Nice + Knotty · Vintage patterns, supersized
Vintage motifs, rescued from thread.
Old lace patterns were written for crazy-fine thread and impossible patience. I decode them, rewrite them, and size them up for real yarn.
Then · fine thread
480
motifs for one tablecloth
Now · DK yarn
2
motifs and you have a t-shirt
Same motif. Same magic. A fraction of the stitches. That’s the whole idea.
The first three
Tested, photographed, and written so you can actually follow them. Coming soon.
Original design · Fingering
Enchantress Beach Bag
A lace bag built from modernized motifs, with fill-in flowers and sturdy straps.
Vintage · Translated
Pinwheel Motif
A vintage motif rewritten row by row, with join-as-you-go and edging.
Quirky · Home
Monster Eye Toilet Seat Cover
A wheel gone feral. A color-shifting eye for the bravest bathroom.
The Motif Library
One motif. Whatever you want it to be.
Change the yarn weight and the count, and a doily becomes a curtain, a top, or a bedspread. Soon you’ll shop the library by what you want to make: tablecloths, curtains, tops, bedspreads, bags, weird home stuff, and bags for witches.
Jennifer
Baby Pinwheel
Heraldic
Bags for witches
Midnight Star
+ dozens more
Hot Tips · The Color Wheels bedspread
Make your ends do the work.
Every square is a small, finished win, which makes this bedspread perfect for ADHD brains. Tips on blending fibers, fixing height with taller stitches, and putting all those ends to work.
The free archive · Coming soon
The originals, free. Good luck reading them.
Scans of the vintage source patterns that are free to share, exactly as they were printed. When you want the version a human can follow, that’s what the shop is for.