Here Comes the Sun celebrates stars and beyond. For the 4-color version each pattern represents a layer of our host star’s interior structure; the 3-color version imagines the appearance and interior of a black hole.

Sugar Maple is a large, cozy shawl for crisp autumn days and nights. The autumnal colors of CARDO made me think of the colors of sugar maple leaves against a bright blue sky as they fall and drift to the forest floor. Easy to manage Moss and Garter stitches results in a stable, non-curling fabric, just right to wrap around your shoulders for a ...

Inspired by the historic liftbridge over the Erie Canal in Fairport, New York, and also inspiration for the logo for Liftbridge Yarns, Building Bridges is a triangular shawl (in 2 sizes!) worked from tip to long end with alternating stripe and mosaic colorwork sections, and then finished with a lace border. It begins with a short I-cord cast on...

Kurosawa is inspired by the many variations of Japanese Sashiko embroidery. Each of the seven sections is a Mosaic Stitch interpretation of an embroidery design and is worked in indigo blue, white, and gold. Each section is approximately equal in size. Feel free to adjust as you wish!

This double-thickness cowl and mittens are inspired by the wing feather designs of the Eastern Bluejay.

This double-thickness cowl and fingerless mitts are inspired by the colors of the Eastern American Bluebird.

This double-thickness cowl and fingerless mitts are inspired by the colors and lilting song of the American Goldfinch.

Sanjuro is a celebration of one of my favorite movies. A lone samurai decides to help a group of young men battle corruption in their village. There are kidnappings, double crosses, and messages sent by camellia petals floating in a stream.

Some Like It Hot is another one of my favorite movies, a rollicking (black & white!) tale of two 1920s era musicians masquerading as women in an all girls’ band after they witness a mob hit in Chicago. Along the way they meet Marilyn Monroe and discover true love, sort of.

Signs of Spring is a matching set of mittens and tam worked in 2-color stranded designs meant to celebrate the return of color and life to my yard in Spring. Suggested yarns are Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift, Elemental Affects, or Kate Davies Designs Millarochy; feel free to substitute the fingering yarn of your choice. The mittens used 2 skein...

Bristol Spring is worked with an easy and very stretchy 2-color mosaic pattern in squishy and soft Swan’s Island Organic Merino yarn. The pattern is presented in both written and chart form. Sizes are easily modified.

Rear Window is my interpretation of another of my favorite movies. Worked in Garter and Mosaic stitches in two colors, the pattern begins easily and gradually becomes more complex. The mosaic section is presented with both charted and written instructions.

Casablanca is a traditional triangle shawl worked in two colors from the top down. Garter Rib alternates with slip stitch chevrons. The finished piece is approximately 74” / 188 cm wide and 38” / 96.5 cm depth at center.

This shawl design was inspired by two things: one, Akira Kurosawa’s film “Yojimbo”, (a personal favorite), and two, a desire to interpret elements of Japanese Sashiko embroidery in knitted color work. Many Sashiko motifs are evocative of natural features such as mountains, mountain trails and still and flowing water. I imagined a thrifty Japane...

I am deeply grateful to rabyll, HedgehogMJ, and KnitasticNinja for test knitting this pattern!

Inspired by cabin fever and the polar vortex, Helianthus will warm your hands and bring cheer and color into the winter knitting landscape. The colorwork design uses both stranding and duplicate stitch. Substitute colors and create your own flower garden. Note that the actual yarn amounts for each of the contrast colors ranges between 40 and 10...

Many thanks to Ravelry knitters Quackenstein and Mughain for test knitting this pattern!

These mittens celebrate my admiration for the beautiful artwork celebrating the Day of the Dead holiday. One skein each of the Edelweiss and Black Cat Rosy Green Cheeky Merino Joy are worked in a slightly dense gauge and result in a cozy pair of gauntleted mittens.

The Italian Job is a two-color mosaic and Garter stitch asymmetrical triangle shawl. Two-color Mosaic patterns are created with slipped stitches and by alternating colors every two rows. Stitches that are slipped on the first (RS) row are slipped again on the following (WS) row.

The stitch pattern for Give It the Slip was adapted from Barbara G. Walker’s “Sandwich Stitch” in her Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns.

This pattern was adapted from Barbara G. Walker’s “Balanced Rings” pattern. The cable motif appears on both the back and front of the sock and is flanked by columns of twisted ribbing. Add more twisted rib stitches at the sides to make this sock pattern larger. By wrapping the central cable cross in the middle of the pattern, the repeated motif...

Nasturtium is a cheerful color work mitten, with a wide cuff, a two-color Estonian braid and flower motif main design, plus a matching headband! It is worked in the round entirely from charts and has a Norwegian style thumb that forms on one side of the mitten palm. The thumb gusset is flanked by two columns of contrast color stitches. Stitch m...

Four by Four offers mittens and fingerless mitts in four sizes and in four different weights of yarn. Broken Rib with twisted stitches adorn the cuffs and travels up the sides, ending with an easy “Heart of a Blossom” closure at the top-- no grafting required!

On my first solo dive, I saw an octopus snoozing in a crevice deep in a coral reef. Far from the fearful creatures featured in many a horror story, Octopi are intelligent and creative animals capable of fantastic color changes. What better design to feature on a color work mitten!

This is the third in a series of mittens using designs inspired by flowers, both wild and domesticated. Generously sized, with a thumb gusset thumb and a wide cuff, Queen Anne’s Lace can be worked to fit many hand sizes and can even be used as a second layer over gloves. Worked in the round in two colors, from charts, duplicate stitching and ad...

Luna Moth is a fictional comic book character from the novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” by Michael Chabon, a story that imagines the inception and success of comic books during World War II. In Chabon’s story, Luna Moth is the first female superhero and a member of The League of the Golden Key, heroes dedicated to winning a s...

Which list are you on? Or maybe you want to keep people guessing. Naughty ‘n Nice Fingerless Mitts are stranded fingerless mitts worked in the round that can be made to fit either hand. There are two charts, one for each hand, and a third for the thumb. Each hand chart gives the thumb gusset location for both the Right and Left mitts. These are...

The scent of honeysuckle bushes remind me of summer. Honeysuckle Fingerless Mitts are a lacy, stretchy design worked with just 1 skein of Shibui Staccato in a luscious blend of merino and silk. A picot cast on at the cuff adds texture and visual interest. Worked from cuff to fingertip, a plain Stockinette thumb gusset emerges from ribbing flank...

January 2017: Ihave always loved this design, but as I learned more about making mittens and what knitters want in a mitten pattern, I knew this one needed an update. So, updated design, new yarn (O-wool, lovely!) enjoy!

Skyscraper is an average fit, shaped, long-sleeve, scoop neck cardigan with twisted rib trim at the hem, cuffs, button and neck bands, and a graduated twisted rib motif on the front, back, and sleeves. It is worked in pieces, bottom up, and seamed. Tahki Donegal Tweed gives the fabric a charming rustic flair.

Butterfly Fingerless Mitts are multi-sized, stranded hand warmers with wide thumb gussets and a quilted gauntlet made with fingering weight yarn. Worked in the round, this pattern is ambidextrous -- no different left and right mitts!

Seedling is a cabled crew sock with a design reminiscent of new growth twisting and unfurling towards the warmth of springtime sun. Worked from the top down, it has a conventional heel flap and side-shaped toe, but any heel and/or toe style may be substituted.

Welcome the arrival of Comet Ison with Cosmos. Carry the stars and sky with you and keep your head and hands warm at the same time. Worked in-the-round in Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift fingering weight yarns, the Cosmos Tam comes in 3 sizes, child through adult. Cosmos Mittens are one size. Either may be made larger using the Jamieson’s DK weig...