Cowlabunga! is a collection of four cowl patterns in various weights of yarn to take you from early autumn into deep winter.

Elements of Memory is a collection of 6 shawl patterns of different shapes in various yarn weights. Four of the six patterns represent the classical elements, with a fifth pattern representing the metaphysical concept of spirit, and the sixth pattern representing the unification of the previous five concepts.

Hobbit Hands is an ebook of four patterns for mittens and gloves inspired by the five heroic Hobbits in the Lord of the Rings book series.

Riverside Park in Guelph Ontario straddles the Speed River; these six shawls pay homage to that river, and to the park grounds and the plants and animals that grow and live along the river.

A collection of small shawls inspired by the lyrical works of Leonard Cohen.

The Beekeeper Collection gathers all four of the popular Beekeeper accessories together in one package. It is an homage to the character Beorn from the book The Hobbit, and like him the patterns are complicated seeming but in actuality simple, practical, and elegant.

The Dog Walker Collection is a collection of patterns inspired by daily walks with my own canine companion. The patterns include four accessories (cowl, hat, mittens, and boot cuffs), and a recipe style dog coat that will fit most dogs.

There is a versatility to simple ribbing. It fits well. It moves with the wearer due to its innate stretch. It is completely reversible, with the wrong side being just as wearable as the right side. And it is an excellent solution for variegated yarns if those are your jam. Add in an unexpected twist, like using an odd number rib like 3 x 1 instead of 1 x 1 or 2 x 2, and you’ve got an interesting piece to wear with two completely different looks. Magic!

Have you ever watched the evening fade into darkness and the stars appear one by one then in pairs and groups until all the heavens above are alight? This is a favourite pastime in summer, but an even more glorious experience on a frosty night in the northern woods. Add in the chance of the northern lights dancing in bands of colour across the ...

Skræling is the name the Norse settlers to Greenland used for the peoples they encountered already living there. In surviving sources, it is first applied to the Thule people, the proto-Inuit group with whom the Norse coexisted in Greenland after about the 13th century. In the sagas, it is also used for the peoples of the region known as Vinlan...

Crosscurrents occur in those places where two rivers run into each other and the water grows turbulent until the flow subsides into one harmonized direction. Often crosscurrents are marked by whirlpools and standing waves in the place where the two rivers clash. The Crosscurrents Cowl is inspired by this constant wrestle of changing directions,...

Located in the most northerly reaches of Quebec, the Parc National des Pingualuit is found in the centre of the Ungava plateau and protects a meteoritic crater filled with exceptionally clear blue water. From the rim of the Pingualuit crater a panoramic view of the almost-lunar tundra stretches to the horizon. Beyond Pingualuit crater, the tund...

Liminal space is a place of transition, a threshold between two points, signaling the end of one time or space, and the beginning of another. These spaces exist in the real world as physical locations but are also present in our cognition and psychological experience, often related to major life changes and periods of uncertainty. For example, ...

Daisy Gardiner was the eighth child, and fourth daughter, of Samwise and Rosie (née Cotton) Gamgee. She had three younger brothers, Bilbo, Robin, and Tolman, and two younger sisters, Primrose and Ruby.

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For still there are so many things that I have never seen:in every wood in every spring there is a different green.I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago,and people who will see a world that I shall never know.But all the while I sit and think of times there were before,I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.

Suddenly he stopped and stammered, overcome with surprise to hear himself saying such things. But Goldberry laughed.“Welcome!” she said. “I had not heard that folk of the Shire were so sweet-tongued. But I see you are an elf-friend; the light in your eyes and the ring in your voice tells it. This is a merry meeting! …”

“Not the beard!”

“Captain Faramir, you have shown your quality, sir - the very highest.”“The Shire must truly be a great realm, Master Gamgee, where gardeners are held in high honor.”

“Why, look Mr. Frodo! Look here! Well, if it isn’t Pippin. Mr. Peregrin Took I should say, and Mr. Merry! How they have grown! Bless me! But I can see there’s more tales to tell than ours.”“There are indeed,” said Pippin turning towards him. “And we’ll begin telling them, as soon as this feast is ended. … For the present Merry and I are busy. ...

Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack, a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets in

As the year winds down into darkness, as the cold stops nipping and starts to really bite, we humans seek out the light. The bright places, the warm gatherings, the sparkle and the wonder of hope for light returning. We call this season Christmas, or Yule, or Hanukkah, or Kwanza, or Lussinatta, or… So many festivals, so much hope.

There’s a blaze of light in every wordIt doesn’t matter which you heardThe holy or the broken Hallelujah.

Primrose Gardiner was the ninth child, and fifth daughter, of Samwise and Rosie (née Cotton) Gamgee. She had three younger brothers, Bilbo, Robin, and Tolman, and one younger sister, Ruby.

Now Suzanne takes your handAnd she leads you to the riverShe is wearing rags and feathersFrom Salvation Army countersAnd the sun pours down like honeyOn our lady of the harbour

The sun, the moon, the stars. We take them for granted, these lights in our sky that brighten our days, guide sailors at night, change through the seasons, and even help us tell time. But how did they get there? What are they, really? Oh sure, science will tell us all sorts of provable things about these heavenly bodies, but a folk tale retelli...

I said there’d been a flood.I said there’s nothing left.I hoped that you would come.I gave you my address.

Named for Hobbiton’s most famous inhabitant, Bilbo Gardiner was the tenth child of Samwise and Rosie (née Cotton) Gamgee. He had one younger sister, Ruby, and two younger brothers, Robin and Tolman.

Like a bird on the wireLike a drunk in a midnight choirI have tried in my way to be free

In streams of light I clearly sawThe dust you seldom seeOut of which the nameless makesA name for one like me

There is a versatility to simple ribbing. It fits well. It moves with the wearer due to its innate stretch. It is completely reversible, with the wrong side being just as wearable as the right side. And it is an excellent solution for variegated yarns if those are your jam. Add in an unexpected twist, like using an odd number rib like 3 x 1 ins...

There is a versatility to simple ribbing. It fits well. It moves with the wearer due to its innate stretch. It is completely reversible, with the wrong side being just as wearable as the right side. And it is an excellent solution for variegated yarns if those are your jam. Add in an unexpected twist, like using an odd number rib like 3 x 1 ins...

There is a versatility to simple ribbing. It fits well. It moves with the wearer due to its innate stretch. It is completely reversible, with the wrong side being just as wearable as the right side. And it is an excellent solution for variegated yarns if those are your jam. Add in an unexpected twist, like using an odd number rib like 3 x 1 ins...

There is a versatility to simple ribbing. It fits well. It moves with the wearer due to its innate stretch. It is completely reversible, with the wrong side being just as wearable as the right side. And it is an excellent solution for variegated yarns if those are your jam. Add in an unexpected twist, like using an odd number rib like 3 x 1 ins...

’No,’ said Faramir, looking into her face. ‘It was but a picture in the mind. I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny. Éowyn, Éowyn, White Lady...

Most people are familiar with the awe, majesty, and drama of a summer thunderstorm. But in some parts of the world, thunderstorms aren’t relegated to the summer months only. Sometimes, if the conditions are exactly right, a blizzard comes with a thunder and lightning accompaniment; this spectacular variation on a winter storm is called Thunder ...

Inception, the point at which something begins. In fluid dynamics, inception points are points of change, where one state of being becomes another, as when water flowing down a spillway suddenly becomes aerated. In this pattern, inception points are additional garter tabs where new wedges spring up and change the direction of the top line.

Still water. Dragonflies. Sun filtering down through leaves barely stirring in a lazy summer breeze. A slightly spicy honey scent on the air gives away the presence of water lilies. Not the many-petaled white affairs made famous by painters, but the blunt-leaved, yellow-blossomed bullhead lily that grows where the water is still and slightly br...

Sitting in the shadow of the stone

Way up at the top of the map, on an island as big as Ireland but with just 112 residents, is the most idyllic national park in the world. Aulavik National Park in the Northwest Territories, showcasing the lush lowlands of northern Banks Island, is a polar paradise – of crystalline rivers, romping muskox, breeding birds, and ancient artefacts. E...

Way up at the top of the map, on an island as big as Ireland but with just 112 residents, is the most idyllic national park in the world. Aulavik National Park in the Northwest Territories, showcasing the lush lowlands of northern Banks Island, is a polar paradise – of crystalline rivers, romping muskox, breeding birds, and ancient artefacts. E...

Autumn has come to the river. The cool morning mists smoke over the hills, shrouding them in frost that steams when the slow sun finally hits them. Most of the leaves have fallen. Only a few purple oaks still hold their summer mantle, turned brittle and faded in the failing light. The water is speckled with leaves that choke the eddies swirling...

In autumn the geese and ducks on the river call a truce. As the temperatures drop and the water levels fall, the competing flocks grudgingly share space. These odd mixed flocks will remain all winter, as this region is at the northern edge of the winter range for both species. While the skeining flocks of geese and whistling mobs of ducks alway...

Elk Island National Park is situated in the Beaverhills area of Alberta, which with its aspen thickets and easy access to water, has provided shelter for wintering herds of elk, bison and moose since times immemorial. Though there was never any permanent First Nations settlement in the area, there are over 200 archaeological remains of campsite...

Looking to explore Canada’s wilderness, but you don’t have time to hop from province to province? The nature found in Riding Mountain National Park represents three distinct ecosystems (grasslands, mixed wood forest, and eastern deciduous forest) all protected within the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve. Spend your morning among the trees, the...

In 1979, the year my family settled in Guelph, ON, the historic carrousel at Riverside Park reopened after years of disrepair and disuse. The restoration of the carrousel had been spearheaded by Ken Danby, a somewhat famous local painter, amongst others. This beautifully restored antique carrousel was originally created in 1917 by Allen Herscha...

They’re a figure common to many mythologies; mysterious wild women who possess items which allow them to move easily between human and animal worlds. From the selkies of northern Scotland to the crane wives of Japan, the legends of animal brides and the men who desire them are told in story, song, and modern media.

May is a season of leaves swelling, and a rushing green haze grows over the woods along the riverside. In the early rush of green two native species dominate the valley of the Speed River; the Black Willow, and the Grey Dogwood. The familiar drooping branch tips of the willow trail in the waters of the river, while in the underbrush of the wood...

Elk Island National Park is situated in the Beaverhills area of Alberta, which with its aspen thickets and easy access to water, has provided shelter for wintering herds of elk, bison and moose since times immemorial. Though there was never any permanent First Nations settlement in the area, there are over 200 archaeological remains of campsite...

March is a season of flooding. Between the melting accumulated snow pack of winter, and the blustery spring rain on still-frozen ground, the water levels of creeks and streams and rivers rise. Above the Riverside Park waterfall, the trail through the woods is cut off and ducks paddle where people walked just days before. Below the waterfall, tu...

A flowing river never fully freezes. There might be ice from bank to bank in very cold weather, but the thickness of the ice is uncertain, eroded from below by turbulent waters. Every day the pattern of ice and open water changes, and the edges are broken as the water levels below rise and fall.

Here’s to the dogs in our lives that drag us out the door in every kind of weather. Here’s to walking in summer heat and winter cold. To potting training in the yard at 3:00am, and to slow evening strolls with a faithful grey-muzzled companion. And here’s to you, dog owners, for wearing all the layers so that your four legged friend can go boun...

Here’s to the dogs in our lives that drag us out the door in every kind of weather. Here’s to walking in summer heat and winter cold. To potty training in the yard at 3:00am, and to slow evening strolls with a faithful grey-muzzled companion. And here’s to you, dog owners, for wearing all the layers so that your four legged friends can go bound...

Here’s to the dogs in our lives that drag us out the door in every kind of weather. Here’s to walking in summer heat and winter cold. To potty training in the yard at 3:00am, and to slow evening strolls with a faithful grey-muzzled companion. And here’s to you, dog owners, for wearing all the layers so that your four legged friends can go bound...

Here’s to the dogs in our lives that drag us out the door in every kind of weather. Here’s to walking in summer heat and winter cold. To potty training in the yard at 3:00am, and to slow evening strolls with a faithful grey-muzzled companion. And here’s to you, dog owners, for wearing all the layers so that your four legged friends can go bound...

Here’s to the dogs in our lives that drag us out the door in every weather. Here’s to walking in summer heat and winter cold. To potty training in the yard at 3:00am, and to slow evening strolls with a faithful grey-muzzled companion. And here’s to you, dog owners, for wearing all the layers so that your four legged friends can go bounding thro...

Lush mixed-wood forests lead to colorful salt marshes and warm ocean beaches. Offshore, golden sand dunes foster calm seas. At night, this Dark Sky Preserve is a celestial masterpiece. An important site to both First Nations Mi’gmaq and later Acadian cultures, Kouchibouguac National Park is an awe-inspiring all-season destination.

Monarda didyma, also known as beebalm, Oswego tea, or bergamot, is an aromatic herb native to eastern North America from Maine west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Georgia. The native wildflower has been cultivated by some enthusiasts for more prominent flowers in more showy colours and is planted in Ontario gardens as a lure fo...

Círdan the Shipwright was the eldest of all Elves living in Middle Earth in the Third Age. But he is mentioned in the tales of that age only in passing and does not seem to take an active part in those events, except for being the Master of the Grey Havens from which the Ring Bearers depart at the end of the story.

… The moon was shining in a broad silver crescent. He held up the map and the white light shone through it. “What is this?” he said. “There are moon-letters here, beside the plain runes which say ‘five feet high the door and three may walk abreast’.” … “These must have been written on a midsummer’s eve in a crescent moon, a long while ago.”

Ruby Gardiner was the eleventh child, and sixth and last daughter of Samwise and Rosie (née Cotton) Gamgee. She had two younger brothers: Robin and Tolman.

Her touch such love and longing filledhe raised his eyes, his mourning stilled,and felt his heart new-turned to flame for her that through peril to him came.’Oh Lúthien! Oh Lúthien,more fair than any child of Men! Oh, loveliest maid of Elvenesse, what might of love did thee posses to bring thee here to terror’s lair?Oh, flower of Elfland ever ...

Polar bears, grizzlies, Arctic wolves and caribou: Ukkusiksalik National Park’s rolling ochre hills and lush tundra teem with wildlife, and are dotted with archeological reminders of the rich history of First Nations cultures that continue to live in this remote wilderness. Snowmobile across the frozen sea in winter. In summer, hike through wil...

But a small dark figure that none had observed sprang out of the shadows and gave a hoarse shout: Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu! An axe swung and swept back. Two Orcs fell headless. The rest fled.

Eagles and seabirds swirl in the skies above the Salish Sea. Your feet crunch on the pebbled beach as you disembark from your kayak. What adventures await you on the shores of these sheltered, islet dotted waters teeming with seals, otters, orcas and pods of porpoises?

Elements in Balance is a rectangular shawl with the shape representing unity of the whole. Worked as a sampler stole, each of the body motifs are motifs used in one of the previous five shawls in the Elements of Memory series, and represent each of the previous elements. The border motifs of the stole represent the word “synergy,” which is defi...

He lives in an oak-wood and has a great wooden house; and as a man he keeps cattle and horses… … He does not eat them; neither does he hunt or eat wild animals. He keeps hives and hives of great fierce bees, and lives most on cream and honey..

Robin Gardiner is the twelfth child and sixth son of Samwise and Rosie (née Cotton) Gamgee. He had one younger brother.

Born Of Spirit is a heart shaped shawl that represents the metaphysical concept of Spirit. Born Of Spirit is worked from the nape of the neck outwards with a wide central column. The main motif was chosen for its structural beauty, elegance, and complexity. The central column motif is evocative of lotus flowers as they are characterized in anci...

Her robe was blue as summer skies,

About the Air is a top down crescent shaped shawl, worked from the nape of the neck outwards. The main motif is chosen for its resemblance to the arms of windmills, or helicopter blades, or toy pinwheels, or maple keys spinning in the wind. The secondary motif represents the word “summery,” and is chosen for its natural fit and flow from the fi...

The Grasslands shawl is a sampler shawl without seams. It is worked both flat and in the round, so while straight needles may be used for parts of the shawl, circular needles will be required for other parts of the shawl. The final shape of the shawl is customizable by changing how the sections are put together.

Voice of Fire is a top down triangular shawl, worked from the nape of the neck outwards in three sections. The first two sections use the same winding motif that reminds me of flickering flame. Following an idea found in a Japanese stitch dictionary, these sections explore what happens when a motif is worked on every row, vs every alternate row...

Be As Water is a lace weight circular ‘pi’ shawl worked from the center out. It is worked in concentric circles with a stockinette stitch ring between each ring of lace motifs. The first two lace rings use the Old Shale motif, said to be inspired by water ripples in the sand. The third and fifth lace rings use a stitch that represents the word ...

Kluane National Park – high in the mountains of southwest Yukon – is a land of extremes. The park is home to Canada’s highest peak (5,959-metre Mount Logan), its largest ice field, and North America’s most genetically diverse grizzly population. Enjoy days hiking to unforgettable vistas and spend cozy nights in the lodges around Kathleen Lake, ...

This Good Earth is a worsted weight square shawl/lapghan worked from the center out, beginning with a circular cast on. It is worked in four triangular segments with an increase band of 3 stitches between each segment. The work begins with a pattern of twining cables like vines, interspersed with leaves, that fruits into a ring of acorn-like mo...

Soaring fjords and moody mountains tower above a diverse panorama of beaches and bogs, forests and barren cliffs. Shaped by colliding continents and grinding glaciers, Gros Morne’s ancient landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wander coastal pathways and beachcomb among sea stacks. Cruise the dramatic, sheer-walled gorge of Western Brook P...

Kluane National Park – high in the mountains of southwest Yukon – is a land of extremes. The park is home to Canada’s highest peak (5,959-metre Mount Logan), its largest ice field and North America’s most genetically diverse grizzly population. Day hikes offer unforgettable vistas and cozy nights in the lodges around Kathleen Lake, or take a fl...

He lives in an oak-wood and has a great wooden house; and as a man he keeps cattle and horses… … He does not eat them; neither does he hunt or eat wild animals. He keeps hives and hives of great fierce bees, and lives most on cream and honey..

…Beren said: “…Even now a Silmaril is in my hand.” … And Beren put forth his left hand, slowly opening its fingers; but it was empty. Then he held up his (maimed) right arm; and from that hour he named himself Camlost, the Empty-handed.

In the legends of Middle Earth, Numenor (like Atlantis) is drowned under the sea as punishment for the pride and folly of its rulers, who turn their backs on the Valar and under the influence of Sauron turn to worshipping darkness. I Imagine this beautiful cushion floating amongst the debris of the sunken court, a mute testimony to the pride an...

Long pendulous chains of sweet scented flowers, twining viney fingers that grope from one support to the next, ropey stems that tighten lovingly around pillars and posts. Wisteria are amongst the most beautiful flowering plants in the world, and also amongst the most difficult plants to manage in a domestic garden. I loved sitting under the wis...

The western tip of Greenwich, a peninsula that separates St. Peters Bay from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, became part of Prince Edward Island National Park in 1998 to protect and preserve the natural and cultural resources found in the area. Among the most spectacular natural characteristics to be protected at Greenwich are the unusually large and...

The Raven is often a magical creature able to take the form of human, animal, or even inanimate objects. He is a keeper of secrets, a messenger, a spy, and a trickster. His stories tell of how worldly things came to be. Raven’s creative nature shows itself through circumstance rather than intent, through the desire to satisfy his own needs, rat...

The youngest of the thirteen children of Sam Gamgee and Rose Cotton. ‘Tolman’ was a common name in his mother’s family, and this Tolman shared his name with his grandfather Tolman Cotton, as well as one of his uncles.

There Beren came from mountains cold,And lost he wandered under leaves,And where the Elven-river rolled.He walked along and sorrowing.*

Sugar season. There are small signs of spring everywhere, from the arrival of migratory song birds vying for territory over the still-frozen marsh, to the pale white blooms of snowdrops peeping over last night’s snow. The buds on the trees are starting to swell, and the sap is running in the sugar bush.

“… Aulë made the Dwarves strong to endure. Therefore they are stone-hard, stubborn, fast in friendship and in enmity, and they suffer toil and hunger and hurt of body more hardily than all other speaking peoples…”

He lives in an oak-wood and has a great wooden house; and as a man he keeps cattle and horses… … He does not eat them; neither does he hunt or eat wild animals. He keeps hives and hives of great fierce bees, and lives most on cream and honey..

Eagles and seabirds swirl in the skies above the Salish Sea. Your feet crunch on the pebbled beach as you prepare to launch your kayak. What adventures await you on these sheltered, islet-dotted waters teeming with seals, otters, orcas and pods of porpoises?

Do you remember picking buttercups and holding them under your chin to see what colour would shine off your skin? If your chin turned yellow, it meant you liked butter…

On silver necklaces they strungThe flowering stars, on crowns they hungThe dragon-fire, on twisted wireThey meshed the light of moon and sun.

…Barahir the brother of Bregolas was in the fighting further westward, near to the Pass of Sirion. There King Finrod Felagund … was cut off from his people and surrounded with small company in the Fen of Serech; and he would have been slain or taken, but Barahir came up with the bravest of his men and rescued him, and made a wall of spears abo...

He lives in an oak-wood and has a great wooden house; and as a man he keeps cattle and horses… … He does not eat them; neither does he hunt or eat wild animals. He keeps hives and hives of great fierce bees, and lives most on cream and honey..

As soon as the raft of barrels came in sight boats rowed out from the piles of the town, and voices hailed the raft-steerers. Then ropes were cast and oars were pulled, and soon the raft was drawn out of the current of the Forest River and towed away round the high shoulder of rock into the little bay of Laketown.

It was not built on the shore, though there were a few huts and buildings there, but right out on the surface of the lake… A great bridge made of wood ran out to where on huge piles made of forest trees was built a busy wooden town, not a town of elves but of Men, who still dared to dwell here under the shadow of the distant dragon-mountain.

“I should say that, in addition to my tree-love …, it arose from my own pre-occupation with the Lord of the Rings, the knowledge that it would be finished in great detail or not at all, and the fear (near certainty) that it would be ‘not at all’…”

You saw there was a child. You saw my son.

Kejimkujik (k’gemu-koojik) National Park and Historical Site is located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Named for the largest lake in the park, Kejimkujik preserves ancestral canoe routes, fishing camps and petroglyphs of the Mi’kmaq people. The slipped stitch motif of these mittens reflect many aspects of the park; pointed canoe prows cutting through ...

Kejimkujik (k’gemu-koojik) National Park and Historical Site is located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Named for the largest lake in the park, Kejimkujik preserves ancestral canoe routes, fishing camps and petroglyphs of the Mi’kmaq people. The slipped stitch motif of this cowl reflects many aspects of the park; pointed canoe prows cutting through sti...

Named for the genus that produces such familiar vining plants as Virginia Creeper, Boston Ivy and Grape Woodbine, the inspiration for these leg warmers is the bare vining tendrils in winter, set against the slats of a wooden fence. These leg warmers are a great compliment to the cowl, gloves and hat of the same name.

What if you were the most beautiful Elf to have ever walked Middle Earth? What if you father was the King of Doriath? What if your mother was a demi-goddess? …what if Mother knit you a poncho?

“Don’t pick the flowers. You may look at them, but do not pick the flowers.”

The Girdle of Melian is the ring of enchantment cast by the Maia Melian around the hidden kingdom of Doriath in the first age of Middle Earth. The pattern for the shawl incorporates stitch motifs that represent the four seasons of the world, the outer fence of the enchantment, and the wilderness beyond the borders of Doriath. Two colours are us...

Along the Bruce Peninsula Trail leading to Tobermory and Fathom Five National Marine Park, the remains of an ancient sea may be seen by the impressions it left on the landscape. Most striking are the dolomite grottos, deep domed caverns carved by the actions of waters that receded long ago. The slowly swirling textured rib of this hat is remini...

Beneath the blue waters of Fathom Five National Marine Park lies the silent remains of over 20 wrecked ships. This cowl pattern is inspired by the rippling shoreline waves and silently swirling currents that will rise in a moment’s furious storm to waylay unsuspecting ship’s captains and drive their vessels into the unforgiving rocky islands no...

A collection of charted cuffs to use with take out coffee or travel mugs, with images and battle cries appropriate to the major races occupying Middle Earth as developed by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Battle Cry Coffee Cuff pattern is an excellent way of practicing stranded knitting using just a bit of yarn. Make all the versions, and stage Middle Eart...

Named for the genus that produces such familiar vining plants as Virginia Creeper, Boston Ivy and Grape Woodbine, this warm cowl is a great compliment to the fingerless gloves/mitts, leg warmers and hat of the same name.

Named for the genus that produces such familiar vining plants as Virginia Creeper, Boston Ivy and Grape Woodbine, this warm winter hat is a great compliment to the cowl, leg warmers and fingerless gloves/mitts of the same name.

Named for the genus that produces such familiar vining plants as Virginia Creeper, Boston Ivy and Grape Woodbine, the inspiration for these fingerless gloves is the bare vining tendrils in winter, set against the slats of a wooden fence. These gloves are a great compliment to the cowl, leg warmers and hat of the same name.

But a small dark figure that none had observed sprang out of the shadows and gave a hoarse shout: Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu! An axe swung and swept back. Two Orcs fell headless. The rest fled.

This shawl grows from a center crescent of squishy soft garter stitch. Spoke like branches fan out from the center and end in sturdy cones between delicate fans of new needles. Worked in worsted weight yarn, this long shallow wrap that can be crossed over the chest and tied behind the waist to form a sort of vest for practical wearing. Alternat...

Onen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim.

Worked from the top down using double increases to create a wide, shallow crescent shaped shawl that wraps snugly around the body. Written for one size, but can be adjusted by using finer or thick yarn and appropriate needles.