I love so many of the patterns that are featured on your website.
I just finished knitting your Avery sweater, and I must tell you that not only did it turn out to wonderfully, but it was a joy to knit.
I love projects … that are relatively simple to execute, but just have that “WOW” factor!
Thanks for taking the work out of knitting…now the fun will begin
You’re one of the best designers I’ve worked with, and I appreciate your talent so much. I love this design.
Features
Article
Top 3 Sock Fit Problems
When it comes to sock knitting, fit is everything. A beautifully knit sock that doesn’t stay up or is too short won’t see much wear.
After teaching hundreds of knitters how to make socks, I’ve seen the same challenges pop up again and again.
Class
Intarsia 101: Colour, Confidence, and Creativity
Join me and another 25 presenters at the Knit Happy Summit, November 6-9, 2025. Each day there is a variety of presentations to choose from and you have 48 hours to watch any of them for free.
Pattern
Tip Toe Up
As the name suggests, the Tip Toe Up sock is worked from the toe to the cuff and has a completely replaceable heel and toe. This is a skill-building pattern with step by step instructions for Turkish cast on, grafting on the needles, a stretchy sewn bind off with no sewing, forethought heel, and heel/toe replacement included.
A recent 6-page addendum includes Holli’s Top Tip Toe Up Tips:
- A Better Way to Minimize Holes;
- Detailed Afterthought Heel instructions and photos;
- Tips for measuring and placing the heel in the right spot for better fit;
- Working with self-striping yarns and coordinating the striping and the heel placement;
- Knitting in the Dark, where I explain how to knit long tubes and then put the toes, heels, cuffs on as an afterthought.
Tutorial
Shadow Wrap Short Rows
The Shadow Wrap Short Row method, developed by Alice Yu of the Socktopus blog uses one of my favourite increases—the raised increase, sometimes called lifted increase. One of the reasons the raised increase is my favourite is because it’s the most invisible and that’s also why it lends itself so nicely to this short row technique.
