There’s a long history with Sontag shawls. These shawls were functional, easy to wear and secures well when wrapped and tied at the waist. Traditionally, Sontags are narrow triangle shawls. CAKE & CAFFEINE features a similar generous wingspan, but in a crescent shape. The pattern comes in two sizes: a small shawlette/shoulder wrap and a lar...

NOTE: this shawl is worked in knitting and crochet. There isn’t a category for knit & crochet combined in Ravelry, so it’s currently placed in the knitting category.

Pumpkins are worked flat, then seamed and shaped into plump pumpkin stuffies. Tapestry crochet stitches worked into the back loops allow for easy colour changes and a raised ridge to form vertical lines. The stem is worked in the round, separately, and sewed on. Both stem and pumpkin are stuffed -- I’ve used toy filling for the pumpkin and yarn...

Giving you a hand in this year’s spooky crochet creation…!

NOTE: this is a pattern recipe with information to make a basket or plate shaped coiled vessel. Yardage information included will make either one plate or two baskets, but can vary depending on your tension.

This new-to-brioche friendly scarf is worked in sections of 1 x 1 rib, one colour brioche, garter, and a two-colour brioche section. The scarf is worked bottom up, with a k1 x p1 x k1 border that looks a lot like an I-cord edge, but much easier to stitch.

The word thrum refers to short lengths of waste yarn/thread left after cutting woven fabric from a loom. These pieces of yarn were repurposed to line hats and mittens and stuff pillows and mattresses. It’s likely thrums did not include bits of unspun wool until knitters in Eastern Canada and the U.S. did this to add a little extra woolly layer ...

A crochet companion to the knitted brioche scarf.

Little Blue Bandana, publishing August 1st, 2023! Happy (early) Granny Square Day.

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For Granny Square Day 2022 (August 15th) I’ve created three granny designs using yarn from La Bien Aimee, mYak and Handmaiden yarn dyed for River City Yarn in their Adam and Eve base. Feel free to use yarn from stash as each granny pattern will use about 4g of yarn. You may want to change hook sizes as needed, to work up a fabric to your liking...

For Granny Square Day 2022 (August 15th) I’ve created three granny designs using yarn from La Bien Aimee, mYak and Handmaiden yarn dyed for River City Yarn in their Adam and Eve base. Feel free to use yarn from stash as each granny pattern will use about 4g of yarn. You may want to change hook sizes as needed, to work up a fabric to your liking...

For Granny Square Day 2022 (August 15th) I’ve created three granny designs using yarn from La Bien Aimee, mYak and Handmaiden yarn dyed for River City Yarn in their Adam and Eve base. Feel free to use yarn from stash as each granny pattern will use about 4g of yarn. You may want to change hook sizes as needed, to work up a fabric to your liking...