The Houses of Reykjavik shawl by Stephen West is a beautiful and entertaining knit. I had a lot of fun using up my leftover yarns to make this shawl. Keep reading for my experience knitting this fun shawl.
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Everything I Knit in 2025 + WIPs
With 2025 coming to a close, I wanted to recap my knit (and crochet) projects from the year, and also to share the projects I have on the needles now. Keep reading to see everything I knit in 2025:
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Fort Sweater | Knitting Experience
Sweater season is here! I love when the weather starts to cool down and I can knit something cozy. I wanted to knit a new sweater for my husband and I decided on the Fort Sweater. Keep reading for my experience knitting this sweater:
When I saw this shawl on instagram, I was drawn to the vibrant, fun colors. This shawl was originally designed for a yarn advent calendar as a mystery knit along. I think, at the time, the pattern wasn’t available unless you had purchased the yarn kit. But at the end of June, it popped up on my feed again and the pattern was on sale. I immediately purchased it and started to plan my colors. Keep reading for my experience knitting the Good Things shawl:
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Starflanket | Knitting Experience
I knit the Starflanket blanket using mostly stash and leftover yarns. This project is large and a was lot of fun. Keep reading for my experience knitting the Starflanket:
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Monday Sweater | Knitting Experience
The Monday Sweater by Petite Knit is a polished and simple raglan sweater. I wanted to knit this sweater to be a lightweight cozy spring sweater. It’s been a while since I knit a sweater, and I was excited to get started.
The Go Go Dynamo shawl was the 2024 Westknits Mystery Knit Along (MKAL) design. It calls for two contrasting colors and an optional lace weight mohair color to create a semi-circular shawl with stripes, bubbles, brioche, and more. This shawl was so much fun to knit! Keep reading for my experience knitting the Go Go Dynamo shawl.
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Honeycomb Brioche Blanket
I had just finished creating my beautiful Nimbus Drift shawl and I needed a chill, relaxing project to knit. Since I’d just knit a shawl, I was looking for something different and decided to make a blanket using more of my yarn leftovers! Keep reading for my experience knitting and a pattern for the Honeycomb Brioche Blanket:
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Nimbus Drift Shawl | Knitting Design
After learning a lot from my first real attempt at shawl design, I wanted to try again. I was inspired to try a new design with some beautiful yarns I had in stash. Keep reading for my experience knitting and designing the Nimbus Drift shawl:
When the Quirky Quintet Shawl by Stephen West was released, I was really excited because it has a similar look to the Fantastitch (my favorite shawl pattern). I thought this would be a fun pattern to knit so I gathered my left over yarns to make a stash-busting version. Keep reading for my experience knitting the Quirky Quintet!
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Primary Pastels Fantastitch
I love the Fantastitch Shawl by Stephen West. It was the first shawl I ever knit and it is my most-knit project. This Primary Pastels version is my fifth Fantastitch!
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Musselburgh Hat Knitting Experience
My husband has a beanie that he loved, but when he misplaced it, I wanted to knit a replacement for him. His original beanie had two layers of fabric, was knit at a small gauge, had no slouch and no brim. I knew of the Musselburgh Hat from different YouTube podcasts, and thought it would fit the requirements. Keep reading for my Musselburgh Hat knitting experience.
I love the look of the December Bow by Petite Knit. This bow is cute year-round and I wanted to try to add a clip to make it a fun hair accessory for me and my niece. Keep reading to see how to fold the December Bow and what clips I added to make the perfect hair accessory.
The Single Malt sweater by Maxim Cyr is so beautiful. The pattern is simple and easy to memorize and the little design details really make it special. This is the third Single Malt sweater I’ve knit, and probably the most fun I’ve had knitting it. Keep reading for my Sorrel Single Malt sweater knitting experience: