The Maile Socks are the cozy worsted socks of your dreams, with stranded colorwork providing an extra layer of thickness for added warmth. The two-color zigzag pattern, inspired from 200 Fair Isle Motifs: A Knitter’s Dictionary by Mary Jane Mucklestone, knits up quick on size 7 needles and adds some color to your grey winter mornings. Knit top-...

The Gradient Hat is a perfect pattern for your showstopper hand-dyed skein you’ve kept safely in your stash, waiting for the right time. I would recommend a tonal or semisolid yarn for your main color (MC) and choosing a contrast color that either features in the MC dye or compliments closely to get that gradient look. I choose an alpaca hand-d...

These three vegetable raglan sleeve sweaters (Radish, Carrot, and Beet) are entirely knit in green, then the bottom half of the vegetable outlines are duplicate stitched on the front. The matching hats are donned with little leaves to serve as the leafy top of each root vegetable. The charts can easily be adapted for intarsia as well.