Blackbird Sycamore

RANUNCULUS

I made this Ranunculus in my Cherub Cheek colorway on Magical Mohair. It’s so light and airy but still very warm. It only took about 75 grams to make it, and it’s a 3x with extra length added! The pattern is by Midori Hirose.

MORE SOCKS I’VE KNIT WITH BLACKBIRD SYCAMORE YARN

BURLESQUE HANDSPUN SHAWL

This is the Burlesque Shawl by Rhiannon. I knit it with my own handspun yarn, made from locks I hand dyed myself.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/burlesque-shawl

ORGANIZATION

How do you organize your needles?

I made this needle organizer with a dowl and some scrap fabric. I stitched down some rick-rack between the rod pockets and the numbers are just sharpie. It’s not fancy but it’s worked for over 20 years now and I’m still using it.

WYOMING COWBOYS SOCKS

WILDLY CHIC SHAWL

I was fortunate to test knit this shawl for Chic and Regal Knits. It’s the Wildly Chic Shawl and it uses 3 skeins of DK yarn, two skeins in the main color and one of the contrast color. I used my Cleric & Portolan colorways on Darling DK. It knit up really fast and was a wonderful pattern that was well written.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wildly-chic

OH MY STARS & HOUNDSTOOTH HEELS

I published a couple of free sock patterns on Ravelry!

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oh-my-stars-socks

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/houndstooth-heels-socks

GATES OF LUNATHION HAT

SKY ON SUPER SOCK HELD WITH SKY ON MOHAIR

I’ve published a pattern on Ravelry! It’s called the Gates of Lunathion hat.

Travel with me to the City of Lunathion, otherwise known as Crescent City.
It’s the setting of the Sarah J. Maas Crescent City book series, first named in the Kingdom of Ash book in the Throne of Glass series.
Lunathion is a magical city on the continent of Valbara, it is the only place in Midgard where humans have some freedom while living among shifters, Fae, and other magical creatures. The seven ancient Gates of Lunathion provide for mystical communication among the districts of the city.
This hat design features a repeated motif of the intricate wrought iron bars in each Laconian quartz gateway.

Congratulations, knitter! You’re about to cast on an amazingly soft, warm, and stylish hat that uses deceptively easy wrapped stitches to create an amazing textured design.
This hat has a relaxed fit and lots of stretch, which makes it perfect to fit over changing hairstyles from day to day, and great for gifts.

Fingering & mohair lace are held together, or you can use a single strand of light DK weight yarn.
Each hat requires less than 50 grams of fingering weight yarn and 25 grams of mohair lace,
or less than one skein of light DK weight yarn.

Finished measurements: (15, 17, 18 inches) (38, 43, 45 cm)
circumference resting and unstretched, stretches to over (19, 22, 24 inches) (48, 56, 61 cm).

Instructions are provided to shorten or lengthen brim to achieve single or folded brim.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gates-of-lunathion

MY FAVORITE ADVENTURE

I made the My Favorite Adventure sweater from Trysten Molina of Dragon Hoard Designs with my 2023 Crafty Cryptids Advent, along with Black No 1 as the main color. This is the second time I’ve made this sweater and it probably won’t be the last. It’s a wonderful pattern!