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New site, new pattern!

Hello hello! I apparently lack the skill to attend school full time and also blog, but I’m hoping that the new site will be conducive to shorter, faster posts. I finished my first year back as a full time student,

Posted in Knitting, Mode Moderne, Original Pattern, Pattern for sale

Jolie with Pointy Sticks

Well! It only took me AGES, but I finally have a little collection of accessory patterns available, just in time for autumn. I’ve talked a little about the philosophy behind this collection as I’ve worked on it, but I’m going

Posted in Clara, Collection, Cowls, Dorothy, ebook, eBooks, Edith, Hats, Ida, Jolie with Pointy Sticks, Knitting, Mitts, Myrna, Original Pattern, Pattern for sale, Rosa, Shawls

Dorothy

Yesterday I opened my mailbox to find the Knit Picks catalog with my Dorothy shawl on the cover! Dorothy is a shawl I designed specifically with Knit Picks yarns in mind. It’s a two color raglan with very simple patterning

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Dear Jane

Spring has sprung here in the Bay Area, as you can see by my delphiniums above! And I’m celebrating with a long delayed release – Dear Jane is back! I originally designed this hat for now defunct Sanguine Gryphon, and

Posted in Dear Jane, Hats, Knitting, Original Pattern, Pattern for sale

Mango Lassi

I don’t know what is wrong with me – I released this pattern weeks ago and completely forgot to add it to the blog. It’s been a little bit crazy around here, but still, that seems particularly silly. I’ll be

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Posted in Knitting, Mango Lassi, Original Pattern, Pattern for sale, Tank tops

Grand Lake

Grand Lake, the shawl I designed for A Verb for Keeping Warm’s ProVerbial Club, is now available to everyone! There’s a lovely new sample, knit by a very talented sample knitter, and a new size, and some suggestions for modifications.

Posted in Grand Lake, Knitting, Original Pattern, Pattern for sale, Shawls

Audrey Totter

Happy New Year, y’all! It’s been a busy holiday season over at Kninja Headquarters, but I think the coming year should be a really great one. As you probably have heard, the Sanguine Gryphon closed its doors at the end

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Introducing a couple of bad girls, and a discount

I am so excited to finally be able to tell you all about Audrey Totter, the Bad Girl. Audrey’s part of the Sanguine Gryphon Film Noir line for Fall 2011, and most definitely the sexiest thing I’ve ever knit! When

Posted in Audrey Totter, Dresses, Knitting, Original Pattern, Pattern for sale, Sanguine Gryphon

Horatio

I have this same challenge yearly: I go to knit hats for the family, and my husband turns crazy picky. He likes many of the hats I’ve knit him, but he expresses annoyance with the brim, believing that a brim

Posted in Hats, Horatio, Knitting, Pattern for sale

Lower price for Understory

Hey all! Remember my April pattern collection, Understory? Understory is a collection of six patterns knit in Malabrigo yarns. When it came out, I priced it at $20, working with the idea of a 30%(+) discount on the cost of

Posted in Knitting, Pattern for sale, Understory