I stand with Standing Rock!

Just an update, donated $15 today to Standing Rock Sioux! All from pattern sales! Hooray! Please consider purchasing the pattern to show your support or donate directly to the Standing Rock tribe! Pattern available here: Water is Life (Mni Wiconi)

Water is Life (Mni Wiconi) Sock Pattern Donation

I just released a new pattern in support of Standing Rock. All proceeds from pattern sales will go to support Standing Rock Sioux against the DAPL. ----- Please consider marking this as a favorite and sharing the link to draw attention to the donation/cause!  You can also purchase this pattern without a Ravelry account! ----- …

221b Baker Street

I was inspired by a recent Sherlock Holmes read-along to knit something Holmesian. It would have to be simple-- as Sherlock is anything but an ostentatious person-- yet still fashionable, for Sherlock is never poorly dressed unless there is a reason! And it also needed to be practical for keeping off the cold while out …

New Pattern: Arrowhead Shawl! (Plus giveaway!)

I'm very pleased to announce the release of my newest pattern, Arrowhead Shawl!! You can find it available to purchase on Ravelry here. I know I've been talking about it for quite a while, but it is finally done!! Hooray!! And fully pattern tested thanks to the generosity and patience of threeprettyposies. You can see …

Free Pattern Friday Guest: Little Lizard with Butterfly Wings

This time for my Free Pattern Friday Guest, I'm doing something a little different. I will still show you a wonderful pattern-- two, in fact!-- from a super talented designer, but I will also explain some mods I made to the patterns. So, here we go!! I made this adorable little lizard pattern around Christmas …

Free Pattern Friday Guest: Fierce Little Dragon

Time for another Free Pattern Friday-- guest edition! Today I'll be focusing on the pattern called Fierce Little Dragon by Lucy Ravenscar!I made this guy a few months ago actually, I just haven't gotten to blog about him before. I was doing a dragon themed read-and-craft-along on Ravelry through the group Folklore and Fairy Tales. …

Spinning! Well, really, plying.

Today I meant to have a picture for you of the Babel fish commission I just completed. However, once it had dried, I promptly wrapped it up, boxed it, and dropped it off at the post office. All without even remembering to take a single picture!! (*insert facepalm here*)Next time!!If you have no idea what …

Almost done!

Finally got those pictures I've been looking for! Took several attempts and lots of not so great pictures to get a few that I feel will work for this project. Here's a small sample! Yup, so now I've decided I just need some pattern testers to make sure I didn't royally screw up the charts …

Free Pattern Friday: Goodnight, Mr. Holmes

We had reached Baker Street and had topped at the door. He was searching his pockets for the key when someone passing said: "Good-night, Mr. Sherlock Holmes." There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had hurried by. "I've …

Chinese New Year

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. I was going to post about it tomorrow, but I have another post planned so this one is getting bumped up a day early. However, by doing that it does give some time for other people to prepare for Chinese New Year!! This year is the Year of the Horse. …