DIY: Knit Marshmallow Baby Set by Lilia Vanini

Here is my finished Marshmallow Baby set by @liliacraftparty for Kenji. Lilia kindly gifted me a pattern and I chose the Marshmallow Baby Set for my own baby! It includes a cardigan, bloomers, and a hat using three colours of sport-weight yarn. Tomiko and I split the work of the Marshmallow Baby Set. She knit the hat, while […]

DIY: Knit Diamond Hat and Free Pattern by Anne Mizoguchi

Knit Diamond Hat and Free Pattern by Anne Mizoguchi

The Diamond Hat is a free pattern by Anne Mizoguchi, one of a series of colourwork hats. I used three colours of Rooster Almerino DK, a soft alpaca-merino blend yarn. I used Ocean as the main colour, and Gooseberry and Smoothie as the contrast colours. Since I have a loose gauge, I used 3.0 circular […]

DIY: Knit Anja Hat and Free Pattern by Carrie Bostick Hoge

Knit Anja Hat and Free Pattern

The Anja Hat is a stranded colourwork tam by Carrie Bostick Hoge. This is a free knitting pattern from Knitty Magazine, first fall 2012. Carrie Bostick Hoge is now the co-editor of Making Magazine, a lovely magazine that publishes knitting patterns, sewing projects, recipes, and other crafts. I now have two past editions, and the […]

DIY: Crochet Clover Hat by Kathy Merrick

Crochet Clover Hat

The Clover Hat by Kathy Merrick is a fun patterned hat that I crocheted in a day. The clover pattern emerges as you crochet in the round with two contrasting colours. The pattern has a charted color-change pattern, with the color not used stranded across the back. Although I used two solid colours, the pattern recommends […]