscriber HERE. Happy National Knit a Sweater Month!

MATERIALS

MATERIALS

Studies in Ice, Studies in Ice Dress, and Skaftafell will all be 15% off through August 24th, 2017 midnight EST. No coupon needed!

This pretty little shawl starts off with in rib, then transitions into an eyelet lace pattern before finishing off with a honeycomb eyelet border. It’s a fairly quick knit – simple enough to memorize but pretty enough to dress up or down and with the lovely soft alpaca you’ll want it around your shoulders all winter. Simple enough to modify if ...

This pattern is 25% off through December 11th! No coupon needed! Happy gift knitting!

Oh a classic cabled cardigan! It never goes out of style and it can be worn with nearly everything! I set out to add one that was fun to knit to my wardrobe and this is how the Porter Cardigan came about. It is a classic sturdy cabled cardigan that I’ll pull out year after year and will never go out of style.

This cardigan was designed with the colors of the beach in mind. Subtle color changes at the hems and neckline call to mind the shades the outgoing tide leaves behind on the sand. It is a cozy cardigan that seems light and airy when worked in lighter low-contrast colors, or could make a bolder statement with deeper high-contrast colors.

This cowl was inspired by the wake a boat leaves in the water as it glides through the bay checking lobster traps. The reversible cables are ribbed, and on one side look like standard cables. On the other they blend in nicely with the stockinette stitches beside them and create a beautiful waving texture, like the surface of water after a boat ...

A great pattern for colorwork beginners! The soft color changes are inspired by the colors of the sand after an outgoing tide. Use similar shades for a subtle effect, or high contrast shades for something bolder. Hat includes many sizes and will look good on any age!

A great project for beginning colorwork! These mitts are just the thing to pull on when temperatures start to dip, but you aren’t quite through collecting your beach treasures. The colorwork is inspired by the colors and textures of the sand and the ebbing tide. Work in low contrast colors for a subtle effect, or higher contrast for a bolder lo...

Note about skeins:** The pattern states that you need 1 skein of Color C if working in Loft, but you in fact need 2 skeins! This will be updated in the pattern just as soon as I have a chance.*

A simple to knit, cozy to wear everyday pullover, dressed up with a touch of lace along the sleeve. Like the other pieces in the Autumn Beach Collection, this piece is inspired by the beach in the off season. The stitch pattern is reminiscent of a ripple in the water, and the Isle au Haut pullover is one you’ll want to pull on when you’re walki...

This shawl begins as a top down triangular shawl, with increases at edges and center back. Then wings are formed by increasing into the ribbed edging, then working the new stitches in the stitch pattern, with their own increases. The shawl continues in the same traveling rib pattern for both body and wings. The construction of this shawl gives ...

Bonnie Banks was first published in May 2015. Since then it has been a favorite of my shawl patterns amongst my customers, as well as a personal favorite in my own wardrobe!) The original yarn used was a limited batch yarn that’s long gone (Clara Yarn Shetland 1.0), and so I thought it time the pattern received an update with a new (and availab...

This is the cowl sister to my Lieselotte Shawl! My local yarn store owner introduced me to this delightful and local to me, Maine grown, Maine spun, yarn. She had a vision for a local designer to design a pattern with the yarn, and so I found myself walking out of the store with a skein of the softest, sunniest alpaca blend yarn. This pattern i...

If you like the shawl, check out the Lieselotte Cowl!

The Union Station Cardigan was first published in Interweave Knits Spring 2015. Since then it has become one of my most knit patterns! Updates to this pattern upon independent publication (Sept. 2016) include extended sizes as well as written instructions for the lace chart. I love this cardigan for it’s open front and lace yoke, and it’s simpl...

Come Autumn, I want a snuggly sweater I can wrap myself up into. Before the real chill of winter comes and with it a big down coat comes a cozy wool sweater. And this piece- with its big cable shawl collar, is just perfect for Autumnal activities. Simply constructed, the collar features a beautiful double sided cable, which looks lovely folded ...

The edges of this piece are worked in a reversible cable- which looks fantastic on both the right and wrong sides. The buttons give you options to wear it as a scarf, cowl, or around the shoulders buttoned behind the back.

This is s fun cowl with many options. Fully buttoned, the piece is a cowl with buttons traveling all the way around the circumference or neck. Unbuttoned, the piece can be worn as a scarf or shawl, or buttoned only partially for something in between. The all over eyelet pattern is fun to knit and lends a great texture.

Options: Options are for a shawl or scarf in fingering, sport or DK weight yarns.

Purchase this pattern with the Straw Cowl for $7.00. N0 coupon code needed!

First published in autumn 2013, the Apple Season Wrap has remained a simple fall staple. And now, it has received a facelift: new yarn weight, with a few simplifications to the instructions for this classic and easy to wear piece! It still includes instructions for the original gauge as well, which means that you can choose to make it in either...

The Sweet Alyssum Hat is aptly named for the tiny everbloming hardy flowers. The shape of the cables creates a similar shape to the lovely tiny four petaled blooms. Perfect for chasing away a case of the winter blues, or anytime one wishes for a bit of flora.

Purchase this with the Straw Hat for $7.00. No coupon code needed!

The Eda Shawl is a top down triangular shawl worked in knit and purl Gansey inspired stitch pattern that creates a repetitive and easy to knit pattern. The stitch pattern combined with the asymmetrical striping make a lovely but simple shawl.