Meet our newest knit design: the Tralee Hat! The Tralee Hat uses twisted stitches to showcase Norwood by Sweet Paprika Designs. The hat uses a hand-dyed yarn and depicts a stylized rose motif. We named the hat after Tralee, a village in Ireland which is well-known for its international rose festival. Twisted stitches are essentially […]
Ontario wool
DIY: Knit Toronto Toque by Kiku Corner
Meet our newest knit design: the Toronto Toque! I designed the Toronto Toque as part of the designer-producer sections for the Great Ontario Fibre Fair. The bottom-up stranded colourwork hat pattern includes three sizes, from toddler to adult. Two fibre farmers in Ontario, Laura of Twin Oaks Farm and Romy of Revolution Wool Co, created […]
DIY: Deren Cardigan by Jacqueline Cieslak
I knit myself the Deren Cardigan by Jacqueline Cieslak, from her book Embody published by Pom Pom Press. It took me about six weeks to knit, even with all my ripping back. The pattern is extremely customizeable and inclusive for all body types. It includes directions for adjustments such as full bust adjustments, bicep adjustments, […]
DIY: Knit Treelight Pullover by Jennifer Steingass
The Treelight pullover, inspired by light shining through a forest canopy, is knit seamlessly and in the round from the bottom up. With an easy chart and heavy worsted weight gauge, this pattern is great for beginners. This is the third pullover that I’ve knit by Jennifer Steingass of Knit.Love.Wool. I had my eye on […]
DIY: Knit Macaulay Cardigan and Free Pattern by Katie Green for Blacker Yarns
We included the Macaulay Cardigan in our roundup of free cardigan knitting patterns last year. I liked the design so much, that I decided to knit one for myself! To knit the Macaualay Cardigan, I used six skeins of a DK weight yarn from Linc Farm. Linc Farm is a biodynamic farm in Niagara that […]