The Vespa Hat is a fun, quick project-- and fun to wear, with earflaps to keep your ears warm, a loose fit to prevent the dreaded "hat head," and an optional ponytail hole. Ear flaps and back of neck are worked flat; after front stitches are cast on, hat is worked in the round. See more patterns
More Big Girl Knits, About the No-Gap Wrap Pullover
We love clever, and this sweater is clever.
Interweave Knits Summer 2007, About the Lutea Lace Shell:
...what appears at first glance to be a standard tank top knitted in flat pieces turns out on closer inspection to be an ingenious piece of three-dimensional sculpture.
- Pam Allen, Editor in Chief, Interweave Knits
Vogue Knitting Holiday 2009, About the Vine & Leaf Beret, Vogue Knitting Fall 2009:
Angela Hahn's vine-and-leaf lace hat from our Fall 2009 issue is showing up all over the web in myriad colors and textures, each as beautiful as the next.
-Trisha Malcolm, Editorial Director
From Brave New Knits
[Angela's] work has consistently been strong; the designs are traditional but contemporary in silhouette, highly wearable, and, because of her intriguing stitch pattern choices, fun to knit. The iconic Hahn design for me is the Wakame Lace Tunic...-- it's strikingly feminine and modern.
-Lisa Shroyer, senior editor at Interweave Knits

Last week we went on a family vacation to the province of Apulia (Puglia) in southern Italy, and one of the obli 