Lea's sky scarf, in progress. Add a stripe each day in colors that match that day's sky. At the end of a year, you'll have a scarf-shaped weather report.
Lea's sky scarf, almost done.
Sky scarf patch.
The "Sweet Possibilities" project concept from Lea's book. You get gum balls from gum ball machines and add colored stripes to match, in the same order that they dispensed.
Next up: a green stripe, followed by a blue stripe.
The "Hummingbird Heartbeats" project from Lea's book. The number of stitches between teal stripes represents the number of times a hummingbird's heart beats per minute.
The "wabi sabi" pattern, inspired by mistake-making and tea drinking.
Lea's moon cowl. It rotates to match the current moon's phase.
Knitting the "Sun Salutation" pattern, beginning at sunrise!
"Sun Salutation" at sunset, the same day. Almost done!
Lea's storefront window display at ImagiKnit in San Francisco. Ready for Lea to sit and knit the sky in real time.
Lea knitting the weather in real time, from the ImagiKnit knitting shop window in San Francisco.
"The Nectar Collector" pattern, in which you knit honeycomb-shaped hexagons in response to sticking your nose into neighborhood flowers like a bee.
Blocking a "Nectar Collector" honeycomb hexagon before piecing them together into a purse.
Lea teaching a workshop at ImagiKnit in San Francisco.
Sample projects from Lea's book, "Knit The Sky."
Knit The Sky
Knitting projects as small adventures.
Most knitting patterns call for yarn, needles, and familiarity with abbreviations such as CO, K2tog, and St st. Typical patterns might even ask you to keep track of alternating colors on a grid. The creative knitting projects you’ll find here are creatures of an entirely different sort.
Yes, you’ll need yarn, needles and basic knitting skills. But most importantly, you’ll need a sense of whimsy and adventure. These surprising patterns will inspire you to look out your window, ride the subway and converse with your next-door neighbor. They will have you re-reading your favorite book and feeding a pocketful of coins into the gum ball machine in front of your supermarket. In order to knit these unique one-of-a-kind garments, you’ll be sent out into the world to turn something as simple as a scarf into a surprising story.
Find the book, Knit The Sky, in bookstores everywhere.
Enjoy these 6 free patterns by Lea as PDFs for download.
