Lilac Wine is a free cowl pattern by Amy Christoffers. It’s so simple that she says it’s barely a pattern at all, just a recipe. To make mine, I cast on 180 stitches using a tubular cast on. As this was the first time I did a tubular cast on, I used this tutorial from […]
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Free Sweater Knitting Patterns
I’ve created a roundup of some beautiful free sweater knitting patterns. Lots of these are in my own Ravelry queue! Of course, you can always browse the massive archive of free patterns on Ravelry to find more free patterns. Many of these patterns are by established designers, so they shouldn’t have errors and should be […]
Black Chocolate Bundt Cake
This black chocolate bundt cake uses black cocoa powder in the cake and the glaze, so it turns out black as night! Black cocoa powder is the intensely dark cocoa powder that is used to make Oreos. It has become more common recently; I get mine from Bulk Barn. This cake is really easy to […]
DIY: Knit Featherweight Cardigan in Watermelon Soul
This is my third Featherweight cardigan! I knit my first (a grey one) in December 2018 and my second (a mustard one) in September 2019. As I’ve said before, this makes the perfect travel project. Back in December 2018, Ryan and I flew to Arizona for a relative’s wedding, and I cast on in the […]
DIY: Knit Fidra Hat by Gudrun Johnston
I first saw the Fidra Hat when I visited EweKnit, one of our local yarn shops in Toronto. It was a knit sample just sitting on a table full of yarn, and it caught my eye. I loved the lace design that was simple but striking, and in a bulky weight yarn no less! Often […]