A scrappy knit that sticks the landing

a yoke that's more fun than you can shake a stick at 😁

Here in New England, “Stick Season” is basically the part of late fall/early winter where the leaves have all fallen, but there’s no snow yet.

Personally, I’d also call March a sort of Stick Season, too, but that would get me into some trouble with purists here where that month is clearly (maple) Sugaring Season.

Anyhow…it’s kind of a gray season, and with the holidays being over, now is still a nice time to punch things up with some really pretty colorwork and a reasonably quick knit.

And of course it’s called Stick Season:

It’s a fantastic way to use up scraps or mini skeins of DK yarn for lots of color play.

The “stick” motif is not brioche but instead uses Fisherman’s Rib—no yarn overs or slipping—and the central “fallen leaf motif” involves just one round of stranded knitting per repeat (a linked video shows you how…it’s easier than typical stranded imo) with the remaining rounds using slipped stitches.

Short sleeves and a stockinette bodice keep the rest of the knitting fairly quick and easy, but if you’d like longer sleeves, several of the fantastic testers lengthened them—do check out their projects as well as kits at Miss Babs for more color inspiration!

The pattern is on sale at a discount for a bit—no code needed, so you can even stick your neck out a bit (I’ll show myself out…) and gift it at the sale price.

There’s more fun news coming up for you in a few weeks, too (cough mkal announcement coughcough), so keep an eye on your inbox. And on a personal note, I have some exciting news, too:

• I’ll be visiting my new little grandson for the first time soon (sorry, no pics atm!), and

• I got married last week—We figured we might as start 2025 off with something especially joyful:

Accountability time: If you zoom in enough, you might see that I’m wearing my Once Upon A Rhinebeck hat—a pattern that your purchases helped raise funds for both the American Red Cross and World Central Kitchen for hurricane relief in eastern Tennessee/western North Carolina.

Thanks to your generosity, I was able to donate $900 to each organization:

Wow! Thank you so much for your continued support, and I wish you a wonderful new year.

See you soon, and Happy knitting,

Mary (aka Lyrical Knits)