New Year, New Goals for DykemaKnits 2026!

 This year, I am hoping to engage more with my blog. I have been putting most of my energy into writing patterns and listing them for sale on my Etsy store, DykemaFiberArts.etsy.com, and that has been fun and encouraging! But I also realize I have neglected my blog, which is where everything started for me. 

Here's the thing, I had a vision and a dream, and as life has continued to grow and change, my vision has also changed and gone unaccomplished. It turns out being a mom who homeschools, participates in multiple homeschooling communities, and is passionate about knitting and crocheting, sometimes just wants to sit down, take a break, and knit and crochet. Ha! So, this year, I am hoping to write a little more, share my journey as an emerging knit and crochet designer, and create some new, simple designs that will be beginner friendly, quick, and free! I will also continue to design new things that will be for sale on my store.

So, here is to a new journey as a budding entrepreneur in the fiber arts! I hope you will tag along with me this year. If you would like to put your name down for email alerts, please use my contact form on the right to send me your name and email address. I will not sell your information. I will only use it to send out periodical newsletters about blog posts and patterns. I hope to hear from you!

Happy New Year!

Cyber Week Sale on Now!

 

The Crafty B's Artisan Boutique

 I am very excited to announce that many of my original hand knit and crochet designs are currently for sale at The Crafty B's Artisan Boutique located in Everett, Wa! It's a really neat store filled with all kinds of creative, handmade items. They even have some 3D printers printing dragons and other figurines. It's a neat place to browse and shop.

I am selling hats, fingerless mitts, dish cloths and scrubbies, and shawls/scarves! If you are local, I hope you will check it out. Otherwise, you are welcome to visit my online store at dykemafiberarts.etsy.com. I am currently working on replenishing some of my online inventory since it is now at The Crafty B's. 

Oversized Velvet Wrap Shawl

 

A new knitting pattern is now available! Visit my Etsy store, Dykema Fiber Arts, to purchase a PDF download for the Oversized Velvet Wrap Shawl knitting pattern. 

There's more to see, so please feel free to browse my other digital patterns and handmade items for sale.

Thank you for visiting!

Easter Sunday Cross Bookmark

A new knitting pattern is now available! Visit my Etsy store, Dykema Fiber Arts, to purchase a PDF download for the Oversized Velvet Wrap Shawl knitting pattern. 

There's more to see, so please feel free to browse my other digital patterns and handmade items for sale.

Thank you for visiting!

 

S’more Crispy Treats

By: Kaylan Dykema

Ingredients:

• 6 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 6 cups mini marshmallows 
• 6 cups of rice cereal
• 3 graham crackers, crushed
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup Cadbury mini harvest handfuls
• 1 cup marshmallows
• Cooking spray
• 9x13 baking pan

Directions:

Spray the baking pan with cooking spray. Melt butter and 6 cups of marshmallows in a large pot. Remove from heat, add rice cereal and stir to coat. Add crushed graham crackers, 1 cup of marshmallows, chocolate chips, and harvest handfuls. Mix gently until well coated. Transfer to the baking pan, gently pat into pan. Finish with a few extra chocolate pieces, crushed graham crackers, and marshmallows. Press into place and let cool. Enjoy!

This is a fun summertime treat. It is also fun to take camping when you are unable to make s’mores over a campfire due to a burn ban, etc. I used some large marshmallows because I ran out of mini marshmallows. They seemed to work just fine! I did a mixture of cut and uncut marshmallows.

© Kaylan Dykema. All rights reserved.

Checker Board Cup Cozy

 By: Kaylan Dykema

Please support me by purchasing a PDF download.

Finished Measurements

4.5 inches wide by 2.5 inches high laying flat. Fits most disposable coffee cups. 

Yarn

Aunt Lydia’s Crochet Thread Fashion 3, Super Fine (1) (100% mercerized cotton; 150 yards): Cafe 1 ball. 

Needles

US 1 (2.25mm) double pointed needles, or size to obtain gauge. 

Notions

Yarn Needle

Stitch Marker

Gauge

8 sts and 14 rows = 1” in pattern, blocked.

Notes

This cup cozy is worked in the round from the bottom up.

1:1 Rib (in the round over an even number of sts) Rnd 1: (K1, P1) to end. Repeat Rnd 1 for pattern.

Checker board pattern: Rnd 1: (K4, P4) to end. Repeat Rnd 1 four times. Rnd 5: (P4, K4) to end. Repeat Rnd 5 four times. 

Pattern instructions

CO 72 sts, join in the round. Place marker (pm) for beginning of round.

Rnds 1-4: (K1, P1) to end.

Rnds 5-8: (K4, P4) to end.

Rnds 9-12: (P4, K4) to end.

Rnds 13-28: Repeat rounds 5-12 four more times. 

Rnds 29-32: (K1, P1) to end. Remove marker (rm).

Bind off in 1:1 rib. Weave in ends.

Copyright Kaylan Dykema. All rights reserved. For personal and non-commercial use only.