Pumpkin Season The whole pumpkin patch 🎃 There's no such thing as too many pumpkins — so here's every one we've ever designed, in both knit and crochet, gathered in one place. Six are completely free, from tiny embellishments to a whole costumed patch, and the rest are cozy statement pieces for when you want to go big. Whichever hook or needles you reach for, there's a pumpkin here for you. 🧡 Free to cast on Pumpkin Trio · one ball, 3 sizes Curly-Vine Pumpkins · 6 ways Simple Pumpkin · knit +...
4 days ago • 1 min read
Spooky Season Is Here Cast on something a little spooky 🎃 Last week we celebrated my daughter Sophie's 3rd birthday 🎂 — and in our house, her birthday is the unofficial starting gun for Halloween. Down come the bins from the attic, "help" is enthusiastically supplied by Hudson (4) and Sophie (3), and the decorating begins. This year we're a little behind, though. Our neighbours already have their full-size skeletons posted up on the porch, staring us down — so we've got some serious catching...
7 days ago • 1 min read
New Release · You Made This The pillow set you helped design 🎄 A few weeks ago I asked our Reddit community what you most wanted to make this holiday season — and you showed up. Your ideas, your favorite motifs, your "please make them match!" requests all went straight into the sketchbook. So this one is really yours: a bobble-stitch set of four, designed with your input. 🤍 Snowflake, Reindeer, Christmas Tree and Star — each drawn entirely in raised bobble stitches, each worked flat in simple...
11 days ago • 1 min read
This Week, On Us Two free patterns to cozy up 🍂 The mornings are finally getting crisp here, which means it's officially cozy-make season. So this week's patterns are on me — one to crochet, one to knit, because everyone deserves warm toes and warm legs. 💛 Free · Crochet Cabin Socks Thick, squishy socks for padding around the house on chilly nights. Worked flat and seamed, so there's no fiddly sock construction — a great first pair if you've never made socks before. Get the free pattern →...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Set the Table A runner for every gathering Nothing dresses up a table like something you made yourself. With gatherings on the way, here are my favorite handmade runners — one's free, and the cozy cable stitch runner comes in both knit and crochet. Free Checkered Table Runner Sweet checkerboard squares — beginner-friendly colorwork, and the full pattern is free on the blog. Swap the soft spring shades for warm rust, mustard and cream and it turns into the perfect fall table piece. 🍂 Get the...
18 days ago • 1 min read
Bobble Stitch 101 The little stitch behind all your favorites You know that squishy, poppy little bump that gives my pillows all their texture? That's the bobble stitch — and once it clicks, it's honestly addictive. Here's the whole thing in three little moves. How the bobble works 1 Yarn over, pop your hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop — but don't close it off yet. 2 Do that five times into the same stitch, letting the little loops pile up on your hook. 3 Yarn over once more and pull...
21 days ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, Confession before we start: I only recently figured out what Reddit is — and I'm now completely, hopelessly addicted. 🙈 Which is exactly how this whole thing started. I did a little experiment. I asked the crocheters of the internet, and then the knitters, the same tiny question: what's the trick you wish someone had told you when you started? Both sides delivered. The crochet post alone got 119,000 views and a comment section that turned into group therapy. People were emotional....
25 days ago • 1 min read
A slow, cozy Sunday Two Free Makes for a Cozy Sunday A warm drink, a quiet hour, and two little free patterns to cast on — that's the whole plan today. One for your crochet hook, one for your knitting needles, both quick enough to finish this weekend. 🍂 Crochet Maple & Oak Leaves Little leaves that work up in minutes — scatter a few down the center of the table, string them into a garland, tuck one under a napkin, or tie one onto a gift. Make two or make a dozen. Beginner-friendly, and free...
28 days ago • 1 min read
Fan Favorites The Pillows You Keep Coming Back To Some patterns just refuse to go out of season. I designed these three bobble pillows — Pumpkin, Acorn, and Maple Leaf — last fall, and they quietly became the ones you all keep making. Around this time every year my inbox starts filling up with your finished photos of them (my favorite kind of mail). 🍂 Each one is a chunky 16-inch cover in raised bobble stitch — warm ginger, cocoa, and scarlet on soft cream. And you don't have to buy a thing...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
