Any worsted weight or fingering weight held double will work for your hat as long as you have 4 oz of it.

Any worsted weight or fingering weight held double will work for your hat as long as you have 4 oz of it.

This pattern cam about when my yarn dyer friend added a new luxury yarn to her repertoire and was begging to be something soft and squishy to enjoy right up against your skin. The yarn is 60% merino, 40% silk so it has drape for days! There was no aggressive blocking needed. I just soaked it and laid it out on a towel to dry.

First, a note on the yarn used. It is a gradient set that is available from Blue Savannah and is 150 g/750 yards.

Medallion is a fun to knit, multi-sectional shawl that is great for solid, variegated, self-striping or speckled yarn. Any fingering weight skein you have will look great in this pattern!

This pattern is for those of us who don’t have rounded toes and are tired of handmade socks fitting great everywhere except at the toe. Your socks will fit better than ever before and you won’t have any extra fabric bunched up in your shoes at the front.

My husband Jake loves beanies, especially ones that are hand knit. I wanted to design a pattern that he would wear, but that wasn’t so plain for me to knit. This pattern is the perfect solution. It is quick and fun for the knitter, but plain enough for any man to be comfortable wearing.

Saddle Ridge Mittens is a cabled mitten pattern with the option to make fingerless mitts instead. DK weight yarn is perfect for these mittens because it is heavy enough to have substance and warmth, but not too much bulk on your hands.

Color Tracks is a slightly slouchy beanie style hat that is fun to knit and very addicting. You have lots of options for color combinations with this pattern. You can use two solid colors, one solid and one self striping, 5 different colors, and even fingering weight held double to use up some leftovers or mini skeins.

This is a quick, easy pattern designed to hold a solid lotion stick from http://keeponwithlife.bigcartel.com/. It also fits a standard size sunscreen stick.

Renee’s Challenge is a bottom up beanie style hat. The gauge is 4 sts = 1 inch in the cable pattern before blocking, and loosens up to 3.5 sts = 1 inch after being soaked and relaxing. There is only one size for this hat and it fits a standard adult head of 20-22 inches (56-61 cm). The finished height is 9 inches (23 cm) and measuring around th...

Right now all you will receive is a thank you note for your purchase because I am still fine tuning the pattern and getting it tested. You will get the full pattern in the form of an update in your Ravelry library as soon as it is released.

These mitts came from an idea a friend of mine gave me when she was talking about how fingerless mitts are loose at the wrist. I decided to design something with that in mind, and this pattern solves that problem. I thought it would be fun to name them after her since she is the reason this pattern even exists. This is such a quick knit and tak...

This is a fun pattern to show off some of that great hand-dyed solid/semi solid yarn that we all love to hoard but not use. This is a basic beanie concept, just with textured stitches on a reverse stockinette background.

The Cursed Cable Mitts are top down fingerless mitts that can be as long or as short as you would like. The pattern includes specific and detailed instructions on making an arm that fits you no matter how quickly or slowly your forearm increases in size.

This sock pattern came from a series of failed attempts at using this cable, which is why I had decided it was cursed. It turns out that the cable wasn’t really cursed since it works so well in this pattern, but I decided it would be a fun pattern name. I also wanted a pattern that would work well with self-striping yarn because there just aren...

I bought this yarn while I was up at Sock Summit ‘11 and wanted it to be more than just plain vanilla socks. I saw a chevron pattern in one of my stitch pattern books and thought it would be fun to see the stripes zig zag, and so the pattern was born. It’s an incredibly easy pattern with only 2 rows to do, and one of them is knit all stitches a...

Die Eerste is Afrikaans for “The First.” This is my first shawl design and I wanted to reflect that in the name. Also, I have a love and connection to the people of South Africa and this is my small way of giving a nod to that. It is pronounced “dee air-stuh” (like the beginning of stuff).

These mitts are a great way to use that skein of luxury yarn that is so beautiful you want to show it off, and have warm hands at the same time. They knit up quickly as well, so if you need a last minute gift, this is your pattern!

These socks came about after I made the Like A Diamond Beanie and thought the stitch pattern would look great on socks.

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I was asked to design this pattern for some beautiful new yarn that The Sassy Sheep has started to carry and this pattern popped into my head. The hat shows the drape that the cashmere and silk give to the yarn beautifully. This pattern also works very well with anything from highly variegated to semi-solid to solid colored yarns.

I love this motif and have actually designed a set of different patterns with it. It’s very stretchy due to the amount of ribbing, and is great for both men and women.

A mistake was found and fixed on Dec. 5, 2013 so make sure your version was downloaded after that date. Also, go to 7 inches instead of 6 before starting the decreases. I’m not going to do another update so quickly after the previous one because I’m going to double check the rest of the pattern first.

This pattern was designed when I wanted to teach a basic cable class at a fiber retreat. I had fallen in love with the yarn and wanted to make something not only to showcase the beauty of it, but that would be able to be finished during the retreat, and be functional. Another great attribute about the wrap is that it only requires one skein of ...