Tonia Lyons

Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads

Knitting: Cowl
The November cowl is a perfect project for practicing stranded colorwork techniques. With just two colors you can practice the necessary skills without having to constantly change yarn colors.
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks from toe to cuff with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks are worked using a 9″ short circular needle and feature a round toe and heel worked in a contrasting color. The heel is worked when the sock is complete, using a peasant heel construction.
Knitting: Cowl
The Longshore Currents cowl is a perfect project for practicing stranded colorwork techniques. With just two colors you can practice the necessary skills without having to constantly change yarn colors.
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks from toe to cuff with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks feature a rounded wedge toe, a short-row heel with mini-gusset, a lace panel along the instep, and finishes with a picot hem.
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks from toe to cuff with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks are worked using the two circulars method for knitting small circumferences in the round. They have a mock short-row toe and heel worked in contrasting colors, a striped Stockinette stitch foot and leg, and a k1p1 rib cuff finished with a sewn...
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks from toe to cuff with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks are worked two at a time using the Magic Loop method and feature a standard wedge toe, a Fleegle Heel, and a simple k2p2 rib cuff. The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knit up something fun and bright with this Fall Chevron Shawl pattern by Tonia Lyons
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks from toe to cuff with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks feature a contrast color short row toe and heel using Shadow Wrap short rows, a Waffle Rib pattern on the foot and leg, and finishes with a simple stretchy bind-off. The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
NOTE: This shawl uses the XL hank 170 g (6 oz) = 585 m (639 yards) NOT the regular hank!
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks from toe to cuff with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks feature a spiral toe, Stockinette foot and leg, gusset, heel turn and heel flap, and finish with a simple k1p1 rib cuff. The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves, Cowl
Sizing
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap, Scarf
The Charlevoix wrap is perfect for cool summer evenings. The blend of silk and linen gives the finished wrap (and scarf) a wonderful drape, softness, and shine. And with the I-cord edges and K2P2 pattern, it’s completely reversible (just be sure to weave in ends carefully)!
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a pair of socks cuff down with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks feature a 1×1 rib for the cuff, a lace panel worked down the center of the instep, a wrap-and-turn short-row heel construction with a mini gusset, and anatomical toe shaping. The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail while a...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The True Blue Shawl is an exploration in various stitch patterns and colors! Work simple stripes in Garter stitch, some fun Daisy Chains, and slip-stitch colorwork while moving between the different colors in this asymmetrical triangle shawl.
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of ribbed socks with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks feature a 2×2 Garter rib which extends down into the heel flap, along with a gusset and handkerchief heel construction before finishing with a four-point star toe. The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail while also ex...
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of ribbed socks with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks include a mock short-row heel (no short rows – the heel is shaped by decreasing and picking up stitches) and a long round toe (both worked in an optional contrast color).
Knitting: Cowl
The Luminate Cowl and Infinity Scarf pattern combines different fibers and textures and the contrast they can produce. Two different yarns (a solid, plied yarn paired with a brushed, fuzzy alpaca yarn) provide plenty of contrast, and adding a textured stitch pattern like Seed Stitch adds even more interest in how the two yarns interact with eac...
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks with this pattern and video tutorial. The socks are knit in Stockinette and include a short-row heel worked with German short rows and a wedge toe. The accompanying video tutorial walks through each of these steps in detail as well as explains how to knit two socks at the same time using the Magic Loop meth...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Mittens
This hat and mitten pattern is worked in worsted-weight yarn and features an easy two-color stranded colorwork design as well as lots of Latvian Braids! Alternating the color choices between the two keeps things interesting (and uses almost all of the two skeins of yarn).
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks on Magic Loop with this pattern and companion video tutorial. The socks feature a simple k2p2 rib leg, continuing the k2p2 pattern into the heel flap, a simple gusset, and square heel construction finishing with a round toe (leg and foot length are completely customizable!).
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Learn to knit a classic pair of socks with this pattern and companion video tutorial. The socks feature a simple k1p1 rib cuff, Stockinette body, and a basic heel flap, gusset, and round heel construction finishing with a wedge toe and a bit of grafting (leg and foot length are completely customizable!).
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Sizing
Knitting: Scarf
The Fireside Wrap & Scarf features an all-over cable fabric flanked by two braid cables and finished with a little bit of mistake rib for the edging. While it looks intricate, cable crossings are only worked every fourth row – with lots of plain knitting in between!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
NOTE: This shawl uses the XL hank 170 g (6 oz) = 548 m (599 yards) NOT the regular hank!
Knitting: Poncho
This poncho is a simple knit with just a four-row pattern repeat (with only one row requiring more attention), so it’s perfect for a relaxing knit. Worked in Merino Worsted yarn from the Louise Robert Collection, it’s a pleasure to knit such a soft and lovely yarn. The poncho also features a simple 3-stitch I-cord edging, and when complete, the...
Knitting: Cowl
This knitting pattern shows off the lovely colors of the Flamel yarns in an interesting yet easy knitting project - a bias-knit scarf with some simple texture, beautiful colors, and an I-cord edge worked for the length of the scarf.
Knitting: Scarf
This scarf, with its textured pattern, feels plush and warm against the winter cold. The textured pattern is created with just knit and purl stitches. A 3-stitch Garter edging is worked at each edge and the first stitch of each row is slipped purlwise with the yarn held forward to produce a neat, rope-like finished edge.
Knitting: Scarf
The textured nature of the Salt Water Scarf is reminiscent of the fisherman’s sweaters popular in the Channel Islands. The pattern uses motifs commonly used in those sweaters and is created with just knit and purl stitches. A 3-stitch Garter edging is worked at each edge and the first stitch of each row is slipped purlwise to produce a neat, ro...
Knitting: Scarf
The Beginner Scarf is a pattern that’s perfect for brand-new knitters. When you’re done knitting this scarf you’ll know how to cast on, knit, purl, bind off, and a few other basic knitting skills that every knitter needs to know. There is a free video tutorial included with the pattern that will demonstrate each step in the process. The scarf f...