Having just coached a knitter through the entire upper body of the Alford Aran Cardigan by email, I thought it would be a good idea to post a tutorial for the rest of you Alford knitte… Read More

Having recently edited all the Figheadh Fundamental Top-Down Cardigan patterns in the merge to Jen Hagan Design, I wanted to have a place for you to go to receive more help with and informat… Read More

I have had a crush on the Na Craga Aran sweater designed by Alice Starmore for decades. That's why when I wanted to knit my husband a sweater back in 2003, I chose (and he approved of) the N… Read More

If you thought of Lesley Gore when you read that title, then you are in my age group. Or someone who digs 60's pop music. Today is officially my first day of a social media ban, which i… Read More

Some of my Figheadh patterns are now 14 years old, most have only had a minor tweak or two, and so I decided that before I released any more new patterns, I should gloss up the old ones. I'v… Read More

I feel I owe you an explanation for all the silence, dear blog, so here's a post that I started earlier this year. I'll add more at the bottom...."Before it gets to be a whole year since I l… Read More

We have a new pattern--the Whalsay Gansey Pullover! My sweet husband Fred consented to modeling for me. He looks great in the Whalsay, right?Whalsay Pullover in Cascade 220I love Ganseys, so… Read More

The Lauren Tank is the pattern of the Month for March, so what better time to look at a few samples!photo credit: CallalilyHere's my tech editor Tracey's beautiful Lauren knit with Yarn Plac… Read More

I recently completed a very fun project that I'd been wishing to do since I wrote this post way back in February of 2013. Almost as soon as the original Grethryn Hat (OG--ha!) was publi… Read More

Our Glentrekker Cardigan was published in October 2014 after a fun test knit on Ravelry. Some of the following FO's are from the testers. Let's have a look!photo credit: houndsmum… Read More

Hey, here come all the holidays and the wooly knitting! Let's help you with that.The Figheadh Pattern of the Month (POM) is the Glentrekker Cardigan and it's 30% off all month long. It also… Read More

My last blog post had you casting on your 24 stitches to begin the Feather Lace Socks. Now, let's get ready for the toe increases. We are working on two 16" circulars, but you can also work… Read More

This post is specifically written for the Mirth Feather Lace Socks, but it will help you with any toe-up sock with a plain toe. The Feather Lace Socks call for one of three CO methods… Read More

At last I've come to the "Show Us" post I've been wanting to write for years! So many fantastic sweaters have been made from my Iain pattern that it was almost impossible to choose, but I we… Read More

Figheadh is my most well-known pattern line, but I have another one!Mirth!It (so far) hasn't gotten as much love as Figheadh does, and it's not clear why. Same designer, same pattern writer… Read More

I'm so excited about this post, because I have loved seeing what knitters do with the Wanda Nell Cardigan pattern. The creativity and ingenuity of knitters never fails to fascinate me!I have… Read More

June's almost at its close, so it's time to show off your FPOM, the Fundamental Men's Top-Down Cardigan!I see I'm not the only one with a guy who refuses to have his head photographed, even… Read More

Get ready to feast your eyes, because I'm about to show off some Big Easy Blanket FO's!photo by JulieR This beautiful green Big Easy was knit by JulieR on Ravelry. She used Paton's Wash… Read More

This month's Mirth Pattern of the Month (MPOM) is the Velutina Scarf, which I gave the details to here when it was first published. Since we're in the last week of May, it's time to show off… Read More

 I only vaguely knew about KnitCrate before I was contacted by them on Ravelry about possibly including a couple of my patterns in their Main box. Since my business is knitting design… Read More

Our Big Easy Blanket is the Figheadh Pattern of the Month for May!This prompts me to say a bit more about it. Well, it turned into more than a bit, but Big Easy is the star here, so let's in… Read More

Whew! Sorry for being away so long. I have an explanation, and it's a good one, and maybe you can be helped by our experience this past year.After 16 years for my husband and almost fif… Read More

Happy Holidays, Everyone!I'm here with a little gift for you. It's been over six years since I released a free pattern, so let's make up for lost time! I am so grateful for each and every on… Read More

Over the summer I cleared out and stored away some of my yarn to get things a lot neater around here. I also went through all my designing books and files and notebooks and did some pretty s… Read More

We've finally arrived at the button and buttonhole bands of the cardigan. If you've been knitting your own cardigan along with reading these posts, I know you're pretty glad to have an entir… Read More

Howdy! We are in the middle of a bunch of information to help with knitting the Figheadh Fundamental Top-Down Cardigans, especially the women's version. These little tutorials will help… Read More

Welcome back!This post deals only with separating the sleeves from the body as you knit a top-down raglan cardigan, like the Figheadh Fundamentals Top-Down Women's Cardigan, which is the pat… Read More

I recently released a new edit of all the Figheadh Fundamental Top-Down Cardigans, because after being contacted a couple of times about the fact that the very first right-side row of the sw… Read More

I call this the Grellow Group. They use a grellow combo made up of dark, smoky grey and vibrant yellow. The lovely colors, Montauk Monster and Oleander Nymph, are a credit to the very-much-m… Read More

In trying to clean up my yarn stash over the past few months, I have been reminded of all the partial skeins of sock yarn I have in there. Oh, mercy! I used to be more of a sock knitter, but… Read More

When I designed the Astoria Wrap for the Knotty Knitters Calendar, I was so smitten with the cable and lace stitch pattern combo paired with a pointy garter stitch edging that I had to take… Read More

Recently we released two new glove pattern on the Figheadh Yarnworks site, and I'm here to tell you a bit more about them.First up is the Thunderstone Gauntlets!I found these two stitch patt… Read More

Recently we released two new glove pattern on the Figheadh Yarnworks site, and I'm here to tell you a bit more about them.First up is the Thunderstone Gauntlets!I found these two stitch patt… Read More

You may think I am referring to fooling you by posting again so soon, but it's more than that. I was fooled by my current knitting design project.The first fooling came from the swatches.Hop… Read More

I almost missed it!In years past, I have spent the whole month celebrating National Crochet Month, but this year, I'm just barely skidding in at the end. For the past couple of weeks I've be… Read More

Almost three months since I posted. What?Let me explain....HolidaysNeed I say more? Well, perhaps I should add that Christmas 2013 was the first in years that I let myself get stressed, part… Read More

It's that time of year for frantic finishing to get those gifts wrapped up in time.I just cast on one more myself. It's an easy hat, but with only about five days to finish it, I am a little… Read More

Holla! Freshly unpinned from the blocking board, I give you...my own Brackenhill Shawlette worked in Ravenwood Cashmere!Oh, the softness. Sometimes while knitting the shawl, the spin on the… Read More

Hurrah! I finished with the main body of my Brackenhill Shawlette and am ready to start the border!Remember in this post I raved about how perfect that first skein of yarn was? Well, the sec… Read More

The following is by no means a complete tutorial, but a technique I have come to love for attaching patch pockets to knits. I have included links to a very reputable site which can help you… Read More

ETA Disclaimer: This post is not for beginner cable knitters. As I caution about midway, this post is intended for those of us who have put in miles of cabled fabric and may be wondering abo… Read More

Here is the progress shot on my Brackenhill Shawlette from earlier in the week.I was still doing fine with a 24" circular, but soon I would need to upgrade. This yarn is the most exquisitely… Read More

Today my granny would have been 107. Every year on this day I think even more than usual about Granny Kate. She was the second-most important person in my life growing up, with my mom being… Read More

For those of you who read my blog, you know that last year wasn't very chatty. I just checked and was surprised that I only posted 19 times during the whole year. That's pretty minimal, eh?W… Read More

This has been such a great year for Figheadh. We celebrated ten years in business, we published our first collection, we published eleven other new patterns, which include the five singles i… Read More

We have new cardigan pattern for you! It's the Adcock Aran Cardigan.I named this one for my maternal grandmother, Granny Kate, whose branch of the family is the Adcocks. She's been gone from… Read More

Welcome to part two of our tutorials about assembling your Figheadh Fundamental Women's Pullover! Of course, this will work on any of the Fundamental pullovers, and for any other pullov… Read More

Thank you for joining me in this three-part tutorial on assembling a pullover. I know you're ready to finish up and wear your beautiful sweater, so let's get this done.Now we come to seaming… Read More

We have recently updated the Figheadh Fundamentals Women's Pullover pattern to improve the sleeve caps and the shoulder/neck area, so I'd like to give you some pointers about how to put your… Read More

Good things come in pairs, like our recent Figheadh pattern releases!This time, I am here to tell you about a couple of my freelance designs in current publications.The first is the Comporda… Read More

Good things come in pairs, like our recent Figheadh pattern releases!This time, I am here to tell you about a couple of my freelance designs in current publications.The first is the Comporda… Read More

Boy, that was a long time to be away from the blog, huh? I've been traveling and working on projects and didn't raise my head from all that until the past couple of weeks.But now I'm back, t… Read More

Boy, that was a long time to be away from the blog, huh? I've been traveling and working on projects and didn't raise my head from all that until the past couple of weeks.But now I'm back, t… Read More

For someone who loves yarn so much, and thus, yarn shops, it's seems incredible even to me that I've never completed a yarn crawl. Sure, I've done partials, but never one entire crawl. The L… Read More

I wanted to tell you about this design when it came out in early spring, but life had other plans. Better late than never, as they say! This gets wordy, so bear with me. I guess all the blog… Read More

I am here with a quick apology and a sincere promise.It was early May before I noticed that April had swooped by with no word from me here. Since the plan was to post at least a couple of ti… Read More

Whoopsie! I just found this draft from late last year that I forgot to post! Please read all in retrospect.Woohoo! I finished the Fundamental Top-Down Women's Cardigan I showed you back in S… Read More

Celebrating a full notebook with a Mazurka Tart!To further our tenth anniversary celebration,I thought I would just interview myself for this post. What a kick!Hi, Jen. I'd like to know a fe… Read More

Can you believe it?I can't believe it!Ten years ago today we officially launched our Web site, and so this is the date we mark to commemorate ten wonderful years of publishing knitting patte… Read More

I'm back to tell you a little more about the other hats in the Homegrown Hat Collection we released in January. Because these three have a more simple story behind each one, they will all fi… Read More

I'm back to tell you a little more about the other hats in the Homegrown Hat Collection we released in January. Because these three have a more simple story behind each one, they will all fi… Read More

Sometimes a design idea comes from seemingly nowhere, and sometimes I am shamelessly trying to almost copy something. Notice I said almost, because I would never try to exactly copy another… Read More

I was so glad to get the Homegrown Hat Collection released this past weekend. It was a great way to kick off the month, and as I've been working on some of these hats for years (yes, years)… Read More

Guess what! We just released our very first collection of patterns!If you need some new hats to knit, just jump on over to Figheadh and check out the Homegrown Hats Collection!Alec, Mag… Read More

Welcome to the next post in a series about knitting the Glentrekker Cardigan. The previous one was about joining the sleeves and body, so what comes next?Working the raglan de… Read More

I finally got a few tiny tutorial videos uploaded to YouTube. I have kept each one of them very short and there is no talking. Enjoy!1/1 RC My Way1/1 RC as K2tog wannabe1/1 RC slipping… Read More

I have a little gift for you.I have been contacted a few times over the last couple of years about a pattern I discontinued. I finally paid attention and did some research and found tha… Read More

There's still time to get in on the Glentrekker KAL on Ravelry. The deadline is still February 1, 2015, so you could make the sweater or one of the hats and still qualify for the prizes.Come… Read More