There’s no need to worry about ice cream going straight to your thighs with these guilt-free knit ice cream cones. Included are patterns to make a sugar cone, wafer/cake cone, classic scoop, dipped scoop and soft serve. Mix and match the tops and cones, and make some no-calorie treats.

Does the world need another basketweave scarf? Probably not, but every year I knit at least one more. And let’s call these “checks”. “Checks” sounds so much cooler, right?

Cherry pie, maraschino cherries, cherry ice cream (without chocolate chunks!), fresh Bing cherries that stain your lips a purple-y blue. I like/love lemons, but cherries are another favorite fruit. And, well, let’s face it, you can’t really eat lemons straight up the way you can eat cherries. A fruit shaped like a sexy little bomb? Oh yes please!

Many years ago I saw the movie Impromptu, about the affair between George Sand and Frederic Chopin. With a cast of well known actors, beautiful locations and costuming, and an interesting story, I am a bit embarrassed to say that what I remember most is that “Oh Balls!” was the stand-out line of the movie for me.

This hat uses a classic fair isle snowflake pattern. Or is it a flower? A snowflaker? A snowflower!

After seeing a similar hat on the Banana Republic website in autumn/winter 2007, I decided I wanted to come up with my own button-tab hat. The hat is easily modifiable by just changing the stitch pattern of the brim and it’s a good way to use up some of those spare buttons in your button jar.

Giant Olive’s cartoonish good-looks can’t help but make you smile. Giant Olive measures approximately 5.5-inches long and 12-inches in circumference at its widest part. One skein of the Thick & Quick (170grams/108 yards) should yield five olives.