Merry Christmas! Get a head start on your Christmas knitting with this special package that includes an adult scarf pattern plus two additional smaller scarf patterns - suitable for toddlers, tots, or pets.

I love to travel and I love to knit, and look for inspiration for my designs around the world as I look for new and interesting yarns to work with as well.

The 10 patterns in this book represent a collection of some of my all-time favorites, with designs ranging from simple stranded colorwork to textured patterns and eyelet lace. They are all suitable for intermediate-level knitters.

I recently posted a photo of a cowl with a flared bottom on social media and asked for feedback: it was unanimous from the knitters who responded that the flare should be added to my cowl designs. Here is the first – of I’m sure many to come. The motifs are traditionally Shetland as is the yarn: the colors were chosen to create a holiday feel. ...

This bandana-style shawlette was knit with two colorways of Miss Babs Sojourn, a luxurious blend of cashmere and silk. The design features slip stitch patterns, some textured lace, eyelets, and stripes. The name of the pattern refers to the sheen seen on paved surfaces and flowers after a rainstorm. I used about half a skein of each of the two ...

On recent trip to Scotland I visited a hand dyer’s yarn shop in Glasgow and found this two-skein pack of a solid and a variegated colorway - and thought it would be interesting used in stranded colorwork.

This design features a central lace pattern that is Japanese in origin, surrounded by openwork lace borders and edging. It is knit with a soft blend of Shetland wool and lambswool in a cobweb lace weight yarn.

I think it’s always interesting to see a lace pattern worked in different yarn weights and fibers. This design is offered in two variations: the first in a luxury merino/silk blend in a heavy-lace weight yarn; and the second in a cobweb lace yarn traditionally used in Haapsalu (Estonian) shawls. Double your fun and try working both!

Whether it’s a more formal tropical garden or an overgrown jungle of color, the combination of oversized plants, trailing vines, leaves of all shapes and sizes and vibrant exotic blooms – this type of garden is my favorite place to be and something I seek out when traveling – and spend hours trying to create at home.

The recommended yarn yields a highly-textured lace pattern and this might not be the case with other fingering-weight yarns - although they certainly could be substituted for an accessory of similar size.

I’ve always admired the cloche hat style and thought I would combine my love of lace knitting with a cloche design and use this new fiber blend. The yarn is a blend of silk and linen that provides a clear definition of the Japanese lace patterning. It also creates a custom fit since, once worn, the shape is maintained as the yarn—unlike wool—ha...

This rectangular wrap is knit from the bottom edge up in three colors and features two mosaic stitch patterns – Flare and City Lights – bordered by sections of garter stitch eyelets.

This shawlette is knit from the bottom up, with the triangle shape formed by increases at the beginning and end of right-side rows. A Shetland diamond/leaf stitch pattern and an Estonian diamond/leaf motif are featured. A pink agate pendant from Colombia has been added to the bottom point in this sample.

This pattern is a variation of a design I published nearly a decade ago, and uses a sport-weight yarn - in a few instances held together with a colorful variegated fingering-weight yarn of your choice. You’ll only need 82yds/75m of it.

This cowl’s extended height can cover the lower face on a particularly cold and stormy day – and the sport weight of the Laurel Falls yarn will ensure that you’re cozy and comfortable in wintry weather. Ten different square Sanquhar patterns are used to form the design, which is a relatively easy pattern for any knitter with some colorwork expe...

Suitable for a confident beginner, this design features stripes in a variegated colorway alternating with stripes of simple patterned colorwork. The triangular shawl is knit flat with increases worked on right-side rows. The colorways were chosen to represent the hues of autumn.

This design features several Fair Isle motifs worked in four colorways to evoke a vision of autumn in the countryside. The pattern is worked in the round and should be suitable for a confident beginner.

On a recent trip to India, I found a red-on-white embroidered textile in Rajasthan that I thought could be rendered in an interesting three-color stranded colorwork design. The first half of the design is worked in two colors and the second half sees a change in the background color while the pattern color remains the same.

I particularly enjoy working Fair Isle patterns in two colors and at times appreciate the effect created with colors of low contrast. This throw highlights one of my favorite simple patterns in color combinations that reflect the seasons of the year – to me.

I used 6 mini skeins of John Arbon Textiles Knit by Numbers wool (3 dark/3 light) to knit this scarf and used a bit less than the 100 meters in each mini skein. Any of the John Arbon Textiles regular 4-ply yarns would work - and obviously in colors of your choice.

I wanted to try designing a Fair Isle-style cowl with heavy lace weight yarn and small needles and am pleased with the result.

This Fair Isle-patterned slouchy beanie features a whimsical topper of two crocheted chain loops. The hat is knit in the round, beginning with a twisted rib brim. The body and crown are worked in three colors only, and as there are no particularly long floats it makes for a relatively quick and easy knit.

The yarn recommended for this accessory is Miss Babs’ luxurious blend of fine merino wool and tussah silk, and the colorways – in combination with the stitch patterns – are meant to be evocative of the play of light on the vegetation of high-altitude cloud forests.

This rectangular wrap is knit from the top down in three colors and features three mosaic stitch patterns followed by wide stripes of color separated by garter stitch eyelets. It is a design that’s suitable for a man’s wide scarf or a unisex wrap, and is a relatively easy knit that’s accessible to confident beginners. The piece may be made wide...

This Medieval Patterned Cowl features traditional motifs that were some of the earliest recorded in knitting history, coming from the Islamic world. It’s worked in four shades of a super soft blend of Shetland wool and lambswool.

As a committed traveler, the concept of shoulder seasons is quite familiar to me – meaning times when the weather is in transition and airfares are lower. The term specifically refers to spring and fall – and in my opinion this is the perfect time to wear a DK-weight lace knit scarf: for just the right amount of warmth during the cooler evening...

It seems that I’ve designed quite a few cowls this winter season – and this will be the final one! I had some yarns from Miss Babs and felt I really should make something with them – and there was more than enough in the small skeins (called Yummy 2-Ply Toes) to make this neckwarmer and still have some left over. The colors were subtle and the ...

The two main Fair Isle patterns for this design remind me of the Scottish Highlands – providing a hint of tartan and argyle patterning. The double-wrap cowl is knit in the round, from the bottom up, and, as only two colors are used in any round and there are no long floats, it makes for a relatively easy yet interesting project.

My designs are usually inspired by my travels, but over the past two years only armchair travel has been a possibility. An advantage of being at home more, though, was taking a deep dive into the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible and working up some stitch patterns in a variety of yarns. I think I found a match-up that works well: this design feat...

This started with a skein of yarn that I wanted to feature in a lacy design: Lottie Knits Desert Rose 4-ply in a variegated colorway called ‘Oh How I Burn for You’. Who could resist that! The yarn is a luxury blend of baby camel and silk. I decided to combine this with a gradient set - and I chose 4 colors from a TedKnitsUK Earth Tones gradient...

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This cowl / neck warmer features Fair Isle and eyelet lace patterns and is knit in the round. Two colors of Cascade Yarns Cascade 220 Sport (Silver Grey and Ruby) form the patterns – snowflakes in Fair Isle technique and candy canes in eyelet lace. This is a relatively easy and quick knit.

Two patterns in one!

This rectangular wrap is worked from one long edge to the other and features both Stars and Rippled Waves color-change/slip-stitch patterns worked in two colors. It is a design suitable for a man’s wide scarf or a unisex wrap, and is a relatively easy knit that’s accessible to confident beginners. The piece may be made longer if the knitter so ...

Two patterns for the price of one!

This shawl was initially designed for

Note that the first three photos show the shawl knit with Sea Algae Silk by Studio Roots. You can purchase this yarn by sending a private message with custom color request for the Thai Tropics shawl to J.M. Blokland on Facebook - or by sending a message on Ravelry to jokeblokland.

This design features traditional Fair Isle XO motifs and Sanquhar patterning worked in two colorways. The snood is designed to be tall enough to function not only as a cowl but also as a head covering.

This delicate lace double-wrap cowl is perfect for spring and summer. Easy enough for those new to lace, and varied enough to keep master knitters interested, this drapey cowl is a must have accessory!

I am particularly fond of Shetland Fair Isle patterns – as well as those of northern Europe. This rectangular wrap incorporates an all-over Fair Isle stitch pattern and a peerie border pattern.

The inspiration for this rectangular lace wrap came from a corner of our garden. The colors were too much to resist, so I found an indie dyer in the UK to match the colorways for me. The design incorporates two traditional Shetland lace stitch patterns – Honeybees and Cats Paws – worked on a garter stitch background.

This light and airy shawlette will be the perfect accessory for the summer. Although the BC Garn Silkbloom Extra Fino is discontinued you still may find it - perhaps in your stash! Otherwise, choose your favorite laceweight yarn. All the pattern requires is a single skein.

I was recently asked if knitting cowls ever gets boring (as it seems that I have produced quite a few cowl patterns). My reply: it’s never boring! A cowl is a relatively small canvas that allows for experimenting with stitch patterns and a variety of colorways – so how could it ever be boring? This design was a challenge to myself: dip into the...

A knitting friend of mine saw my photo of a “visibly mended” park bench and pointed out the diamond pattern in the metalwork. I happened to be working on this accessory and was in need of a name - and that’s how it became Park Bench.

On one of our last trips before the pandemic made travel impossible we visited Luang Prabang, Laos, where I took a class in bamboo weaving. The photo of a placement I made shows my inspiration for this design.

Before Covid-19 kept us all at home, I was lucky enough to be able to travel extensively and frequently, finding inspiration for my designs. I hope that I will be able to do so again in the future.

This long-tailed, triangle-shaped shawlette is knit from a few stitches at the top down to the bottom point. It features stockinette stripes in Color A and chevron lace stripes in Color B, throughout.

Our dogs make sure I’m up before dawn every morning and one benefit of this is that I can admire the colors of the early light on the Gulf of Thailand. This design features colors that celebrate this time of the morning here.

This square-shaped shawl is knit flat, with increases dividing it into four sections. There is a diagonal opening from one corner to the center. The inner square is formed by multiples of an eyelet lace Bell pattern; and the outer square is formed by multiple rows of eyelets.

This lace scarf features a central traveling vine stitch pattern bordered by trellis-like lace stitching on both sides for the length of the scarf.

This pattern features several traditional Fair Isle motifs worked in six colorways of pure Shetland wool. The cowl is designed to be tall enough to function as a head covering as well as a neck warmer.

I live by the sea, and the view from where I knit is of the sea and surrounding area throughout the day, beginning at sunrise. This design attempts to capture rainy skies and bamboo groves, a seaweed-strewn shore, and waves on a sunny day.

This package features patterns for both a rolled-edge cowl and slouchy hat worked in an alternating colored bands slip stitch design. Incorporated in the hat pattern is a band with a traditional Fair Isle stitch pattern.

Although I’ve lived in tropical Thailand for more than 20 years, I grew up in the northeastern U.S. and still miss the beauty of the colors in the fall. This pattern attempts to capture some of those colors—in stranded colorwork patterns of berries, leaves, and vines—as they appear at that time of the year. The cowl is knit in the round from th...

I’m particularly interested in geometric shapes that represent nature. This lace knit wrap design features a center panel of a repeating arbor lace stitch pattern surrounded by a Turkish faggoting stitch, and edged on both sides with a stylized leafy vine stitch pattern.

This asymmetrical, triangular shawlette is knit from the bottom point up, with increases worked at the edges of all right-side rows. A mesh fabric and an asymmetrical shape are created by a series of knit-two-together decreases paired with yarn overs. A panel of small lace flowers is worked horizontal to the topline.

This Fair Isle-patterned cowl features a traditional Shetland motif of squares worked in three colors of a super soft blend of Shetland wool and lambs wool. The dark grey and blue colors in the bands of squares are worked against a background of silver grey.

This Fair Isle-patterned cowl features a traditional eight-sided lozenge motif worked in three colors of a super soft blend of Shetland wool and lambswool. The dark grey and red colors alternate in the bands of lozenges that form the body of the cowl.

This Fair Isle-patterned cowl is a relatively easy knit as it is worked in just two colorways. The luxurious Noro yarn is an Aran-weight silk, mohair, and wool blend. After blocking it is extremely soft next to the skin.

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This large, long-tailed triangular shawl / bandana is knit from the top down, with the pattern formed by alternating stripes of Stockinette stitch and Triple Chevron Lace stitch patterning. The lace pattern is meant to evoke Himalayan peaks and the variegated colorway sunsets in Nepal and Sikkim, in India.

This double-wrap cowl features an old Estonian motif I have adapted from a black and white chart I found on a visit to a thrift shop in Tallinn – the capital of Estonia. The accessory is knit in seven colorways of Alice Starmore’s Hebridean 2-ply (fingering-weight) yarn.

I bought this yarn on a trip to Spain a couple of years ago, in a department store in Zaragoza. The self-striping cotton yarn was particularly appealing to me - but you could substitute any light fingering-weight yarn in a solid, variegated, or self-striping colorway.

This shawlette is knit in one piece, formed by four sections that create a semi-circular shape. Two colorways of a fingering-weight yarn are used to create a “sunshine-through-the-clouds” effect.

This shawl is knit from the bottom point up and features a selection of traditional Fair Isle patterns worked to the midpoint of the shawl and then in reverse order to the topline: the colors are reversed as well. Six colors of Jamieson’s Spindrift are used, and the accessory is adorned with an optional pendant.

From where I knit, I am fortunate to have a lovely view of the sea and am fascinated by the changes to its surface throughout the day. This pattern attempts to capture the range of textures – from stormy seas to rippled waves to calm retreating tides. The triangular shawl is knit from the top down, and the simple lace and eyelet stitch patterns...

Winter Holiday was designed to celebrate the winter holiday season. It is a triangle-shaped shawl, measuring around 55x20 inches – and includes knit-purl texture, mosaic, and seasonal and holiday eyelet patterns.

I designed this cowl as a project for the knitter who’s new to colorwork. Only two colors are used for the cowl, and the tension is easy to maintain when working the two colors together - as you’re never carrying the yarn for more than one stitch.

This cowl/neck warmer is knit in the round and features traditional Fair Isle vertical patterning.

This pattern is for two Fair Isle beanies. The design is the same for both: it is the distribution of color that creates the different appearance. The instructions are presented separately for each of the two hats. There are charts for all stitch patterns and for the crown decreases.

This cowl features traditional vertical Fair Isle patterns and is knit in the round. Four colors of Spindrift by Jamieson’s of Shetland are used in creating the design. The letters SOS can be seen in the middle of the cowl and are a tribute to an early ABBA song.

This triangle-shaped shawl incorporates two hand-dyed fingering-weight Eden Cottage Yarns. The background is knit in Stockinette stitch in a variegated colorway and the foreground features eyelet lace flower patterns worked in a semi-solid colorway with sparkles.

The original eyelet lace stitch pattern for this scarf is enhanced by the sparkles in Eden Cottage Yarns’ Nateby 4-Ply. My design was inspired by a Southeast Asia indigenous beaded belt found on my travels.

This triangular shawl is worked from the bottom point up to the topline and features repeats of a traditional Shetland eyelet stitch pattern on a garter stitch background. It is shaped by increasing a stitch at the beginning and end of each right-side row.

This rectangular wrap features an overall traditional Fair Isle design that is worked in solid colors of worsted-weight yarn. The background is created with variegated worsted-weight yarns.

This bandana / shawlette features stripes that are interrupted by sections of garter eyelets combined with a Windowpane slip stitch pattern.

This rectangular lace wrap features a traditional Shetland pattern known as Print ‘o the Wave. It is knit flat and then a narrow eyelet edging – worked in the round – is added. A 2-ply, undyed white Shetland wool yarn is used for this accessory.

This cowl / neck warmer features traditional Fair Isle color patterns and is knit in the round.

This bandana / shawlette is knit from the bottom point up, with increases worked at the edges of all right-side rows.

This cowl features four traditional Fair Isle patterns worked in just two colors. The background color is called Goldenrod and the design color is Walnut Heather. The cowl required less than half a skein of each color.

My aim was to create an attractive shawl for the spring and summer evenings that would be a relaxing, enjoyable, and easy knit.

This is the first in a range of colorwork cowl patterns that I’ll be introducing, and it is a companion accessory to the Two Color Fair Isle Hat pattern in my store.

This is the first in a range of colorwork hat patterns that I’ll be introducing.

I found a Miss Babs colorway to complement the hand-dyed variegated skein of Nice & Knit that I had - and still waited for some inspiration before embarking on this design.

I’m not sure if the Hyssop and Robin Egg colorways appealed to me because I miss Spring (living in Thailand) - or because the cold and snow plaguing so much of North America and Europe beg for better weather. Whatever the reason, I love the subtleties of these Hayton 4-Ply colorways and decided to use them in a large triangular wrap meant for S...

This design is a fantasy look from my window into the garden and features stitch patterns that resemble foliage and spring flowers and colors that are reminiscent of my memories of colors appearing in the late spring.

This two-color Fair Isle pattern is a relatively easy knit and a good way to practice color stranding.

Lacy and light this accent piece was knit with one ball of cowgirlblues Merino Lace Single. The Iced Berry colorway adds to the ethereal look of the scarf that measures 6-3/4x57 inches or 17x145cm.

This cowl features traditional stranded patterning and was knit with a baby weight 100% wool Norwegian yarn (light fingering). The choice of colors and yarn is completely up to you and I would recommend following the finished size and gauge as guidelines in selecting your preferred yarn.

This design was created for my final project in the Master Hand Knitter program of The Knitting Guild Association (www.tkga.org). I was particularly interested in recreating a gansey shape, knitted in the round with armhole steeks, and employing gussets for additional room in the upper arm area.

This pattern is part of the Malabrigo Quickies program for September 2018.

The yarn came first with this design. I saw a photo of a light-worsted yarn produced by Hampton Fiber Mill & Spinnery in an incredible red (something like a mature raspberry) and decided to get my hands on the yarn and then figure out what I’d do with it.

This design originally appeared in Cast On, the educational journal of The Knitting Guild Association, in Fall 2018.

This blue-on-blue shawlette was knit with a hand-dyed British wool yarn in a striped pattern with alternating eyelets and garter stitch - and alternating blue gradient colorways. The source of the yarn was an independent dyer in the Scottish Highlands.

Zen Garden is a sophisticated, asymmetrically shaped wrap in reverse stockinette stitch with a zigzag lace panel and a twisted knit stitch column in a contrasting color.

I bought yarn for this scarf at Jamieson and Smith in Lerwick, Shetland on a visit during the summer of 2017. Later I added the medium brownish/tweedy shade to provide some additional shading to the piece (11 balls of yarn are required).

Last fall I visited Ireland and stopped in Cork to meet Beata and buy some yarn at Hedgehog fibres. I used two skeins of her Twist Sock for this wrap - 1 of the Urchin colorway and 1 of Potluck.

This rectangular knit shawl is worked from the bottom edge up and features horizontal panels of Shetland lace patterns.

I knit this long-tailed triangular-shaped wrap with Qing Silky Merino Single in the Hurricane colorway and loved working with this yarn. It’s smooth and shiny and the stitch patterns are well-defined even with the variegated color patterns. It blocks beautifully as well.

This wrap is knit on the bias, with the leading edge forming a long tail. There are three basic sections: the leading tail, worked in garter stitch; the body, worked in eyelets; and the final edge, which is a stranded wave pattern. The overall shape is an elongated, asymmetrical triangle.

When I was a young boy, I lived in a rural area in the northern US, very near the border with Canada. On rare occasions we would see a nighttime light show that we called the Northern Lights. Years later I was fortunate enough to experience this again—when I lived in rural Ireland. The contrasting colors used in this cowl are very close to thos...

I had the opportunity to visit the Shetland Islands this past summer and met Mary Macgregor, a local craftswoman, whose book “Fair Isle Knitting Patterns” provided the inspiration for this design.

This hat was one of my final two projects for the Master Hand Knitter certification program of The Knitting Guild Association. The design includes two cable patterns, bobbles, twisted stitches and background and filler stitches.

This Mosaic Maze stitch pattern is actually quite easy to knit. Only one color is worked for each round and the stitches not worked are slipped. The color changes every other round.

This large triangular shawl is knit in stockinette stitch with panels of eyelet flowers. The yarn, which is listed as a thick and thin fashion yarn, yields an open-and-opaque fabric, with the eyelet stitch patterns creating additional open spaces.

This bandana-style scarf is basically a triangular knit from the top down, alternating stripes of colors (Tourmaline and Citrine) with bands of an eyelet Roman stripes pattern and a final edge that incorporates a Fireflowers slipped stitch pattern.

This is the first in a series of bandanas designed for the boyfriend in your life that may be a reluctant wearer of traditional accessories.

This is the second in a series of two spring accessories (see also In Due Time) that I’m releasing in the late fall because I’m impatient for spring.

When I was young (many years ago) I was always impatient for spring to arrive - starting in November, when the leaves had finally all fallen off the trees. I was also told that spring would come in due time - and hence the name of this lace knit rectangular wrap design.

I’ve lived in Thailand for quite some time now, making frequent visits to Europe and the US, and feel that my life has become of blend of western and eastern cultures. With this lace knit wrap design I wanted to celebrate that blend, combining elements of both cultures, and chose lotus and rose flower stitch patterns to achieve this.

I saw this cotton yarn in a department store in Zaragoza, Spain, and couldn’t resist the colors, even though I had no idea what I would make with it!

This is the first time I’ve designed a shawl using cables and wanted to combine this traditional element with lace stitches. You’ll find 5 cable columns surrounded by an openwork pattern of lace stitches - on each half of the shawlette.

I wanted to reflect nature in a black-grey-white monochrome. This rectangular wrap incorporates leaf and wing geometric lace patterns and lets the yarn colorway create tonal shading and shadows throughout.

This time my shawl design was actually inspired by the hand-dyed, light and lofty yarn I purchased from an indie dyer in Scotland.

I live by sea in Thailand and have been trying to get plants to grow here for a number of years now. Waves tend to splash on whatever we plant and we’ve learned over the years what will - and will not - tolerate salt!

I used a bit less than 100 grams of DK weight yarn for this scarf that’s knit from the top down (or sideways, if you prefer), rather than the traditional way of knitting from one end to the other.

This unique 1-skein scarf is knit from the top down, rather than the traditional way of knitting from one end to the other. You’ll see that the first half is knit in garter stitch and the final half is a lace pattern. The bind off is a simple picot stitch.

This rectangular-shaped wrap features a central panel of a dayflower stitch pattern surrounded by mermaid mesh lace and running edges of a honeybee pattern.

I chose the colors specifically to evoke an autumn woodland color scheme, and the yarn because I like the lightweight substance and the stitch definition it provides.

I love the colorful result of the self-striping pattern with this Noro yarn!

I’ve incorporated 3 different lace stitches and a central lace medallion in this accessory that’s knit in a lace-weight hand-dyed yarn with tonal variations throughout.

Choose your favorite fantasy colors and create the forest or jungle of your dreams.

This is called Skinny Leaves not because the leaves are skinny - and it’s not designed for skinny people - it’s a skinny scarf that measures 4.5 inches (11.5cm) wide, and is 68.5 inches (174cm) long.

I bought a Paintbox Kit from Biscotte et Cie because I loved the sparkly, colorful range of gradient yarns in the Twinkle Winkle collection, even though I wasn’t sure at the time what I was going to do with it.

In Asian landscape paintings, artists typically incorporate mountains or rocks, water, the sky, trees, and greenery, along with a man-made element, such as a bridge, to create an overall image. The result is often abstract, leaving the viewer to explore the landscape the artist created. 


This is a simple and fun knit that requires just 1 skein of this luxury Cherry Tree Hill yarn. It’s knit sideways and makes a scarf/wrap that’s asymmetrical in form and is best worn with a brooch/scarf pin.

It’s so easy to be inspired by Paris. Over the years I’ve been taken in by the city’s landmarks,  the architecture, and the ever-present sense of style.

I love knitting with Araucania Botany Lace yarn because it’s a bit heavier than lace and a bit lighter than fingering, and produces such great stitch definition.

This scarf is knit with alternating horizontal lace and tweed stitch panels. If you have a moderate amount of experience with lace knitting you’ll likely find this an enjoyable knit.

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This heart-shaped pet accessory was knit with a hand-dyed machine-wash wool yarn in sock (fingering) weight, on 3.5mm needles.

December in Thailand is one of the only times that the temperatures cool and the humidity drops. The stars can be seen clearly at night and the sea takes on its special once-in-a-year appearance as well. We come to appreciate this very brief respite from the heat - that’s gone all too soon.

This is a “companion” accessory to the Buds and Flowers Reversible Heart Shaped Scarf (for humans)!

I didn’t want to forget about our furry friends during the holiday season and thought they might enjoy some knitted lace as much as their humans do.

This heart-shaped scarf is a fun knit and goes relatively quickly. It’s knit in garter stitch with lace buds and flowers and a picot lower edge, and is completely reversible.

This colorful shawl is knit from the top down from a pattern that forms a half circle. The body is knit in one piece, and then the lacy leaf border is knit on. You’ll finish the shawl by picking up and knitting stitches across the top, finishing off with a picot bind-off.

I had 100 grams of Colinette Hand Dyed Mohair sitting around for quite a while and decided I’d make a simple scarf, so I did a reversible eyelet garter zigzag in a 2-row pattern.

This piece was designed to be a light-weight accessory that celebrates the beauty of frangipani. Known in Thailand as leelawadee, it is found throughout the country’s gardens. I particularly like the smaller-blossom variety, which, along with a leaf, is represented in the pattern.

The design for this medium diameter cowl was inspired by Thailand, from the silk yarn to the elephants and temple roofs incorporated in the pattern.

Designed by a man for men, he’ll be happy to wear this! The Petroleum Blue color is perfect with denim.

Autumn doesn’t come to Thailand but I’m from the northeastern U.S. and it’s a season I miss a lot.

I’ve lived in Thailand most of the time since late 1998 and wanted to create a design that reminds me of the many temples that are found throughout the country. This design incorporates temple roofs, unopened lotus buds, and the leaves of the sacred Bodhi tree - all elements found in Buddhist temples.

This light and lacy scarf was knit using 2 strands of lace weight Isager Alpaca 1: 1 strand of gold (#59) and 1 strand of silvery-grey (2S). (Note that the amount of yarn indicated as required is per color - about 4/5 of a skein of each color).

This is a mate to the Seed Stitch Chevron Cotton Knit Towel – Reversible.

Take a bit of summer along with you into the fall and winter with some bright and colorful garden memories.

I’ve had some really soft cotton yarn in coral waiting for a project.

Unbelievably light and soft, this lace scarf was designed to be knit with laceweight alpaca yarn on 3mm needles. It measures around 16.5x140cm (6.5x55in).

On a recent trip to the England I stayed at a country hotel that was surrounded by traditional gardens of flowers, vines and shrubbery. Fortunately jet lag woke me up in the middle of the night and I spent some time looking out into the garden after dark and was inspired by the outlines of blossoms and tracings of vines and branches.

I found a colorful vintage hand-printed textile on a trip to Morocco a few years ago, and couldn’t resist the camel and elephant design. This pattern is my third based on African design elements, and features 12 camels and 18 elephants!

This shoulder shawl (35x170cm) is the second in a series of 2 patterns I created from a painted cloth I found when traveling in South Africa some time ago. The first pattern is also available on my Ravelry page.

I enjoy traveling and often pick up the work of local artisans. After doing a fair amount of lace knitting recently, I wanted to knit a scarf/shawl/wrap based on a painted cloth I found in South Africa several years ago.