I designed this wrap as a 2 skein companion to the Asbury Park Shawl. It uses the same stitch motifs, but for those who like a larger shawl/wrap I wanted something using 2 skeins. My first design was a free pattern, temporarily, as a gift to our Knit in the Pit knitting group in Asbury Park. The group is based on a common “thread”, our love of ...

I wanted to give back to our wonderful knitting community, Knit in the Pit in Asbury Park, New Jersey. We gather once a month and knit in the sunken pit and surrounding tables at the Asbury Hotel. Our enthusiastic host, Jon Giswold has grown the group to over 100 members in a little over a year. Currently we are meeting online weekly and our me...

A cowl with instructions for 7 different weights of yarn.

A slouchy hat pattern with instructions for 7 different weights of yarn.

Sometimes you just want an easy project that you don’t have to think about a lot, but you don’t want to be bored either. This pattern is easy enough for the beginner knitter, but interesting enough for the more advanced knitter. It’s perfect for that one skein of fingering weight yarn you just bought or have in your stash. Although all samples ...

2 versions of the same hat, one slightly slouchy and one very slouchy.

I wanted to design a hat that would showcase this striking colorful yarn. I decided that a ribbing pattern dominated by purl stitches would work well. For a little bit of interest I reversed the ribbing pattern for the edging. However, you may prefer the hat worn the opposite way, inside out or reversed.

Long fingerless gloves.

A buttoned entrelac cuff knitted in a choice of 2 weights. A real stashbuster!

These mitts are worked in the round on double pointed needles, 2 circulars or one long circular. Use whatever method you like; detailed instructions on the different methods are not included.

One end slips through the other for an easy to wear shawl.

A Seemingly simple fair isle hat with a couple of tricks up my sleeve.

What are Boot Cuffs, Boot Toppers, or Boot Buffers?

This scarf is knit in the round as a very wide tube, starting with a short ruffle, decreasing for the main sectiond of the scarf and increasing again for a small ruffle. The ruffle is knit in ribbing and you will have a row of decreasing and a row of increasing.

One scarf, worn 3 different ways.

A simple shawl contrasting the textures of mohair and ribbon yarns. Also uses Plymouth Yarn Imperiale.

This pattern is made with a zipper sewn up the back for ease in getting baby in and out.

I used these 3 different yarns to make different scarves and the 2 needle sizes with different yarns. I love this new twist on the spiral design with the jagged edge. The Somerset scarf worked up quickly and makes an all season scarf in cotton and silk.

An adaptation of the traditional “market bag”. This very stretchy bag has a short handle making it easy to carry lots of “stuff”.

3 different yarns in the same color palette are used one at a time to create a very lightweight shawl. You need to be comfortable with casting on (I recommend the knit on method) and carrying yarns along the edge. The drop stitch is used with the mohair and mohair fringe is added. An optional beaded crocheted edging can be added along the bottom.

3 different patterns all using the same bulky yarn.

Yarn is used double throughout the bag. This is a great pattern for an “advanced beginner”. Easy to follow directions with very few abbreviations. There are helpful “tips” and a stitch glossary on the back page. The yarn is easy to work with and since it will be felted you don’t need to worry about an uneven tension.

Slip stitch patterns use only one color at a

A rectangular wrap that becomes asymmetrical with the placement of the button and buttonhole.

I tried to get the most out of one skein! Cashmere is expensive!