Breezeway Shawl, a beginner-friendly asymmetrical triangle wrap In 2019 I discovered the value of an LYS. I started visiting Yarn Refuge in Reno, NV, attending knit night when our family schedule allowed, and it changed my life & my craft. This ushered me ...
Scarves & Shawls
All In Scarf – a free crochet pattern, perfect for gift giving, charity donations and craft fairs
All In Scarf, a free crochet pattern Originally published in September 2019. Let's just jump right in to the pattern! There's a bunch of fun info at the bottom that I'd love for you to take some time to read, but more than that, I want you to make the ...
Simple Wish Cowl, an advent mini skein crochet pattern
Is there anything better than a yarny advent calendar? Mystery colors, cute mini skeins, pretty packaging…it’s the best present you can gift yourself during the crazy holiday season. I also really like the recent trend of October spooky season advents. On top of the myriad of advents I’ve purchased, ...
Roseate Cowl, a crochet cowl designed with MadelineTosh yarn
The Roseate Cowl was designed using MadelineTosh Tosh Merino Light, which is a 100% superwash merino wool, fingering weight, single-ply yarn. Now, a lot of people don't like single-ply yarn, but I love working with it! The nature of single-ply is to be a bit of a thick-thin yarn, so there are ...
Somewhere Rainbow Wrap
Blackbird Mountain Designs was previously known as YarnyBird. Blog posts may contain references to YarnyBird. I was recently wandering around Michael's, as you do when you're a maker, and I stumbled upon Caron Cotton Cakes yarn. Oh my! I knew immediately that it needed to be a light and airy ...
Shelly Cowl Crochet Pattern
*This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on them and buy the product through that link, they’ll send me a little check as a thank you, and I’ll get to keep buying yarn, making the things, and sharing them with you.* I've written my VERY FIRST crochet pattern! I love the shell stitch, ...