My girl, my girl, don't lie to meTell me where did you sleep last night.In the pines, in the pinesWhere the sun don't ever shineI would shiver the whole night through. I've been listening to a bit of Nirvana lately. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" in particular has been stuck in my head, so…
🐝 Yourself
I'm a sucker for all things bee. My name means honeybee, so probably like every other Melissa out there, I embrace the bee. I came across this Wonderland yarn on the YarnScout website a while ago, and the colorway name sucked me in. I bought 4 hanks because that's all they had left, which isn't…
The one with the socks.
Socks. You could make matching socks with this yarn. It's just less fun. I posted these on Ravelry a year ago, and they got quite a few downloads. I made an option to use a regular short row heel, or use the far superior "Fish Lips" heel by Sox Therapist. Ravelry, in all of their…
Bogland
"Butter sunk underMore than a hundred yearsWas recovered salty and white.The ground itself is kind, black butter"I first heard of Seamus Heaney about 10 years ago, and I've never really been able to get him out of my mind since. Why? Well, of course there is my proclivity toward all things Irish. But also, bogs.…
Cabled Headband
This is from a few years ago, it's the first pattern I ever wrote. The idea came about because I wanted a headband to kind of cup my ears, not just a strip wrapped around my head, which is all I was finding. The i-cord edging was just the thing to give me the desired…
Hiyeee!
I'm Melissa, and I live in Alaska. I learned how to knit during my first summer up here, and it got me through quite a few long, dark winters. Every now and then I can't find a pattern for exactly what I want to make, so I come up with my own. This blog is…
Poetic Knitting 