Here’s a quick and tasty recipe for lemon blueberry muffins! Blueberries are in season right now in Ontario, and I can’t help but buy some at our weekly neighbourhood farmers&rsq&hell…Read More

I knit myself the Open Edge Tee by Jessie Maed Designs as part of the Summer Top Make-Along (MAL) hosted by Yarns Untangled. The MAL criteria was to knit or crochet a short-sleeved top using… Read More

The White and Brown Timbre Hat is a hat that has a clever construction with cables and mohair. The Timbre Hat is by Meghan Fernandes from Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 30: Autumn 2019. This i… Read More

I’ve created a roundup of some beautiful free linen knitting patterns. Of course, you can always browse the massive archive of free patterns on Ravelry to find more free linen kni… Read More

Meinhilde started knitting in summer 2018, and Tomiko has been knitting regularly for at least five years before that. Now that we’ve got several patterns, garments, and accessorie… Read More

Jump to Recipe The first time I ever heard of hearts of palm was on a beach in Montevideo, Uruguay with Donatello. We were on a short break from our cruise ship job and after a beautiful b… Read More

The Green Oliver Hat is one of many designs we’ve made by EweKnit Toronto. Their first book is called North 40: Baby Sweaters and Accessories Vol. 1 and you can see our other projects… Read More

I knit the Limerick Henley by Mary Anne Benedetto for Ryan. I knit him a cardigan a couple years ago and it didn’t fit too well (I never even put it on the blog). So I’ve been wa… Read More

Jump to Recipe Guests always LOVE this ramen party salad. In my family, it is a favourite at larger buffet gatherings. There is something about the squiggly dry ramen that adds a festive e… Read More

The Gratitude Hat by Josée Paquin is a ribbed watchcap-style hat with a bit of a twist. The rounded shape is formed by a strip of decreases that are an interesting detail to an otherw… Read More

The Orange Frida Headband for Toddlers is a scrap-busting project that knits up quickly. This is leftover yarn from my Orange Oak Crest Hat and the headband makes an easy last-minute gift… Read More

I knit myself the Deren Cardigan by Jacqueline Cieslak, from her book Embody published by Pom Pom Press. It took me about six weeks to knit, even with all my ripping back. The pattern is… Read More

The Sorrel Hat by Allison Jane is from Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 11: Winter 2014. I have had this gorgeous hat on my to-knit queue for ages, and now I finally cast on! The finished hat is ava… Read More

Stitch markers are an essential part of our knitting and crochet toolkit. There are many different styles available, from handmade charms to colourful silicone rings. Here are our favourite… Read More

The Grey 1898 Hat for Karlos was a really fun knit because of its unique construction. Karlos had a very specific request for a warm winter hat. He wanted his ears to be very warm while the… Read More

I started this yellow Riddari in January…2021! I was on maternity leave and thought I had a month to finish it. Jokes on me because Kenji came 12 days early, just as I was going to jo… Read More

The Blue Northward Hat was a custom order for a six year old child. Despite the child size, Kenji at 10 months, is modelling it for us. The pattern is a free download by Tin Can Knits, a Can… Read More

The Pink Puffy Cable Cowl Kit was a gift that came with one skein of cashmere and an online pattern. Meinhilde and I don’t often do kits, but this one caught my eye because of the love… Read More

I knit a Baby Bear Balaclava for one of Kenji’s friends’ birthdays. One drawback of meeting a lot of babies around the same age is that they all have birthdays around the same ti… Read More

I knit this Aqua Peone Tee for our mom. She is too shy to model, so Tomiko is modeling here instead. The Peone Tee is a slightly cropped tee that is knit seamlessly from the top down and in… Read More

The Classic Ribbed Hat is a free pattern by Purl Soho. I recently knit it for an Etsy customer as a custom order. An Etsy customer requested we knit a hat for them, and they ultimately c… Read More

Trini green seasoning is a sauce commonly used in Trinidadian cuisine. It is a very flavourful seasoning that you can use as a marinade, a sauce, or a condiment. In my exploration of Trini c… Read More

I knit the Polina Bonnet as a birthday present for one of Kenji’s new friends. One drawback of meeting a lot of babies around the same age is that they all have birthdays around the sa… Read More

The Yellow Taylor Hat is from North 40: Baby Sweaters and Accessories Vol. 1, a book by one of our favourite Toronto yarn stores, Eweknit. Published in 2019, this book features 25 extremely… Read More

I knit the Colorful Wedges Baby Blanket for Kenji! It’s a free pattern by Purl Soho. The blanket is completely knit in garter stitch, so it’s a great mindless knit. I was able to… Read More

Need some ideas for gifts for the knitters in your life? Now that I’ve been knitting for a couple years, I have some suggestions! You should be able to find all of these at your local… Read More

Jump to Recipe Cardamom cake with saffron cream cheese frosting is my riff on a Persian Love Cake. Cardamom, saffron, and rosewater are classic flavours in many dishes throughout North Afr… Read More

These Turion Mittens by Linda Dubec are the first pair of mittens I’ve made. I was a bit nervous to start because of Second Sock Syndrome, but this was not the case at all. Actually, i… Read More

Jump to Recipe French Silk Mousse is a rich-tasting yet airy dessert, perfect for a celebration. I made a French Silk Pie last year for my birthday, and I loved the texture of the filling… Read More

I’ve created a roundup of some beautiful free adult pant and legging knitting patterns. Knitting the Hosenmatz and Baby Brights Tights for Kenji inspired me to find adult pant and legg… Read More

The Sidewinder Beanie by Aspen Leaf Knits is a beautiful hat for super bulky yarn! I used Chill by Sugar Bush Yarns in the colourway Fire in the Sky. This is a Super Bulky yarn… Read More

I knit the Campfire Pullover using wool yarn from a single flock! This is my entry to the Great Ontario Fibre Fair, for the categories Sweater and From the Farm. Romy and Laura, two Ontario… Read More

These Tuna Turnovers are little savoury stuffed pastries. They are great for breakfast, as part of an afternoon tea, or just a snack. The turnovers are delicious warm from the oven when the… Read More

I knit this heathered blue Hikari tee for our mom. I have already knit a Strange Brew sweater for our dad, a Compass pullover for Tomiko, and sewed a shirt for Karlos. Now it is our mom&rsqu&hell…Read More

The Hosenmatz Pants are a free pattern by Mayumi Kaliciak and Antje Litzmann. Hosenmatz are casual baggy baby pants in fingering-weight yarns. Unlike the Baby Brights Tights that I already k… Read More

The Lucy Hat by Carina Spencer has been in my favourites list on Ravelry for years, even before I learned to knit! So I was very happy to finally knit it for one of our Etsy customers. She r… Read More

This angel food cake is so easy, I’ve already made it three times! Angel food cakes always intimidated me — what if the egg whites don’t whip up? What if the cake collap… Read More

I knit the Braided Brim Hat by Jack Johnson for our Etsy shop. An Etsy customer commissioned three hats from us. All of her hats had different construction methods, which made it fun to knit… Read More

Hunter Hammersen is one of our favourite knitwear designers. We follow her on Instagram and Tomiko already knit her free cowl pattern, the Consilience Cowl. When she published Firm… Read More

Here is my finished Peone Tee by Claire Borchardt from Autumn and Indigo. The Peone Tee is a slightly cropped tee that is knit seamlessly from the top down in the round. This is my favour… Read More

The Legend of Baby Link Hat and Tunic was a custom order for a new baby. It was a fun knit and a great place to start for a knitter new to garments. The tunic is a sample of different techni… Read More

The Sidewinder Beanie by Aspen Leaf Knits is a beautiful hat for super bulky yarn! I used Chill by Sugar Bush Yarns in the colourway Frosty Sea. This is a Super Bulky yarn in 100% merino… Read More

I made a huge mistake with Turquoise Cablegram hat. Instead of the worsted weight yarn that the pattern called for, I used DK weight. In the past, this may not have been an issue because I u… Read More

I made a huge mistake with Turquoise Cablegram hat. Instead of the worsted weight yarn that the pattern called for, I used DK weight. In the past, this may not have been an issue because I u… Read More

I knit the Trio of Hats Pixie for one of Kenji’s new friends! The Trio of Hats is a series of three free patterns by Woolly Wormhead. The Pixie has a little pointed top and is v… Read More

If you’ve ever wanted to make your own homemade lip balm, this is a great starting recipe! It just uses three ingredients. We didn’t want to add any fragrance oils or essential o… Read More

I knit the Trio of Hats Beanie for one of Kenji’s new friends! The Trio of Hats is a series of three free patterns by Woolly Wormhead. The Beanie looks like a beanie, obviously. Th… Read More

The Sidewinder Beanie by Aspen Leaf Knits is a beautiful hat knit in Bulky or Super Bulky yarn. I used Chill by Sugar Bush Yarns in the colourway Borealis Sky. This is a Super Bulky yarn… Read More

Super Easy Cinnamon Soap is the second recipe here on Kiku Corner where we flavoured a soap base. You can see the first one, our Honey Soap, here. Similar to the other recipe, this uses a s… Read More

The Riley Tee is my first knit garment since having a baby! This is the Riley Tee by Amy Christoffers from Issue 25: Summer 2018 of Pom Pom Quarterly. Pom Pom is one of our favourite kn… Read More

The inspiration for the Fresh Corn and Feta Salad is from a grilled corn recipe I saw in a Mexican cookbook. I haven’t been to Mexico in many years and haven’t tried that grilled… Read More

These photos were taken a while ago! Doesn’t the snow look beautiful now that we’re officially out of winter? The Marled Classic Cuffed Alpaca Hat is the winter accessory of my d… Read More

Here is my finished Marshmallow Baby set by @liliacraftparty for Kenji. Lilia kindly gifted me a pattern and I choses the Marshmallow Baby Set for my own baby! It includes a cardig… Read More

I knit this coral Frida headband using leftover yarn from my Caswell Bay Hat by Fiona Alice. The Caswell Bay Hat used almost exactly half a skein of DK weight yarn by Emily Fo… Read More

I knit the Baby Brights Tights for my own baby. I used almost 1.75 full skeins of variegated, superwash sock weight yarn from my stash. Naturally Yarns NZ Waikiwi Prints is 55% Merino, 20% N… Read More

Kenji enjoyed this swaddle/snuggler that I sewed for him before he arrived. It is just one size and fits a newborn. However, my baby didn’t stay newborn-sized for long! I used fabri… Read More

This shea and cocoa butter body balm is lovely. It uses one of my favourite home spa ingredients, shea butter. It is made from the nut of the shea tree, native to Africa. The kind we have is… Read More

I sewed this newborn gown for my own baby, one of just a few things I sewed for him. These photos are of him on his ginkgo leaf playmat, another item I sewed for him. However, once his sleep… Read More

The Pink Moss and Deer Horns Hat by Sylvia McFadden is a simple but pretty weekend project. It has a ribbed brim, a one-repeat cable design, and the rest of the hat is knit in stockinette. I… Read More

This honey body balm is so good! It smells delicious and has a soft nourishing texture. It may be my favourite homemade body product yet! A little while ago, Meinhilde and I became very i… Read More

I knit the Teddy Bear Sweater for my own baby! This is the first project where knitting with boucle yarn appealed to me. Normally I think projects made from boucle yarn look like cat barf. H… Read More

I knit this purple Frida headband using leftover yarn from my Ravine Hat. The Ravine Hat used almost exactly half a skein of DK weight yarn by Annie Paaren. The good thing about headbands is… Read More

This oak crest hat is a study in cables, unlike any other project I’ve ever made. The elaborate cables make a lovely repeating leaf design. After this hat, I have a much better underst… Read More

This green tea and cocoa butter body balm is the next level in our DIY body products here on Kiku Corner. Meinhilde and I loved our other body balms and decided that we should branch out. He… Read More

I make this pork and fennel tomato sauce all the time. It’s a riff on my roast pork loin with fennel and thyme. The fennel and thyme add a somewhat Italian flavour to the pasta sa… Read More

I’ve created a roundup of some beautiful free entrelac knitting patterns. Of course, you can always browse the massive archive of free patterns on Ravelry to find more free entrelac kn… Read More

The Blue Woven Cable Headband by Priscillia Uloho is an easy but impressive start to working with cables. It is knit in a bright blue aran weight yarn from Cascade. The pattern calls for… Read More

The Clover Hat by Susan B. Anderson in Lagoon is a free pattern published by the Barrett Wool Co. One skein of worsted weight wool makes an adult and a matching baby’s hat. The Clo… Read More

This Red Queensland Beach Headband is from Fiona Alice’s book called Take Heart published by Pom Pom Press. This lovely book incorporates Fiona’s journey from Nova Scotia to Lond… Read More

Here is our recipe for Trini pepper sauce, as approved by Ryan! We started with a base recipe we found online that looked like his family’s pepper sauce. Then he taste-tasted and we ad… Read More

I’ve created a roundup of some beautiful free vest knitting patterns. Of course, you can always browse the massive archive of free patterns on Ravelry to find more free vest knit… Read More

I knit the Caswell Bay Hat by Fiona Alice for myself. To knit the hat, I used 3.5 mm needles for the main part of the hat. To make it more form-fitting, I used 2.5 mm needles for the… Read More

This blue coastline trio hat is made in a worsted wool and made a really quick knit. I used a rich blue wool purchased from the Mariposa Woolen Mill, which is located near Lindsay, Ontario… Read More

This is the second Charlie Caftan that I sewed for Tomiko, and third overall. I was gifted 3 m of this rayon-linen fabric in a colourful digital print from Minerva. I initially wanted to sew… Read More

The Treelight pullover, inspired by light shining through a forest canopy, is knit seamlessly and in the round from the bottom up. With an easy chart and heavy worsted weight gauge, this pat… Read More

I’ve created a roundup of some beautiful free mitten knitting patterns.Even though I have yet to knit a mitten, I definitely want to make some of these! Of course, you can always brows… Read More

This honey soap is another one of my favourite homemade body products. And it may be one of the easiest since I didn’t make the soap from scratch. Making soap is a more complicated pro… Read More

I received 2 m of this beautiful turmeric-coloured cotton poplin from Minerva. Since I’m pregnant with my first baby, due in February, I decided to make a ginkgo leaf quilted playmat… Read More

One of our friends had a baby at the beginning of October, and so I decided to knit him a hat! I chose to knit the Bayside Beanie by Stacey McCrea Warner, since it’s so cute with… Read More

I knit myself the Palmetto Cardigan by Emilia Jensen, published in Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 22: Autumn 2017. I chose to knit myself size 4, which corresponds to a bust size of 41.75… Read More

We named this hat after the bustling, oceanside city of Osaka. The Seigaiha wave crest pattern is a traditional geometric motif that represents good luck. ‘Seigaiha’ means &lsquo&hell…Read More

I’ve created a roundup of some beautiful free sock knitting patterns. It’s almost December, so knitting socks would be great for holiday gifts. If these tempt you, you can always… Read More

I knit the Binic pullover by Solenn Couix-Loarer for my own baby! All the other baby things I’ve been knitting for the same reason, such as the Remi Cardigan, the Oliver Sweater… Read More

We named this hat after our German Oma’s village of Lichtenberg. It was such a small village, it didn’t even have a bar! We used to spend our summers at our Oma’s house, an… Read More

I’ve been admiring the Ravine Hat by Woolly Wormhead since before I could knit! I love the 1920s cloche style and thought it would look great in a solid or tonal dyed yarn. The texture… Read More

This is my second entrelac headband because I love this design. See my first variation here. Headbands are a Canadian winter necessity for anyone with a ponytail. For the lucky people that d… Read More

We included the Macaulay Cardigan in our roundup of free cardigan knitting patterns last year. I liked the design so much, that I decided to knit one for myself! To knit the Macaualay Ca… Read More

The Turquoise Tête-Bêche is my first project using slip stitch. I love the beauty of multi-stranded knitting, except I don’t enjoy handling two strands at once – the… Read More

I knit the Remi Cardigan, a free pattern by Claudia Q for EweKnit Toronto. EweKnit is one of our favourite Toronto yarn stores, and they publish many free patterns! This cardigan pattern is… Read More

I knit A Simple Baby Pullover, a free pattern by Erica Kempf Broughton. The free pattern includes four sizes, from 0-6 months to 2-3 years. I chose to knit the 0-6 month size using yarn from… Read More

This is the second Fidra Hat on the blog. Meinhilde suggested I knit one of them after I finished my featherweight cardigan. It acted as a great palate cleanser after the long process of kn… Read More

I made M6044, my first ever men’s shirt. Our brother Karlos requested that I make him a shirt. Of course I was eager to jump on his offer, since he didn’t want me to knit him a s… Read More

This is the fourth featherweight cardigan here on Kiku Corner. It will also not be the last. Meinhilde knitted the other three in about the same time it took me to knit this one. She is a v… Read More

Tomiko requested that I sew her a caftan or muumuu. All she wanted was a bedsheet with a hole cut out for her head. I thought that that would definitely not do! Instead, I got the Charlie Ca… Read More

I knit myself the Gilt Lace Cardigan, a pattern by Susanna IC. When the Spring 2020 issue came out, I immediately added this pattern to my Ravelry queue. Many of the patterns highlighted var… Read More

Simplicity S1316 was my last sewing project last year. I cut it out and sewed it about halfway, then I lost my sewjo over the winter. During lockdown this spring, I finally found time to fin… Read More

The Vine Lace Vest by Cecily Glowik MacDonald is a free pattern from the Classic Elite Yarns Web-Letter Free Pattern Archive. The Vine Lace Vest is a perfect project for summer knitt… Read More

I bought the McCall’s M7981 pattern last year during a sale. I had recently gotten a Singer buttonhole attachment for my machine and wanted to sew everything with buttons! The M798… Read More

I’ve been eyeing the Cullum Tee by Isabel Kraemer for over a year! It is part of the Linen Noir collection by Quince and Co. I added the collection to my Ravelry shopping cart and let… Read More

I bought the Butterick B6674 pattern last year as I had recently gotten a Singer buttonhole attachment for my machine and wanted to sew everything with buttons! Thankfully this pattern also… Read More