Designed by Chrissy Gardiner of Gardiner Yarn Works.

This nature-inspired shawlette features three different lace leaf motifs and is named after Mt. Mazama, the ancient mountain that exploded to form southwestern Oregon’s spectacular Crater Lake. Your finished object will be just as stunning!

This design has several fun details: a knit-on border, a subtle swallowtail shape with two points at the bottom edge instead of one, and a small peak at the back of the neck. Worked as written, this petite shawlette uses a single skein of sock yarn. However, it can easily be expanded into a full-size shawl with extra yarn simply by adding additional pattern repeats.

Yarn: 400 yards fingering weight yarn. Sample shown in one skein of Black Trillium Fibre Studio BFL Sock Yarn (100% superwash merino wool; 400 yards/366 meters per 115 gram skein), colorway Portland Rose.
Gauge: 24 st = 4” in stockinette. 24 sts/38 rows = 4″ in body pattern un-blocked.
Needles: US #5/3.75mm circular needle, 24” or longer.
Notions: Stitch markers, tapestry needle.
Skill level: Intermediate.
Size/Finished measurements: 20″ tall x 44″ wide, measured after blocking.

Buy your copy today either in our shop or from our web store for $6.

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So how incredibly perfect that Carrie from Irish Girlie Knits just sent us this new pattern of hers called Blackberry Brambles! The berries travel down the sock on their brambles. Add this to colorways with names such as Mochaberry and Ripe for Pickin’, well, enough said.

Gauge: 30 sts and 48 rows = 4” over st st

Finished measurements: 8” (9 ½”) foot circumference; 6” approximate leg length

Materials: 380-400 yards of fingering weight yarn such as The Plucky Knitter Merino Cashmere Nylon fingering, Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock lightweight, Hazel Knits Artisan Sock, Kollage Yarns Sock-a-licious, A Verb for Keeping Warm Creating.

Needles: Size US 1.5 (2.5mm) or size to obtain gauge, either DPNs or circular needles.

Notions: Stitch markers, tapestry needle.

Skill level: Adventurous beginner.

Pattern includes: Instructions are written for a cuff-down sock. Charts are provided on the last page.

Pick up a copy of Blackberry Brambles for $6 either in our bricks and mortar shop or from our web store.

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The honeycomb cables in these mittens were initially inspired by the warm tones of the Wheat Heather colorway of Imperial Stock Ranch’s wonderfully soft yet rustic Columbia yarn. From there, well, all the pieces fell quickly into place…

The title, Apis Mellifera, is the scientific term for the Western Honeybee. It is also the root of the name ‘Melissa’, which means ‘honeybee’, and happens to be my mom’s name!

So, these mittens are a tribute to one of my favorite yarns (which inspired the cables), my favorite month of the year (October, when I was born and when I’m publishing this pattern), and the woman who brought me into this world and taught me to love and respect our honeybees. Enjoy!

Yarn: 180 – 200 yards worsted-weight yarn. Sample shown in Imperial Stock Ranch Columbia (100% Columbia Wool; 220yd per 4oz hank), colorway Wheat Heather.
Gauge: 18 sts = 4″/10 cm in stockinette stitch.
Needles: Two size US 8/5mm 24″ circular needles (or size needed to obtain gauge), or needles for your preferred method of knitting in the round.
Notions: Cable needle (optional), waste yarn, darning needle.
Skill level: Advanced beginner.
Size/Finished measurements: Width: one size fits most, apprx 3.5″ across palm. Length: Knit to fit with shorter and longer (plus 1/2 inch) fingertip options.

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This pattern was originally released in September as part of Twisted’s Shawlette Club.

You’ll feel wise indeed draped in Sesheta, a triangular shawl with an open mesh lace pattern. Named for the Egyptian goddess of knowledge, writing and mathematics, Sesheta displays strong geometric symbols, with triangle and pinwheel designs down the spine and around the hem. Knit from side to side, this lacy shawl only takes one skein of yarn to complete, allowing you to make intelligent use of your stash!

About the Designer – Working under the label Stick Chick Knits, Mel spends her days in Seattle dreaming up new designs and playing with yarn. Her projects expand to fill the space available. Luckily, this doesn’t seem to bother her loving husband and sons.

Yarn: 400 yards fingering or sport-weight yarn. Sample shown in one skein of Hazel Knits Artisan Sock (90% superwash merino wool, 10% nylon; 400yds per 120gr skein), colorway Portobello.
Gauge: 26 sts = 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch.
Needles: US #4 (3.5 mm) straight or 24” circular needle – or size to get gauge. Piece is worked back and forth.
Notions: Stitch markers.
Skill level: Intermediate.
Size/Finished measurements: One size fits most. 45″ (114 cm) wide from tip to tip. 19″ (48 cm) deep at center back. Measured after blocking.

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Check out the whole list for some great ideas for the gifts you’ll give folks in addition to the hand knit item each of the loved-ones on your list is getting… right?

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Monday, Nov 7th – Sunday, Nov 13th

Created in Oregon: A Knitter’s Datebook 2012 includes twelve knit patterns from Oregon designers (including one each from Shannon and Emily!), twelve recipes using local ingredients and created by local restauranteur and editor of this datebook Debby Accuardi, plus lots of Oregon stories, photos, and facts.

You can buy the book on our webstore, or take a look at all the patterns on Ravelry. Better yet, stop by the shop this week to see all the samples in person, and get 10% off the datebook!

We will have a special meet-and-greet on Saturday, November 12th from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon. Debby will be here, as will some of the designers from the book.

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This pattern was originally released in August as part of Twisted’s Single Skein Club.

This light and airy scarf reminds us of picket fences and neatly pruned boxwood hedges on, let’s just say, a bucolic country lane in a Jane Austen novel. Beads on each edge give it the pleasant sparkle of conversation with neighbors met on a balmy summer evening’s stroll.

Or, if we snap back to reality, it calls to mind our own more… dynamic… city backyards. In summer that’s where we play and eat and cook and garden and nap and generally do everything we can. Being packed in somewhat more tightly together than the refined landed gentry of Victorian England, we find ourselves thinking that the only thing lovelier than a nice, solid fence is this handsome scarf!


“Good fences make good neighbors.” – Robert Frost, Mending Wall, 1914

“Love your neighbor; yet don’t pull down your hedge.” – Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack


Yarn: 150 yards DK-weight yarn. Sample shown in Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy (41% Cotton, 34% Hemp, 25% Modal; 154 yards per 50 gram ball), #24 Lilac.
Gauge: 5.25 sts/inch in stockinette, though exact gauge is not crucial.
Needles: US #6/4mm or size to get gauge, US 13/14 (0.6 – 0.9 mm) crochet hook.
Notions: Tapestry needle, 68 size 6/0 seed beads (buy extra to be safe!).
Skill level: Advanced beginner.
Size/Finished measurements: One size fits most. 55″ long from tip to tip, 4.5″ wide at center.

Buy a hard copy from our webstore, or download it now from Ravelry!

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I’ve also designed a super-quick and easy cowl to use just one skein of this – the perfect last-minute gift this holiday season, and the pattern is free with purchase of the yarn. It’s called the Springy Sproingy Cowl, and it really really is.

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