Author: maytina

Pattern: Héloïse by Soohyun NamYarn: Less Traveled Yarn Sport in Merlot & Belladonna Is this one of the most beautiful shawls you’ve ever seen or no? I feel like the answer must be yes because just look at this! So I have gushed about this pattern before, first in real time on my Instagram while… Continue reading Héloïse by Soohyun Nam

The first time I came across the LaurelKnits Instagram, I was immediately inspired to knit a pair of socks. There is just something about the way Laura designs and photographs her socks that makes people want to stop what they’re doing and cast on a new pair. All the more inspiring is that she’s pursuing… Continue reading Laura of Laurel Knits

This post is the edited transcript pulled from my 5 Free Top Pattterns video. I have to regularly go through my Ravelry queue to keep it reasonable. It’s never really reasonable, I probably have more patterns in there than I can actually knit before I’m 93 but I found some amazing gems in my queue,… Continue reading 5 Free Top Patterns to Knit This Summer

I first heard about Polka Dot Creek in an episode of the Cozy Up Knits podcast a couple of years ago. So when I was later searching for wooden sock blockers from a Canadian source, and their Etsy shop came up, I recognized the name and immediately was swooning over all their gorgeous yarns. I’ve… Continue reading Polka Dot Creek Hand Dyed Yarn

Pattern: Nordic Paws by Drops DesignYarn: Paintbox Simply Aran in Paper White and Rose Red This Nordic Paws dog sweater by Drops Design is my 6th dog sweater and the first time I took some liberties with the pattern. My modification has nothing at all to do with the design, it was just about the… Continue reading Nordic Paws Dog Sweater by Drops Design

Katie is listening to: When the Summer Dies by deadmau5 and Lights (all makers are asked what their current favourite song is and we’re making a playlist of them all) Maker’s Mix on Spotify Full disclosure on this very first Featured Maker interview, I asked Katie, the talented human behind Mindfulness Makes notions and yarns,… Continue reading Mindfulness Makes

This yarn appreciation post is brought to you by the Pattern Notes post I wrote for my Super Simple Summer Sweater! After I wrote about how much I loved knitting with it, I dug through my stash to see how much I had left over. Not nearly enough to make something with, but it did… Continue reading My Love Letter to Berroco Vintage Yarn

This recipe is really just an apple pie with caramels, buuuuut it’s a really good apple pie with caramels! I’ve made this pie with homemade vegan caramels, homemade traditional caramels and again with store bought traditional caramels and they both work just as well so use whichever you normally would. The base apple pie is… Continue reading Apple Caramel Pie

The Super Simple Summer Sweater by Joji Locatelli was the very first sweater I ever completed – after 16 years of sock knitting! I had a lot of varied knitting experience up to that point but almost all of it was learned in relation to socks (cables, lace, colourwork), and I had zero experience in… Continue reading Super Simple Summer Sweater by Joji Locatelli