Category Archives: Patterns

french patisserie market tote

Fabrics, Free Leave a comment

every so often, yuwa turns out a fabric for its live life collection that we quite literally drool over! available in 4 colors, this yuwa fabric (which we’ve called french pastry recipe), is festooned with the loveliest french afternoon tea delights and heirloom recipes for the sweetest sweets. one of these days, we’re going to try baking from one of the recipes to see what they turn out! now, one of the best things about fall in nyc is that the farmers’ markets are brimming…

Read More »

meet baby monstaa!

Free 7 Comments

boo! are you scared?  it’s baby monstaaa . . . he’s rolled into town for halloween, and in between playing peekaboo and letting out some frightening baby monstaa screams, he’s making a guest appearance on our blog. and here’s the knitting pattern for baby monstaa’s very scary bonnet  . . .

Read More »

divine demeter

Patterns Leave a comment

for fall, we channeled demeter, the greek goddess of the autumn harvest, who the ancients believed blessed the earth with a bountiful fall season. our demeter cowl features a large-scale repeating wheat sheaf motif – a recurring symbol of demeter’s mythology. demeter is knit on US15 needles with crème de cashmere, making it a speedy and sumptuous knit. It feels amazing too! the demeter pattern is free with the purchase of crème de cashmere yarn required to make this project.  just write “demeter” in the…

Read More »

a keira kilter state of mind

Patterns 1 Comment

keira is a sideways knit, dolman sleeve shrug made with cool-to-the-touch Real Pearl yarn. It’s almost like wearing a string of pearls around your arms and shoulders. The sleeves are knit in simple stockinette. The back, features a ripply, chevron lace pattern for a breezy elegance. keira is free with the purchase of the yarn required to make the project.  just write “keira” in the comments box and we’ll send you a hardcopy of the pattern.  there’s no need to add the pattern into your…

Read More »

soon to be . . . aidan

Patterns 2 Comments

WINNERS! Oops! We forgot to announce the winners on the 10th.  They are:  Jackie & Liesa! GIVEAWAY in celebration of our 1st birthday, we’ll be giving away the Aidan pattern to 2 randomly selected people who leave us a comment on our blog! winners announced July 10 . . .  one of our designers is expecting in the fall, and whipped up this baby blanket for the baby boy tumbling around inside of her.  she hasn’t as yet figured out a name for her child,…

Read More »

celeste: now available

Patterns Leave a comment

the celeste pattern is now available.   we enlisted our friend Y to show the many ways in which celeste can be worn: open for a casual look, cinched around the waist with a belt, fastened with a pin, or draped around the shoulders. the celeste pattern is free with the purchase of Minkle yarn required to make this project.  (note: we’re expecting a new shipment of Minkle any day now . . . dum dee dum dee dum . . . . )

Read More »

hola ohna!

Patterns Leave a comment

say hola to ohna! our latest pattern . . . a lightweight (the smallest size weighs just 50g!), eyelet capelet knit with Minkle, our latest a mink yarn with a touch of cashmere and sparkle! we designed Ohna to be an all-season layering piece that looks equally chic thrown on top of a tank top or cocktail dress. Knit on US7 needles, this lace weight yarn project zips along!   ohna is free with the purchase of the yarn required to make the project.  just…

Read More »