The lace pattern for this gossamer wrap is a distant cousin of the classic feather and fan. It combines stockinette and garter stitch to accentuate the undulation caused by the separation of the increases and decreases. A special increase, lifted from 5 rows below the working row, creates a deep curve to the pattern, along with unique eyelets.

I am slowly going through many designs that I finished and never had time to publish. This is just one of them, that I designed in 2015. I was amazed that when I pulled the sample out it was still perfectly blocked. So I was able to photograph and share it today!

This project was a KAL that began in March 2020 and ended June 2020. If you purchased this pattern before June 14, 2020, you got it in weekly installations. The final file is now posted.

I designed these mitts in 2010, for my friend Susan, who had just learned to knit and wanted to try something a little challenging. She made several pairs! I just made one (mitt, not pair!) I am trying to clear out my studio, and came across this project. I love the yarn and the one mitt was really fetching. So I now have a pair and a pattern t...

This Project might look complicated, but is actually quite easy once you get going. The lace pattern is evocative of delicate fans. The beads are very subtle and add just a touch of elegance, but are totally optional, so feel free to omit them if you like. Alternatively, if you like your beads more glitzy feel free to use 6/0 beads in gold, whi...

This is a recipe for dyeing a rainbow, using food color in your kitchen. A very simple scarf pattern is included, which is for an easy bias garter mesh scarf. You will get a lovely scarf with blocks of color that progress in the 9 colors dyed for this rainbow. Alternatively, you can knit a Lichen Moebius Scarf as shown in the file photos. The p...

The Inca Trail (also known as Camino Inca) is the classic trek to Machu Picchu. Located in the Andes mountain range, the trail brings you through several unique environments including cloud forests and alpine tundra. You pass villages and Inca ruins before arriving at the Sun Gate on Machu Picchu.

This pattern is worked from the center out, as a hexagon. Sleeve stitches are saved on waste yarn as you go. The edge is finished with lovely picots and just a few beads. Then each sleeve is worked from the waste yarn down, in the round. There are no seams. The size of the octagon is totally flexible and the final chart can be repeated for a la...

This project is basic lace and is great for beginning and advanced knitters alike. Both charted and line-by-line directions are included, so it is a great piece for practicing your chart reading. Techniques include working in the round and basic lace increases and decreases. The lace is fun and easy to memorize, so perfect for travel knitting. ...

This coverlet began as just an idea, when my dear friend Margaret was giving away a large bag of sock yarn in preparation for a move. It was such a riot of color I started thinking about what I could use it all for. I had been reading about quilting traditions in America and this concept was born. I pulled out all the left-over sock yarn in my ...

This design was inspired by the Year of the Sheep. This lunar New Year is represented by the color green, to symbolize new wood. As we move from snow storm to snow storm in New York this winter, I find myself longing for those fresh, green branches that tell me springtime is on the way. What better way to pull ourselves out of the snow but with...

This table set is from nature and “industrial” at the same time; the leaves soften the crisp spiral lines. It begins with a center cast-on and is worked in the round. The bronze beads, applied with a crochet hook, add a little elegance. The bind-off is a classic vintage crochet style.

This design uses a lace-weight yarn and a finer “thread.” You can use any two yarns you choose. You can make it smaller or larger in “diameter” and length with ease. The pattern is fully written, with a link to a tutorial on the suggested cast-on. There are optional beads in the bind-off.

This cashmere cowl has diagonal eyelets that are laced with ribbon and finished off with beads. It is a simple lace project. Directions are charted.

A knitting adventure celebrating diversity, for the experienced lace or sock knitter. These were commissioned by BK, to enjoy during Boston Pride. They include lace work and cables. There is a gusset for excellent fit and comfort. The directions require working with a chart. It is a fun project and perfect for travel knitting!

The bind-off uses beads, which add a very special touch to this simple piece. Along with sparkle, the beads add just a little weight for added drape. They are optional!

Wrap yourself in a field of lavender! This project is for the adventurous lace knitting. There are beads and nupps and lovely texture. It is started with a provisional cast-on. One deep border is worked. Then we pick-up and work the body of the stole, and finally the second deep border. The bind off is a lovely, vintage crochet-style bind-off. ...

The tale of Snowdrop and Rose Red differs from the better-known Snow White story. Sisters Snowdrop and Rose Red care for a half-frozen talking bear and later help an ungrateful dwarf. Upon meeting the bear and fearing for his own life, the dwarf desperately encourages the bear to eat the girls and spare him. The bear is released from the dwarf...

Receiving a handful of magic beans in what seems at first a bad bargain, ordinary Jack begins a great adventure on a magic beanstalk, rising as far as the eye can see. In some legends, he blunders his way to redemption, while in others, his cunning saves the day. This clever scarf uses vivid color and a bold lace leaf motif, juxtaposed with a ...

This pattern was part of my winter 2014 group project, and you can read all the details here, at my blog.

This pattern was part of my winter 2014 group project, and you can read all the details here, at my blog.

This pattern was part of my winter 2014 group project, and you can read all the details here, at my blog.

This pattern was part of my winter 2014 group project, and you can read all the details here, at my blog.

Annapurna I is one of the 8,000-meter (26,200 ft) peaks of the Himalayas. In 1978, the American Women’s Himalayan Expedition became the first United States team to climb Annapurna I. The first summit team successfully reached the top at 3:30 p.m. on October 15, 1978. The second summit team followed shortly after, and two women in that team lost...

This project was designed for Knitting Daily TV. In episode 1207 I demonstrate how to work the crochet bind-off. The pattern file includes photos detailing the cast-on and the bind-off. Enjoy!

The pattern includes a matching neck warmer or ear warmer and 2 skeins of the yarn will make either 2 hats (if you reverse the background and pattern colorways) or 1 hat and a matching neck warmer. See Autumnal Bug Cowl listing for details about the matching piece.

This piece was inspired by the Hallgrimskirkja church, which I visited recently while traveling in Iceland. The church has long, clean lines and sits high on a hill in Reykjavik. It can be seen from off shore for quite a distance.

Winter 2013 BadCatDesigns Group Project

This pattern is a warm-up for my winter 2012 SugarPlumFairy group. It can be made any size and with any lace weight yarn. It requires about 18 inches of strung 8/0 beads for every 400 yards of yarn you use. 8/0 beads are suggested but you can use other types too. Larger beads requires more (from a linear perspective) and smaller beads fewer! Th...

Originally from the Vogue Knitting July 2012 Stitch Red newsletter and available on the Vogue Knitting website. Now available here.

12/2012: the group is closed and the pattern is now available on Ravelry for download.

This pattern is also available in print, from shops that stock Jade Sapphire yarns,

Perfect for one skein of special yarn!

Available only from Jade Sapphire and shops that stock their yarn. Please contact them!

available as a printed pattern from shops that stock Jade Sapphire yarns

available as a printed pattern from shops that stock Jade Sapphire yarns.

“This project is for the intermediate lace knitter who enjoys working from charts. Special elements include, twisted stitches and optional beads….”

As of September 16th, 2012, the group is closed and the pattern is available for sale at my Ravelry Pattern Store. The pattern is a 20 page document and includes all the directions for the semi-circular version, plus notes for the full circle version. This project is fully charted and is for the adventurous lace knitter who likes to work from c...

12/2012: the pattern is now available from BadCat as a download. The pattern includes the full set: cuffs, Hat and Cowl. The BadCatDownload is in the cat’s format and is charted!

Available through Jade Sapphire yarns.

This project uses a construction recipe, so size is custom. Yarn and gauge can easily be modified. This design was part of the Summer Swatch Me project 2010.

This pattern is part of my summer 2011 Back to the Garden group project. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry as a download, or join the group (open all summer 2011) and have access to this pattern and several others. Details about joining the group can be found here.

This pattern is part of my summer 2011 Back to the Garden group project. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry as a download, or join the group (open all summer 2011) and have access to this pattern and several others. Details about joining the group can be found here.

This pattern is part of my summer 2011 Back to the Garden group project. You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry as a download, or join the group (open all summer 2011) and have access to this pattern and several others. Details about joining the group can be found here.

This group project cast-on on July 4th 2011 and closed September 2011. The pattern file is now available as a download on Ravelry. This booklet includes detailed materials commentary, directions and technique notes, along with notes for making a full circle rather than the semi-circle as shown. The pattern is for the experienced lace knitter an...

This project is from a BadCatDesigns Winter 2010 group project. The sweater was a collaboration between Jeri Riggs and myself, with Jeri engineering the sweater and me engineering the lace. This listing is for the chart set ONLY, and includes a tutorial to take your measurements for a perfect fit and all the charts required to knit any version ...

This project was part of the Metamorphosis Winter 2011 group project and is now available as a download on Ravelry. It is for the adventurous knitter who works from charts. It can be used to make a delicate scarf or a large stole, and any size i between! The yarn was dyed for me by a friend.

This pattern is part of the winter 2011 Metamorphosis project and is now (4/11) available as a download from Ravelry. The chart key includes a version for working flat (what you need for this project) and one for working in the round for future projects. This pattern is for the adventurous knitters who works from charts.

From the Metamorphosis winter 2011 KAL. Read all about it here! The group project is wrapping up. This pattern is available on Ravelry for download now (4/11.) It includes all the charts from the larger group project that are needed to make this shawl. The key includes directions for working the charts back and forth (required for this project)...

This pattern is part of the Summer Swatch Me project. You can read details and find out how to join here. This pattern is now available in my Ravelry pattern store.

Part of the 2010 Summer Swatch Me group project from BadCatDesigns. Details here! This pattern is now available in my Ravelry pattern store.

The central project from BadCatDesigns’ Summer Swatch Me group. This group ran from June 21, 2010 through September 21, 2010. Details can be found at The BadCatDesigns blog. The pattern, collected from the summer group, is now available as a download at my Raverly pattern store. Includes both charts and line-by-line directions!

This pattern was available through my Summer Swatch Me group in 2010. It is now available to download at my Ravelry pattern store, and includes my mitts photo tutorial. Charted

This pattern was part of the BadCatDesigns Summer Swatch Me project. See my blog for details! Now available for download at my Ravelry pattern store. Includes my mitts photo tutorial. Charted.

These mitts have a band of beads around the wrist for just a touch of bling.

Charted pattern, inlcude photo tutorial. Optional beaded cuff.

This pattern is charted and includes beads. It is available through my summer 2010 Swatch Me group and also as a download on Ravelry.

14 stitches in 2.5 inches for gauge.

Available through Jade Sapphire yarns as a printed pattern. Available August 2010 on Ravelry, as a PDF download.

This pattern was part of the 2010 Summer Swatch me project. Now available to download from my Ravelry pattern store. Includes my mitts photo tutorial. Charted.

Pattern is part of the Summer Swatch Me project, and details are on my blog!

Available summer 2010 for members of BadCat’s Summer Swatch Me project. Details can be found here. It will be available November 2010 as a download.

Available as a printed pattern from shops that stock Jade Sapphire yarns. Now available for download here.

A BadCatDesigns group project for winter 2010! Check my blog for details and project updates. As of 1/20/10 the KAL group has fully enrolled. Stand by for the pattern late winter 2010. The pattern is available in my Ravelry pattern store now…

Materials

Now available from Jade Sapphire Yarn Company. Please see their website for shops that carry their yarn and patterns. Requires two balls of Lacey Lamb.

Available from Jade Sapphire Yarn Company January 2010. Now available at my Ravelry pattern store, January 2011.

Pattern available January 2010 through Jade Sapphire Yarn Company. Now available at my Ravelry pattern store January 2011.

This pattern is a remix of The Little Flower Doily. The original version is a Tam, created by Cathrine Dunlap, and is worked in DK weight yarn on US 8 needles. The pattern includes charts and directions for that tam and a beret in DK weight, plus the light weight beret seen here in fingering weight yarn on US 2 needles. Enjoy! You can have this...

This pattern contains directions for three projects. Each project uses about 50 grams of either the hemp yarn (165 meters per 55 grams used for the Green Spiral and the Purple Square) or linen yarn (125 meters per 50 grams used for the Bronze Square.) The pattern is charted and well illustrated. Each of the three projects contain techniques tha...

I used two cones of the yarn; one blue and one silver.

This project uses 8/0 Japanese seed beads. The pattern is part of The Summer Squares Suite. It can be purchased as in individual pattern, but is also included in The Summer Squares Suite EBook. The finished piece blocked to 18 by 62 inches in the yarn specified.

This is the full pattern and chart set for The Summer Squares Suite. This was an on-line group project for Summer 2009 which has now concluded. This is an EBook with 40 pages, and includes instructions for The Golden Eye, The Blue Quartet, Dark Star and The Summer Squares Blanket. Included are charts for 15 squares, 3 borders and 3 edging, alon...

This project is a simple, top down triangle. Perfect for travel knitting!

Available as a free PDF at JadeSapphire and also here at Ravelry.

This design is also available as a smaller scarf, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Puck Scarf.

There is a larger (shawl) version of this design, available as A Midsummer Night’s Dream Titania Shawl pattern.

Available June 2009 from Jade Sapphire Yarn Company and January 2010 from my Ravelry Pattern Store!

50% of all sales during January 2010 will be donated to The Red Cross as Help For Haiti.

This design is available as an individual pattern, but is also included in The Summer Squares EBook. 8/0 beads are included in the edging.

Available April 2009 as a PDF on Ravelry. Pattern is charted, for the experienced knitter. Requires size 8 seed beads.

From BadCatBasics, this pattern is perfect for the new lace knitter. It is charted and has line-by-line directions. The chart is available on my blog and the PDF file is available from my Ravelry Pattern Store.

This patern is now (April 2009) available as a PDF on Ravelry. The original project was a series of posts on my blog. The charts and instructions are still available there without charge. The PDF has all the charts and instructions collected and edited. The pattern is charted and well illustrated, for the intermediate or advanced lace knitter.

Now available (9/2009) from my Ravelry store as a PDF file. Still available through Lorna’s Laces Yarn Company. Request this pattern from shops that stock Lorna’s Laces yarn. This pattern is challenging. It is charted and well illustrated.

Now available (9/2009) from my Raverly pattern store as a PDF. Available through Jade Sapphire Yarn Company as a printed pattern. Request this pattern from shops that stock Jade Sapphire yarns. This pattern is for the intermediate lace knitter. It is charted and well illustrated.

Available through Jade Sapphire as a printed pattern on lovely card-stock, and now available as a PDF on Ravelry. This pattern is fully charted and uses beads, which are pre-strung before you begin knitting. The designs has “work” on both odd and even rows and is for the intermediate lace knitter.

Available on my November 2008 blog, as a series of posts, and as a PDF file on Ravelry.

Pattern calls for either Jade Sapphire 2-ply Cashmere-Silk or Cashmere. Pattern is available through Jade Sapphire yarns, printed on lovely cardstock. Pattern is also available as a download at Ravelry since October 2008.

Currently available through Jade Sapphire as a printed pattern and since September 2008 as a download on Ravelry.

Available through Jade Sapphire as a printed pattern and now available, September 2008, as a download on Ravelry. Can be made larger or smaller easily.

This pattern calls for either 2-ply cashmere / silk or cashmere. It is available through Jade Sapphire as a printed pattern. It is now also available as a download from Raverly starting September of 2008.

This pattern was released as a PDF download on Ravelry on July 13th, 2008. It is a square, worked from the center, growing out to the edges. It was designed as a shawl, but would make a lovely Christening blanket also. The pattern is fully charted and is for the intermediate lace knitter who is comfortable using charts.

This pattern is a process discussion on my blog. You need to read all the blog entries along with the jpg files within the entries. The pattern is available as a download now, and should be considered a suppliment to the original blog posts. For pattern support, feel free to join my on-topic Yahoo group.

The pattern is fully charted and well illustrated. Available April 2008 on Ravelry.

Available Easter 2008 from my Ravelry pattern store!

This pattern is a process post on my blog and available free on Ravelry.

This pattern is a process piece on my blog and available for free on Ravelry. PLEASE read through the blog posts, even if you download the free pattern. The project was meant as a process discussion and was never intended to stand alone as a pattern if the knitter chose not to read the original post…

This pattern is available for free, as weekly installments on my blog, if you follow this link You will not find a file, but will have to read through the blog posts about this project and print each chart and pattern page.

This pattern is available through Jade Sapphire Yarn Company, printed on lovely card stock, or as a PDF download from Raverly. It is for the intermediate knitter and is fully charted.

This pattern is available through Jade Sapphire Yarn Company, printed on lovely card stock, or as a PDF download on Raverly. This pattern is for the more advanced knitter and is fully charted.