Author: Naomi Parkhurst

Happy New Year!

I’m not much for making resolutions, because it doesn’t work well for me. But I do have an ongoing goal

I’ve been playing with an idea. This isn’t it exactly, but it’s a sneak peek of something related.

Sarah Sipe’s Circulus (Ravelry link) has been released. This is the last of the six hats we have designed based

Announcing the Katherine Whorl spindle hat pattern! (Payhip link) Many spindle whorls are decorated with little circles, and so this

I’ve been participating in the Indie Design Giftalong on Ravelry. This is a group of people who are all knitting

I’ve had a few questions about how I do my illustrations, and I thought I’d do a small tutorial. I

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Here’s some links I’ve collected to interesting techniques. Knitting: Accentuated decreasing. A way to

This beautiful new hat pattern from my friend Sarah looks complicated, doesn’t it? It’s called Mighzal (Ravelry link), which means

Many of my knitting patterns make use of the disappearing loop cast-on and lifted increases. I created illustrated tutorials for

So my friend Sarah Sipe and I have been designing hats inspired by spindle whorls. She designed one that was