Katie Learns to Spin

When Ari and I took a  road trip last summer , we acquired a spinning wheel along the way, which Ari's stepmom generously gave to me ...

Wacky Felted Basket

If you don't know my housemate Genevieve, she is a wonderful, wild, and wacky lady. For her birthday, I made her this felted basket to ...

Fibonacci Scarf and Prime Factorization Hat

What do you knit for a mathematician that is aesthetically pleasing and also intellectually interesting? Voila! For Ari's birthday I mad...

Yarn Scrap Gift Bags

A great way to use up yarn scraps is to make little gift bags, and fill them with chocolate! The recipient gets to eat chocolate and have c...

Ear Flap Hats

I've been really into knitting people earflap hats lately. They are quick, fun, and have a lot of room for creativity and personalizatio...

Fair-Isle Knitting Experiments

I stumbled upon this book in a yarn shop in Port Townsend the other day, and I just had to have it. I've always enjoyed color work, b...

Jewish Christmas Stocking

Our family's christmas stockings all look the same and have for generations. Ari and I shared our holiday traditions with each other th...

Grandma's Mittens

Another project designed to help me use up scraps. Also, I lined these with micro fleece for extra warm-coziness.

Peacock Feathers

This year for the  Procession of the Species  in Olympia, I tried my hand at batik, and handmade my feathers for my peacock costume. Batik ...

Dinosaur Purse

I tried to make Ari some silly dinosaur socks, but they weren't stretchy enough. So, the project turned into a little dinosaur bag. Kin...

Funky Gloves

I was commissoned to make these gloves for Linn, the owner of the wonderful and whimsical  Ear Candy Arts . I wanted to make something in t...

Pi Earrings

Good earrings to have for a nerdy occasion, I made them for  Pi Day , particularly to impress a nerdy boy. Needless to say, it worked like ...

Scrap Tapestry

For Christmas, I made my mom this decorative wall-hanging out of scrap yarn and odds and ends I had lying around. The main part of it wa...

Felt Clogs

These are a huge hit in our family, I pretty much make them every year or two for everyone I know, since everyone loves them so much they w...

I gave this journal a makeover with some fabric, embroidery thread, a neat button, and some yarn. This is essentially just a new fabric cov...