What if I made a whole collection of sweaters, exactly as I would like them to look, and feel, without worrying about how long they take to make, or how complicated the pattern might be…? Here is the result. In truth, they are not excessively complex, nor incredibly difficult, but, these patterns are not recommended for beginners. They are made for those who are comfortable knitting already, and want to use what they already know to get an unusually flattering and wearable garment.

Aviary 1 is the first collection of 4, each containing 3 pillow patterns in 5 colorways! They can also be used to make a stunning blanket all together.

The Aviary Full Collection includes all 12 “bird” designs, each in all 5 colorways!

Between the Trees

Bootcuffed is a collection of 10 bootcuffs. They cover everything from knitting back and forth and cabling, to colorwork, knit and purl patterns, and slipped stitches.

Crown Family is a pattern bundle including the first, adult sized, crown tee along with its mini version for 12 months up to overlapping the adult sizes.

Dashes of color is a collection of tops and accessories that use unique shaping methods. To highlight the shaping, they all use the most simple colorwork method around: some rounds use a different color yarn, but you never use more than one color at once. Due to the shaping, this create all kinds of stripes, but none are straight horizontal ones!

Headband Love 2 is a collection of 10 headbands all using the same yarn. There are only two different needles sizes, so swatch twice and knit your way through the whole book!

Headband Love 3 is a collection of 10 headband patterns. They all use the same yarn and two different needle sizes.

A collection of 10 lace headbands that can all be knit from one skein - as in one skein is enough to knit all the patterns in the book! it includes all the patterns with written and charted instructions as well as instructions on how to dye the headbands using food coloring and vinegar or citric acid.

Persian Knits is a collection of five patterns inspired by the art and colors of India and Persia.

A collection of rippling knitting patterns.

A collection of 6 patterns for Malabrigo’s freelance pattern project. Sleeping Beauty is a quick trip through an old tale. Knit the castle walls, or a gift for the baby princess, then at the end is the crown tee to celebrate the princess bride! Despite having such romantic inspiration, I have tried to keep everything modern and wearable. What is the sense of knitting something you won’t be able to use every day?

This is a pattern bundle for those who want the cowl and mittens!

Feel like a princess in this enveloping shawl!

The moody browns and reds in this blanket merge into a lacy pattern, as rays of sunshine around dark clouds.

Tucked into the shadows of the rainforest, we find bright blooms here and there.

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Tumbling florals with animals peeking out adorn this fun cowl! The animals change along the full length, every single row is different.

Sweet woodland animals pop out in the graphic, ever changing floral brocade pattern on this shawl.

In the chilly arctic, the mornings start off grey and blue, with glowing yellows and greens. This blanket is my attempt to capture just a little of that radiant monotony.

Understatedly pretty, this toque is perfect for those in-between days when you are not sure if you need to bring out the really warm knits yet.

Note: this pattern includes instructions to make an a-line skirt using the same color work panels!

A delightfully complex cowl collar is just as fun to knit as it is to wear!

A blizzard of snowflakes decorate this throw!

For when you want a little more drama than the average toque/beanie affords…

When I was designing the Aviary collection, I accidentally made 2 swans, and rather than discard one of them, I thought I would finish it up anyways and release it as my gift to you!

These hazy summer days call for tank to wear, pretty like a lace shawl, but cool as your favorite cotton top.

Just simple (but not boring) colorwork for you to enjoy.

Foliage wraps around central motifs in this changing, yet the same, pattern.

Playful colors interact in this fun toque!

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Textured leaf-like shapes encircle the yoke of this pretty-but-modern sweater.

Somewhere between a shawl, sweater, and sari, this elegant cardigan shares the same basic shape as my Sari Cardi but with a pretty lace twist!

A simple floral design wraps around the yoke of this pretty sweater.

Simple shaping is everything. Especially in this simple looking but elegant headband.

An intriguingly simple yoke construction sets up this top-down sweater!

Layed colorwork in laceweight yarn makes for a lightweight and visually complex toque!

Just a simple, modern stitch pattern on a nice slouchy toque.

Working in a gauge commonly used in machine knitting, and only rarely by hand gives a result more perfect than you may have thought was possible!

Just an easy wrap - something to throw over your favorite dress.

Traditional motifs in not-so-traditional colors!

Swirling leaves wrap around your head! If you flip it inside-out, you will have a sporty stripe instead.

Sometimes the simple things in life are the best - like an ultra-soft headband to keep your ears toasty!

Stacked pentagons climb up the sides of this toque!

This motif makes me happy - I love the palm leaves!

Classic mesh is lovely for the summer, and wide enough to keep your hair in place despite the wind!

Graphic leaves pop out of this headband!

These twisty little cables are deeply satisfying to knit, and delightful to wear!

A lace stitch converted to not have holes, which is not intuitive to follow. It is a challenge - testing your ability to follow the pattern exactly even when everything seems out of alignment! Just trust the chart (or written instructions), it will come together in the end!

Playful loopy cables go around this one!

There is nothing like a complex lace stitch with crisp geometry and flowing movement! I love to just look at it - and wear it!

Curving and climbing stitches surround the uniquely pretty yoke of this sweater!

Changing seasons call for flexible clothing. In this case, a sweater that works for indoors and out. It is warm and covers you up, but not so warm and outerwear looking that you can’t wear it in. (and maybe I just hate hanging up coats, but when I can wear a sweater instead of a coat, I do!)

Dancing, swirling lace motifs - but big!

Fun as it is to knit colorful and crazy garments, what I actually want to wear is a simple, versatile one. Like this. Just a basic tunic/tank top to wear over my skinnies.

Keep those flyaways tamed in the summer, or keep your ears warm in the winter.

Persian Dreams had six different hexagon designs, and a blank chart for you to make up your own. There is already an expansion pack with an additional 18 hexagons, this is a new set for 24 more!

A tube of colorwork worth every minute spent knitting!

Wanting to make every hexagon different in your Persian Dreams Worsted ? Here are hexagons 9-24!

Note: this pattern is written out for 3 different yarn weights and gauges lace weight at 8 stitches to the inch/2.25 mm needle

Simple, fast, fun.

Sometimes, I just want to make the most basic of toques with THIS SKEIN of yarn. This pattern has all the math already done, and will fit anyone from newborn to adult!

This is for you - all you who loved Persian Dreams, but didn’t have time to knit it in fingering.

September is an exciting month for knitters. The weather becomes cooler, and you begin to want to wear all your woolen knits again. It feels cozy to sit and knit under your WIP.

Form and function unite as one in this clever cardigan: a built-in belt wraps around the waist and stays put with the help of a large button. Knit from the bottom up, the Belt Cardi is knit back and forth, and the sleeves are knit in the round up to the underarm where they are joined to the yoke. The border is knit along with the body, and once...

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Sweet dreams. The most beautiful of blankets with a nod to Delft design.

When March begins, the sun starts to come out regularly. Full of excitement, I want to run outside with no shoes and enjoy all the first tastes of Summer in the air. Despite the fact that it is not Summer; indeed, the temperature is barely above freezing!

Swingy, simple cardigan with plenty of shaping! I love a cardigan I can pull on for those days that are cold enough to need a little something, but not so cold that I need a big parka. This one has a geometric stitch pattern along the bottom hemline, sporty stripes on the elbow, and a slimming shawl collar.

Sometimes, the most elaborate and the most simple pair together and fit perfectly. In this case, rustic tweedy yarns in the colors of denim, and a detailed pattern inspired by traditional brocade fabrics.

Persian Dreams had six different hexagon designs, and a blank chart for you to make up your own. Some of you were entranced by the thought of more hexagons, but didn’t want to make up your own and you asked me to do it for you. Well, here it is!

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Love complex lace, thin needles, cobweb weight yarn? Don’t know where/how you would wear a shawl? Here is the solution!

I love bold, almost abstract patterns. These mitts pair up some simple patterns along with bold roses!

There is a KAL for windbreak here. This KAL is aimed for those who already know the basics of knitting, but want to try a sweater for the first time! There will be “lessons” along the way on yarn choice, sizes, and how to change the pattern to fit your body. If you have already knit a couple sweaters, but want to learn more about making sweater...

Sometimes I just need a simple, but chunky, cowl. This one does the trick! The pattern includes two different sizes, just right for around the neck once and tall enough to keep your neck warm (shown in black), or long enough to wrap around twice, but short enough to wear as an infinity scarf (shown in pink). Malabrigo Worsted offers a little bi...

Springy and smunchy rolls of stockinette keep your head extra warm! This stitch makes the toque stretchy and fun to play with and wear.

I love knitting. Purling, less so. So you can imagine my delight at finding a stitch that uses 10 rows of knit for every 4 purled, is reversible, and won’t curl. Perfect!

The most simple of patterns (a ribbed headband) with an easy twist!

Weaving in and out, multi color yarn makes pretty little dots across a plain stockinette backdrop.

Perched on the side of your head, this soft and springy bow gives you a distinctly sweet air.

Knot some I-cord into a headband. I like my headbands simple for everyday use; this one is thin and unobtrusive, allowing you to wear it with a variety of hair styles.

Reminiscent of gothic cathedrals, this tidy stitch pattern has sproingy stretch and I find it gratifying to “snap” the headband on. I love a little bit of drama in overall simple and apparently plain items!

Subtle knit-purl chevrons keep this headband from curling. As much as I would like a stretchy, thin, band of stockinette to tie around my head, I know all I would get is a plump, rolled up tube of stockinette. The chevron pattern is a good second choice and lies perfectly flat with no fuss. In the loose gauge, you can only just see the differen...

Elegantly simple, this reversible cable has the perfect amount of stretch to stay put. Sometimes, the simple things are what you really want to use.

Cables have the ability to gracefully curve, and when I decided to make a “pinched oval” shaped headband, I could not help but think of cables. From the front/top, the cables are a simple border around the reverse stockinette center. But on the sides we see the cables break up and swoop inward.

I often wear skinny headbands, and I was brooding over what you could do to make an interesting stitch pattern in I-cord. Beads! The pattern includes (and shows) three variations, but you can let your imagination go wild and change it up however you want. Consider the pattern a starting point.

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Traditional geometric weaving patterns can translate beautifully into knitting! The technical requirements of how you use color are similar in both crafts, and can meld back and forth. Inspired by some striking items, I set out to make a (knit) cowl using strong and modern colors placed into old shapes. The result is fun and fresh!

Climbing vines travel up this blanket, creating a simple but strong pattern.

An elegant lace yoke makes a simple tee look much more complex than it really is.

Combining the elegant drape of a sari with the casual fit of a cardigan for a unique sweater that could only be called Sari Cardi!

It is a long scarf that is pretending to be a square scarf. “Corners” knit in provide the angled looks, but it is as easy to wear as a basic long rectangle. Flat on the ground, the shape is a “W”

Worked on bias, these mitts are wonderfully comfortable, and give the illusion that you “pulled” them askew as you put them on.

Wait, before you read on, pause and have a closer look! Guess how it is knit. Where do you cast on? Where do you cast off?

Short earflaps, without short rows. Those yellow stripes are “two rounds in contrast color” stripes. Simple, but effective.

A curved hemline without short rows! And same for the neckline: the increases and decreases are arranged so they create a beautiful curve while working full straight rounds/rows.

Imagine a skyline filled with the onion shaped tops of eastern palaces… gracefully stacked up and peeping out of the morning mist. This is what I had in mind as I worked out the border along the bottom of this tunic.

A playful take on traditional Persian slippers. While I was very tempted to make them more traditional - coming in to a point at the front opening too, embroidered, and with soles for outdoor use; in the end I settled somewhere in between Persian shoes and American slippers.

Ready for a knitting challenge? Want to mix up your self striping yarn? These are fun and much easier than they look.

Elephant? But they are covered in flowers! The name may seem odd, but these mittens really were inspired by elephants. In India, there is a custom of painting ones elephant for special occasions. The chalky-bright paint in floral patterns on the rough grey skin is really stunning, and I wanted to recreate that effect in these mitts. This is why...

This toque was inspired by a flip through a tree guide. It was

I often fall asleep watching the evergreens in my yard blow about in the wind. I remember back when they were planted and I could just see their tips through my window. Back then I used to watch the stars at night. Slowly those trees have grown and grown until I can only see one or two stars through them. I used to resent the trees covering the...

Inspired by the texture of the bark of youthful trees. Simple,

A skirt that uses ever larger leaves to flare out.

My family was on vacation, trying to find our way through an unknown town. We were all watching out the windows for a certain street, when my Mom called everyone to look! We all whipped our heads to look out that window and saw a row of giant trees. But not any trees, these looked like Christmas trees. Only huge. I pulled out my camera as fast ...

Branches are one of the forms that fit in knitting and always look good! These are mirror images of each other, and have little “berries” at the tips. The shape is reminiscent of slender upright trees where the tips of the branches turn in, making the tree look smooth and introspective. Legwarmers are one of those things you don’t necessarily t...

Dreaming of Persia? I have been ever since I began knitting this blanket! Hexagon motifs are grafted together to create a complex web of colorwork, all in eastern inspired motifs.

A simple twisty stitch makes a spiral pattern on this toque. The stitch pattern makes the twist all on its own, and is an easy stitch to memorize.

The dappled greens and browns blend in perfectly with the woods in early fall - I wanted to photograph this cowl in the woods, but having done a photo shoot for a sweater in this same yarn, I realized it is as good as camouflage.

Pretty lace for active little girls!

Slipped and cabled stitches twist up pooling in these fun cuffs!

A rippling stitch makes tracks in warm, fuzzy Reverie. These cuffs add a bit more warmth above your boots and stop any cold drafts from reaching your toes.

In and out… cables combine to create a maze that reminds me of a wasps nest. When that maze is cashmere, the result is superbly warm!

Slipped stitch braids climb up these cuffs and tangle up any pooling in multi color yarn.

Black on White, or White on Black? Just flip it upside down to change between them. Or - If you know you only want one combo, just knit from the shorter chart!

Purl ridges make horizontal lines that wrap around your leg and give a unique up and down stretch that holds these cuffs on even when you are moving.

Special cables pinch up these cuffs here and there, and scrunch down into perfect layers. The sizes are for children to plus sized adults. The adult sizes use dk weight, the smaller childrens sizes use fingering.

Knit in the round, these cuffs have subtle seed stitch diamonds wrapped around them. They add an ultra cozy ring of warmth above your boot.

Pretty patterns inspired by vintage plates wrap about these cuffs. The sizes cover everyone from toddlers to plus sized adults.

Mini cables twist around and up this cuff. It is knit in the round, and includes sizes to cover toddlers to plus sized adults.

Sweet as pie but secretly a hard project. Are you up for learning how to cable on wrong side rows? Any interest in grafting? This is the perfect place to learn!

A fresh and summery headband. This is simple colorwork - you knit four rows in one color, then the next four in the other color. No stranding required!

Crossed stitches swirl over and over wrapping around your head.

A crisp and casual headband with a cute little knot on the back.

Increases, decreases, and garter stitch combine in a fun and easy to knit headband that plays with handpainted yarn in a neat way. Alternating rows of solid yarn makes for fresh diagonal stripes.

Knit in two colors, this headband is reversible. Each side has a bit of color showing from the other half.

A clever Mobius Twist makes for a comfortable Headband. If you can knit, purl, and graft you can make this!

A simple headband with braids adorning the sides.

A simple headband that ties with a bow on top.

Slipped ribs shatter color pooling and provide extra stretch to this headband. It is knit in the round.

Admiring old Estonian stitches, I began to wonder what would happen if I tried making the stitch larger. Perhaps each twig could become more than one stitch wide. Perhaps I could make them longer, and put more space between? This stole uses the “big twig stitch” as an all-over stitch.

A highly detailed lace tee. Ever wanted to use nupps and lace on something other than a shawl?

A stylized bramble curves up this stole.

Knit from the bottom up, this sweater has modified raglan shaping and short rows to create seamless set in sleeves.

A toque so finely detailed it looks like fairies knit it.

A sleek hoodie with bias ribbed borders. If you are not ready to try to knit the borders and then graft them in ribbing, there are directions telling how to use regular ribbing instead.

This blanket is knit on bias, from one corner to the other. It has seed stitch outlining “bricks”.

Uneven decrease and increase sections give organic movement to this cowl.

I love to take a favorite stitch pattern and modify it to become a larger repeat. In this case, I took a basic ripple pattern and made it wider, with unevenly sized ripples. Then the ripples themselves grown and shrink to make the ends of the stole taper.

This sweater is meant to fly about in the wind. It is gathered in a diagonal line around the waist and is a very loose gauge. The sizing is loose because it is nice with quite a bit of negative ease, or you may want the front to overlap. The sizes are: 24 – 32 (28 – 36, 32 – 40, 36 – 44, 40 – 48, 44 – 52) inch bust.

Fine cables at the top drip down and gather into increasingly deeper cables at the brim of this simple toque, something like how a river grows and grows as it moves down the mountains.

A spiralling stitch pattern twists about this sweater. All the shaping; sleeve, waist, and yoke, is done in the pattern. Despite looking complex, the stitch is very simple and it is easy to adjust the length of the sweater and add in more or less waist shaping. You might be surprised when you read the pattern!

A simple toque with a little arrowhead on one side.

Knit from the bottom up, this sweater uses a wave stitch as an all over pattern that then begins to get smaller and smaller as you knit the yoke. There are no half reapeats of the pattern in this sweater; the lace motif even matches up at the underarm!

Something about orderly rows of pine needles is very appealing. Somehow, they strike a nice balance between rigid order and lively randomness. Pine needles also translate well into lace knitting, and make for a stately but casual stitch pattern.

A simple seamless sweater with a tree motif on the front and back.

A simple headband with a wide feather on one side. I was thinking about tucking a feather behind the ear, and knitting a feather stitch pattern, and so put the ideas together.

The lace between the cables reminds me of gothic windows - which is where the name came from.

A fun to knit twisted pattern. Easy to make wider or slimmer, and simple to make child sized.

A lace headband with a stitch that reminds me of a rope.

A Headband using a stitch pattern inspired by the estonian “chain heart” stitch patterns.

Waves of lace that shape the headband from skinny to wide as you go around.

A simple but effective lace headband. Perfect for varigated yarns.

A pretty back and forth headband that ties up with a bow!

A textured headband.

A delicate headband with a bow on top.

Bit by bit, playing with a favorite lace stitch turned it into a large feather motif. I could not resist the urge to crowd some feathers together into a lace stole. I always want to think of it as a wing, yet the placement and the overall look is so completely not like a wing that I just can’t! The feather motif is fascinating to knit, it is no...

A Seamless back and forth lace cardigan. The lace stitch is matched in the underarms and the yoke so there are only whole repeats of the motif. Try to find where the underarm joins the yoke… it is nearly impossible to locate without knowing exactly the row it took place on because you knit it!

Baby Blanket with a big leaf motif. The instructions are both written out line by line and charted.

A baby version of my Falling Leaves Blanket pattern! Lace, knit all in one. The points at the tops of the leaves are perfect for tucking around arms and feet and heads - this blanket wraps around children beautifully!

Why not wrap up in a vine with leaves?

A unique scarf that features a feather motif surrounded by double yarn overs.

Increases and decreases push a strand of stockinette back and forth and back and forth and soon enough it looks like you laced the legwarmers up!

A generously sized cabled blanket. The pattern is a sort of web of overlapping cables that swirl together at the ends. Simple, yet not that simple!

A surprisingly warm but very lightweight cardigan.

Seamless mittens with a fluttery lace ribbing.

A simple toque that uses a lace ribbbing that flutters back and forth.

Knit from the bottom up, this toque uses a stitch inspired by pine needles. It is sized from baby (as shown) all the way up to adult, although in the original book version there is only one size available (baby).

These are my practical gloves. They are knit at a tighter gauge than the ball band indicates so they will block snow and wind, and are fitted smoothly to your hand so they don’t flop around and get in the way. Yes, these are gloves you can open doorknobs with.

Toque, densly knit with a spiral pattern. Lots of fun to knit, the stitch pattern is super easy to memorize.

Tweed pullover with diamond cables up the sides and under the arms

A longer sweater in a heavy weight yarn, with lace ribbing.

Silky tweed has been changed to lemon Tweed.

A headscarf in a fun wavy lace stitch! The first rows will be tricky as this is fine yarn on big needles, but once you get used to it, it will not be hard anymore.

Falling Leaves now contains complete charts!

A lace headscarf, made in a a stitch adapted from the traditional ostrich feather pattern.

Knit from the top down, this sock uses kitchner stitch to close the bottom, but if you hate kitchner, go ahead and three needle bind off!

Soft and simply shaped, this cardi is just perfect for Spring, or any time you need a breath of warmth.

This is a light, very thin scarf that I like to use as a headband. It is a very good project for when you do not want to bother with swatching or checking gauge - even if you made it twice as small of gauge, it would still wrap around your head and look nice! It could be worn as a scarf, but I think it is too thin.

Simple stripes in cool cotton. Easy to wear, easy to wash.