Author: Naomi Parkhurst

Festive, a free stitch pattern, thanks to my Patreon backers.

Every month, I encode a word suggested by one of my patrons on Patreon. This month’s word was suggested by

Last weekend I was inhaling Mary Thomas’s Book of Knitting Patterns. (I was in a rush as I’d borrowed it

I’m still working on getting a photoshoot for the Equality hat and cowl, but I think we can go ahead

A few days ago, I saw a nifty bind-off linked on Pinterest*: a faux crochet loop edging. Neat! I thought.

I mean, there’s a lot I don’t know (and I’ll tell you so), but sometimes people ask me questions about

I’ve been wanting to work on my ability to make lace appear vertically symmetrical as well as horizontally for a

2023 update: these days I call this a Double Slip Decrease, or DSD, because other lace designers use that name.

This month’s word, suggested by Nim on Patreon, is Friendship. This seems a delightful way to start the new year

Just on a whim, I decided to turn 2015 into charts for knitting and other needlework. The lace design is

TL;DR: if you live in the EU and buy patterns from me after 1 January 2015, your purchase will be