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There is something magical about creating together. Whether we’re cooking, dancing, or knitting, when we do it together what we make is more than the sum of its parts. In the process we build connections that fulfill the deep need for community common to all our human hearts.

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When my daughter was little - maybe three or four years old - she forgot the word for her socks one morning when she was getting dressed. She came to me, a worried look on her tiny face. “Mama, I can’t find my… my… Foot Sweaters.”

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What do you keep in your magic bag? Is it full of secrets, runes, or golden coins? This little bag is perfect for holding those magic beans you got in a shrewd cow trade…or if that’s not your bag you can use it for your D&D dice… your lucky pebbles…or any treasure you can imagine.

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Siltcoos Lake is a beautiful lake on the Oregon Coast where I spent a memorable summer as a child. Looking in Wikipedia I learned that the word Siltcoos is Native American and could refer to the name of a local chief or to a family name. It is also possible that “Tsilt” and “Coos”translates to “plenty elk” in the Coosan language and in referenc...

This is almost the simplest of simple cowls, designed to get a new knitter comfortably alternating between a knit stitch and a purl stitch. Designed to use up all of a single skein of Berroco Wizard, it makes a long cowl that can be worn scrunched up, or folded over for a doubled (or mock turtleneck) look. A self-striping or gradient yarn will ...

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This is the simplest of hat patterns. I designed it for teaching children to knit. It is straightforward and only uses the knit stitch. With some minor shaping on the top, it can be knit by the experienced knitter in an evening for a quick gift or by the beginner for a first or second project. The hat is sized for the average 8 year old - but w...

Sometimes it is necessary to have a quick pattern … for a last minute gift, or because you need an instant gratification project, or there is a nearby cold neck. Enter the Tisane Cowl. It’s knit with one skein of bulky weight yarn and the top and bottom edges should roll just a couple of rows. A simple pattern with the Broderie Anglaise stitch ...

The Begin Again Hat is the companion pattern to the Begin Scarf, also designed to be a first knitting pattern. A hat is slightly less basic than a scarf. Here the knitter learns to knit and purl, to knit in the round on circular needles, as well as knit-two-together and a basic finish for the top of a hat. The result is a warm beanie with a squ...

The Begin Scarf was written just for that - the beginning knitter. It is a most basic of scarves: knit every row and you are done!

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The inspiration for the They/Them Shawl came when I learned about an instance of everyday bigotry. When someone told a friend, who is non-binary, that they should not wear a shawl because shawls are a woman’s accessory, those few small-minded words hurt.

This is a symmetrical triangle kerchief in a lace/mesh stitch with a seed stitch edge. A crocheted front edge adds stability to the ties to keep it on your head at your local anti-hate rally.