The Reciprocal Rib Hat is a ribbed hat with a twist! I love ribbed hats for the snug fit and cabled hats for the wow factor - the Reciprocal Rib Hat offers the best of both worlds and makes it possible to flip the brim to protect those ears, or the whole hat, without worry about the wrong side of cables showing.

Hats are always at the top of my go-to gift knit list because they are quick projects to complete, often require just a single skien of yarn, and everyone on my knit-worthy gift list appreciates a warm noggin! This fun speckled non-traditional holiday skein of Queen City Yarn’s Plaza Midwood Bulky knits up into a warm and squishy textured hat i...

The Fresh Favorite Tee is reminiscent of my favorite, sadly worn out, ready-to-wear tee that I picked up at a local boutique years ago. This comfy, cool and slightly cropped loose-fitting tee with a high- low hem is the hand knit re-imagination of what was my go-to warm weather top. The Fresh Favorite Tee is worked in Queen City Yarn’s Coleman,...

Hat for Dan is a beginner friendly DK weight hat design and is sized for everyone on your gift knit list, baby through adult large.

The DK Treadhead Hat is a quick and easy DK weight hat. The simple texture pattern plays well with hand painted yarn and results in a super squishy, head hug…er…hat.

Marled yarn is one of my current obsessions and when Queen City Yarn worked with Ecoview Fiber Mill to create Chadbourn I couldn’t wait to get it on the needles! I LOVE a good colorwork cowl and with Fall fast approaching I wanted something new to chase off the chill. Social media, especially Instagram, is an integral part of sharing my design ...

These cozy fingerless mitts feature simple crisp cables for timeless style. Ribbing across the palm and a thumb gusset ensure the perfect fit for everyone on your hand knit gift list! Working them up in DK weight yarn means a quick knit too!

These Sporty Shortie Socks are worked from the cuff down, beginning with a tubular cast on, which provides the perfect amount of stretch without the flare. The cuff features German Short Rows to raise up the back just enough to avoid the dreaded sneaker slip. A heel flap and double gusset ensure a perfect fit. The foot incorporates some athleti...

I was inspired to design colorwork socks using Queen City Yarn’s exclusive Berryhill Yarn during the ZK2020 Virtual Retreat when I found out that customers wanted to use this locally sourced and spun non superwash yarn for their socks. It has taken a while for this design to come to fruition but huzzah, they are here and dare I say fabulous!

This simple hat is a quick knit with extra special yarn. Berryhill yarn, a beautiful fingering weight merino alpaca blend, is held double making for a super squishy luxurious knitting experience. Color play, by way of marling and a few rounds of simple texture, adds some fun to this fast hat. That is if you can keep from constantly stopping to ...

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Simple knits and purls shine in this design. I was inspired by my inclination to count to three when my kids don’t respond to my first attempt at redirection. I designed this pattern during my first week as the e-learning teacher for my kindergartner and second grader, a time which required constant redirection. It was a trying week as we navig...

The Knight Life Cowl is a fun armor and dragon scale inspired color work design worked in DK weight yarn. This is the perfect cowl to broaden your color work knitting skills and work on proper tension with floats of different lengths. Choose two skeins of Biddleville DK with good contrast, grab your needles and cast on!

Broken rib and pleated cables, this hat has it all. It works up quickly turning a beautiful skein of DK weight yarn into a stunning hat! This is a perfect hat to broaden your knitting skills and become comfortable with cable knitting. The design is both written and charted.

The Four Square Hat is a fun mix of stitches and the perfect canvas for those gorgeous indie dyed skeins. Sections of garter and ribbing create an interesting fabric and highlight the nuances of hand painted and speckled yarn. Knits, purls and simple decreases at the crown make this project approachable by seasoned and new knitters alike. Newer...

Years ago I designed Pop Top Mittens and knit them for everyone on my Christmas list. Those mittens are long gone and requests have been made for new mittens this year. This redesign features a thumb gusset to improve the fit and optional pop top.

Punnet is a simple, fun color work hat featuring the new small batch locally sourced mill spun Queen City Yarn exclusive, Berryhill yarn.

The Off The Cuff Hat is based on the cuff design of my favorite store-bought sweater. The stitch pattern is a simple rib with a nod to brioche. This hat knits up quickly in Queen City Yarn’s Biddleville DK and makes a super squishy warm and perfectly slouchy hat. This pattern shows best with tonal colorways but also looks great when knit with h...

Designed to fly off the needles and Impress, this hat combines stockinette stitch and simple lacework after a quick ribbed brim. It works up quickly turning a beautiful skein of DK weight yarn into a warm hat that is sure to impress!

This cowl is a perfect introduction to color work knitting. The pattern is easy to work and the floats are short allowing for focus on proper tension without worry of catching floats. The Every Which Way Cowl knits up quickly in DK weight yarn and is an easy knit to “read,” making it great for those of us who have to put down the knitting at a ...

The Zig Zag Zoom Socks are perfectly cozy and knit up quick in worsted weight yarn. These socks zig and zag with an easy to execute cable and rib pattern that is both written and charted and zoom in worsted weight and simple stocking stitch. They are knit top down and feature a traditional slip stitch heel flap with a garter stitch twist to mak...

The Sassy Fras Hat is a simple and fun to knit worsted weight hat that puts a chevron twist on a simple ribbed texture. The design is both written and charted. It would be a great pattern to learn to read charted instructions.

This bulky weight version of the Treadhead hat knits up super fast in a single skein of bulky yarn. The simple texture pattern looks great in solid or tonal colorways and plays especially well with handpainted skeins.

The Treadhead Hat is a quick and easy worsted weight hat. The simple texture pattern plays well with handpainted yarn and results in a super squishy hat.