Looking to create an added Autumn ambience in your home? You can now find Farmhouse Candles (made locally in Cedar!) on our website for scents that fill a room with fall flair. Click HERE  to order.

It can be hard to knit for men. Really hard. They love to support your knitting endeavors, but they want to look manly doing it. They want something rugged, but not scratchy. Simple, but not elementary. Handmade, but not homemade. And sometimes, even after we've done the research, involved them in every stage of the project, tested, swatched, blocked, scrutinized, ripped, re-knit....the finished piece doesn't end up seeing the light of day. We don't mean to toot our own horn, but we think we might have come up with a near-perfect project for the problem that ails knitters everywhere. Insert the striped scarf. Ours is knit with the luxurious (but simultaneously rugged!) Fibre Company Acadia, a gorgeous blend of silk, Merino wool and alpaca, but with enough visual interest (the tweedy bits) to keep from feeling feminine. And here's what makes this scarf different: it's two-sided, which makes it both completely reversible and doubly warm. Scholarly stripes? There's just something about a striped scarf that reminds us of freshly sharpened pencils, football games and late night study sessions at the quad.

Our sample is shown in The Fibre Company Acadia in Bur Oak and Amber, but you can choose any of the colors below for a different look. (We think Driftwood + Poppy make an equally magical team!)

 

Interested in just the PDF pattern?  Find it  HERE.

  

It's already cold enough most mornings here in Leelanau County to say, "If I only had a hat to pull on right now. Something simple to knit, not too fussy but a little interesting to work on in the evenings, a hat that anyone in the house could wear, kind of neutral to go with any of my coats, just the thing to mask bed head while dropping off the kids at school...." We think this simple cabled hat fits the bill. (Especially because there's cashmere in the yarn!) An added bonus? It's quick enough to knit in a weekend. And it looks good on everyone, whether you're cross-country skiing or crossing campus to get to class.

Our sample is shown in YOTH Yarns in Cacao, a neutral, dusty gray-meets-brown, but you can choose any of the colors below for a different look.

 

Interested in just the PDF pattern?  Find it  HERE.

Find local Farmhouse Candles HERE.

It doesn't have to be big. Or complicated. Or expensive. (We've found that a simple garter stitch dish cloth and a handmade soap tied with a ribbon makes a wonderful wedding/housewarming/thank-you-for-being-my-postmaster gift, time after time after

The focus is on gifts that you'll be ecstatic to give, whether it's because they're knit with yarn you've never seen before (they are), they all require less than two weeks to complete (they do) or because they're fresh takes on classic knitted gifts (they will be).