This hat was designed to use a gradient yarn, pulling one strand from the inside of the cake and one strand from the outside. The colors meld together and meet in the middle for a pretty marled gradient.

This pencil pouch is a great introduction on how to line a knitted bag. With both simple machine and hand-sewing techniques, it will expand your skills beyond knitting! It also makes a great gift, and has tons of room for customization! It’s great for using up leftover partial balls of yarn, as well.

Briochey is a single-color brioche stitch hat that has a slouchy fit and will keep you warm, despite it being deceptively light-weight. Kureopatora is a soft fluffy wool with fun color changes, and brioche stitch is satisfying and fun to knit. This is a great hat to practice your brioche stitch skills with.

These are made with a good work-horse yarn - Rowan Pure Wool Worsted. Pure Wool Worsted is a superwash wool, which means that these won’t felt and you can machine wash them. The stitch pattern on the back of the hand is simple to knit, and creates a fun texture. You can whip up a pair of these in a few evenings, and they would make a great gift!

This fast and fun hat is knit from the bottom up, starting with a tubular cast-on, and features a textural slip-rib pattern. Top it with a pompom and you have yourself a stylish accessory for cooler weather.

With one ball of super chunky Encore Mega, some size 15 needles, and about an hour, you can make a hat that everyone will want. Super chunky hats are really popular right now, and these are fast and easy to make for everyone on your gift list.

The addition of a strand of white yarn along side a self-striping yarn breaks up the color changes, resulting in a more blended look. The texture pattern is simple and engaging to knit!

This cowl uses about half a skein of Superfine 400, and is a quick and simple satisfying knit! This is great for gift knitting, because it is fast to make, and feels so soft and luxurious! The simple lace pattern serpentines back and forth up the cowl, and is edged with garter stitch. The simplicity of the stitch patterns let the softness of th...

I whipped up a few of these one day when I was on a crocheting kick for the Charity bin at my Local Yarn Store, and I enjoyed making them so much I thought I would share the pattern with anyone else who needs a quick, simple, and easy crocheted beanie pattern. Like I said, these make great charity hats because the work up quickly, and are great...

This shawl combines 2 different DK weight yarns and results in a fun, fast, and satisfying finished project. The simple construction shows off the yarns with yarn-over ridges broken up by swatches of stockinette stitch. Use a beautiful variegated yarn and a matching solid color to make the most of this design.

This sweet little baby hat is knit with a fun yarn called “Gumballs” from Knitted Wit. They are 45 yard mini skeins that come in lots of fun colors, and when I saw them in the shop I knew I wanted to design something with them! This hat is perfect for a quick baby shower gift, and I’m sure the mom will be delighted to see the adorable little el...

I loved the way this hat turned out after I knit it for my sister, so I wrote up the pattern really quick to share. It’s great if, like me, you find a random ball of Clasica in your stash!

This pattern has all the math done for you to knit socks with a simple afterthought heel. Knit at multiple gauges, you can use any yarn you like that gets you between 6 and 9 stitches per inch.

Endless Garter is an easy-to-knit garter stitch cowl, but the moebius construction keeps things interesting! Knit from the inside-out, you’ll finish with a stretchy bind-off that lends itself well to the drapey texture of the garter stitch.

I bought 1 skein of Techno while on my Honeymoon and knit this quick hat, wanting to use up the whole skein. It can be worn pulled back on the head and slouchy, or fold up the brim and wear it like a beanie.

Kalorama is two patterns in one, a slouchy version that is a little fuller and longer with a double thick fold-under brim, and a beanie version that fits closer on the head. The Horseshoe lace shows off the gorgeous texture of the yarn without being overly complicated.

This cute hat knits up quickly in a Twisted Drop stitch pattern that is both interesting and fun to knit! The slouchy shape makes it a great little accessory to add to a cute outfit, and great for us with gratuitous amounts of hair! :)

This month’s free pattern is the Springtime Baby Cardi that is quick to knit out of 1 skein of Berroco Weekend, an easy care Cotton and Acrylic blend, perfect for baby items!

This pattern is written in multiple sizes and gauges, with the math worked out for you.

This quick scarf is so fun to make, and the yarn is a blast to work with! Whip one up tonight to wear tomorrow!

This was the pattern I demonstrated on an episode of Knitty Gritty on HDTV. The Knitty Gritty website no longer has the pattern, so I’m making it available here.

I use this pattern for almost all the Wristwarmers I make, they make great gifts, and you can make a pair in no time at all.

Rock out in cool headgear. Good for keeping the Bangs out of your eyes or showing them off. These patterns can be knit with any wieght yarn or needles, because you just work until it’s long enough, you can make it any width. There is a knitted and crocheted version.

This hat is knit so that the side that shows when you wear it is in Reverse Stockinette. But, when I was designing it, I didn’t want to have to purl that much, so I made it so you knit it, then turn it inside out to wear.

Just a basic hat pattern. I needed a plain black hat to wear with most everything. I have fancy stripey hats and colorful ones, but this one goes with everything.

This is a basic recipe for making a hot water bottle cozy. You can use any yarn and any gauge, to make a cozy to fit any sized water bottle!

This pattern is written in two forms, one for knitting it flat and one for knitting it in the round.