It occurred to me shortly after I finished my first Thalia that the pattern would work well as a two color shawl. After putting the finishing touches on the Mystery Shawl pattern, and looking for a n...
I hope you'll join us! KAL Details: The clues for this KAL will be sent to you by mid-day (probably earlier) on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th of June. Please join the Ravelry group and pa...
Happy Mother's Day! I hope everyone is having a special day with their families. The Three Graces ebook. Three Original Shawl Designs. Price: $16.50 US If you're looking for a little treat ...
Introducing Nefertem. Previously exclusive to the Loopy Ewe the pattern is now available as a PDF to everyone. Named for the Egyptian god of beauty and healing, Nefertem is worked from the center to...
Unsinkable is the result of a collaboration between Anne Podlesak of Wooly Wonka Fibers and myself. We were talking about strong women in history and Margaret "Molly" Brown came up. I was b...
Have you noticed that my website has a new look? I've wanted a cleaner look and to organize things a bit better for a long time. Since I didn't have the techy skills to pull it off myself I...
Zelkova has been a long time coming. I finished knitting this sweater more than a year ago. Then I decided to make a second one to make sure my numbers with the first one were correct. (This gray ver...
Just in time for Valentine's Day - a lush red cowl, Lispenard. Worked in one piece and joined with buttons, Lispenared is long enough to wrap once, twice or even three times around the neck. Sof...
Before I had kids I had an idealized image of my future self as a mother reading to my children. Twenty years after my first was born I can report that the reality of reading with them easily equalle...
VK Live was so much fun yesterday that I signed up for a class for today. I'm taking "Teach Classes that Rock" with Trisha Malcolm. I've taught a fair amount in the past, but one ...
Thank you for all of your sweet comments and birthday wishes for S&I. Yesterday was a busy day for both girls, so most of the celebrations will take place this weekend. Speaking of this weekend, ...
Today is the first day that I am the mother of three adults. My. Babies. Are. Eighteen. EIGHTEEN! Not possible. They were just. . . and But there you have it. What mothers and fathers and grandmother...
Happy New Year and thank you for all of your kindness & support in 2011! It was a pleasure to meet some of my readers this year at teaching events. I look forward to lots more designing and teach...
Thank you to all of those who have asked about this KAL, for your encouragement and patience. I am very happy to announce the TTL Mystery Sock KAL. I am really excited about this year’s design. It is...
I don't have time for a long post but I wanted to tell you about a test knit I recently worked on for my friend Stacey. Check out Stacey's lovely Shameless mitts pattern over on Ravelry. Th...
Thank you to everyone who entered the Coastal Knits contest. We had 501 entries! I think that might be a record number of comments for a single post on Through the Loops. I used a random number gener...
Coastal Knits by Alana Dakos and Hannah Fettig is a beautiful collection of ten sweater and accessory patterns created by two friends on opposite coasts. Alana and Hannah each have their own point of...
I hope everyone in the US had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm preparing the full turkey dinner today. For yesterday's meal we were a large group and since no one in the family has the space f...
Another of my patterns from The Charles Collection, Granary is a triangular shawl bordered in lace. I originally designed it to be worked in a solid color, but given my natural inclination to tinker ...
The two color Ziggity shawl is shaped with 2 increases on every row. The top edge curves slightly up at the center back to give added protection to the neck on cold days. The bottom edge has a gentle...
Have you seen Craft Activism yet? Joan Tapper & Gale Zucker have created a wonderful collection of photos and essays featuring talented folks who craft with a purpose. They cover a large range of...
Photo copyright 2011 Caro Sheridan used with permission. As the weather starts to turn colder I find that I continually reach for large wraps and shawls. On days where the sun shines, and the air is ...
I am very much behind in posting about new designs that I have had published in books and magazines recently. I choose to blame it on moving, or deadlines, or getting The Charles Collection ready, or...
It was a little over a year ago that Amy Herzog, Elinor Brown and I started talking about creating a collection of patterns together. I had been a fan of both of theirs for awhile, and we all agreed ...
For the past several years I have spent the end of September preparing the TTL Mystery Sock for the release of it's first clue. This year is different. I am madly packing boxes and preparing to ...
Today is the final day of the TTL Summer Shawl KAL over on Ravelry. If you've been knitting along with us, today is the last day to get photos of those finished shawls posted if you want to be i...
When Larissa Brown's first book Knitalong came out I couldn't wait to get my hands on a copy. The book was beautiful and there were quite a few patterns in it that I wanted to knit. So natu...
If you're looking for a stash busting project, an easy pattern to try cables for the first time, a little something for that luxurious yarn that you only have one or two skeins of, a lovely gift...
We've had a wonderful summer of knitting shawls over on the Through the Loops Summer Shawl KAL on Ravelry. The finished shawl thread is filled with beautiful interpretations of my patterns. It i...
It seems as if every year, a few days to a week after Labor day, bang, we get a cold snap. I guess it's nature's way of telling us it's time to unpack the wool. As I sit here writing t...
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