Mini Tuto and Pattern | Knitted Seed Stitch Cowl (with video!)

Sometimes the really simple things are the best. I recently cast on this seed stitch cowl, and I love the way it's working up! Seed stitch cowls are very easy to make. This one is in the round, which makes it even easier, and it requires only one 100g* ball of yarn!

I'm about half way through the project right now - I've been alternating between this and two hats on the train ride to and from work - and it seems like it will be just right when it's done.

This project is great for a beginner! You just need to know how to knit and purl - working in the round is fairly easy, and there are plenty of YouTube tutorials to help you start off right. At the bottom of this post I have my own little video for seed stitch in the round!

Tutorial Tuesday: Dimpled Stripe Cup Cozy

Here is another project to use up bits of yarn left over from your fall and winter projects, the Dimple Stripe cup cozy.

After learning how to do seed stitch, I played around with the little dimple effect that it made. I knew that I must be able to use the same method to create little patterns and designs. I sketched out some rather complex designs last year, but never got the chance to work them before losing the sketches.

Tutorial Thursday: Spring Cleaning Scrubby

Hello! Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday Thursday! The next few weeks are all about Spring Cleaning! Not so exciting perhaps, unless you consider cleaning out your yarn stash equally as necessary as scrubbing down the kitchen, which I do.

So to start with, you can clean out the stash AND clean the house with these lovely scrubbies! One in knit, the other in crochet, depending on your preference. Now you have an excuse to go for the yarn stash before scrubbing!

Tutorial Tuesday: "Swiss Dot"

I really love seed stitch, but depending on the yarn, sometimes it can be a bit much. I wanted a dotted look, but less compressed... Now, I have been playing around with patterns quite a bit, and after doing the striped cup cozy I thought I would apply the same method with dots.


What I came up with were two Swiss dot inspired patterns:

"Swiss Dot" No. 1 is a bit of a closer dot and works well for smaller items, like cozies.

"Swiss Dot" No.2 is a bit more spread out and subtle, and good for scarves or blankets.

Below are both "diagram" patters, as well as written patters, for each.