Brenda Zuk
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Shrug / Bolero
Fine or Bold - This pattern has been designed for 2 different weights of yarn, fingering or bulky!
Knitting: Pullover
My nod to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Tree bark cables around the body with a scaly leaf pattern for the sleeves.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves, Beanie, Toque
Fingerless Mitts & Hat in slip-stitch knitting with a 5 colour sequence. A great way to mix colours and use up stash at the same time.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
3 pairs of stranded socks that will keep your feet toasty warm in the chilly winter weather
Knitting: Cardigan
A v-neck cardigan in the colours of rocks & water, edged with wavy lace frills & bobbles.
Knitting: Bag - Other
This pretty cosmetic bag is perfect for storing all of your beauty essentials.
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque, Mid-calf Socks
My favourite creature of myth and legend adorns this hat, mitten and sock set.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
3 pairs of stranded leaf patterned socks inspired by the colours of the season
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Cable work & lace combined create tangled roots & textured leaves in this elongated hexagonal stole with two beautiful frills
Knitting: Cardigan
This sporty corrugated rib zippered cardigan is all about using up your dark and light fingering weight sock yarns
Knitting: Coat / Jacket
Salmon make their way upstream through frothy cables of water on this shawl collar cardigan.
Knitting: Shrug / Bolero
A mosaic patterned cropped v-neck cardigan emulates the colourful experience of a ride in a glass-bottom boat
Knitting: Cardigan
An elegant & tapestry-like mosaic knitted cardigan combining 6 luscious handpainted yarns.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
3 pairs of stranded socks & striped socks that are sure to put a “spring” in your step
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
3 pairs of highly decorated socks inspired by ornate mosaics from the Byzantine Empire
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Garden Drama! What is more beautiful than a spider web on a dew filled morning? Bring out your inner spider and create your own wonderful wearable web with iridescent silk/merino fingering weight yarn, complete with dewdrops.
Knitting: Cardigan
Highly textured cozy cardigan designed for cool, breezy evenings by the water. With a square neckline and mitred garter stitch edging, the elegance of this piece is completed by adding beautiful glass buttons.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
3 pairs of stranded & duplicate stitched socks inspired by the Monarch, Red-spotted Purple & Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Knitting: Cardigan
The colours of sunrise & snow-capped mountain peaks inspired this intricate stranded cardigan.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
3 pairs of stranded socks inspired by the Bruce Trail, the Elora Gorge & Lake Ontario
Knitting: Sleeveless Top, Pullover
Close-fitting sleeveless crop top knitted in superwash wool. Knit in the round in stockinette stitch until the armholes, and then is worked back & forth. Row by row instructions.
Knitting: Tablecloth
Nature’s mandala, this daisy centrepiece represents everyone’s favourite simple flower
Knitting: Scarf, Mittens, Beanie, Toque, Pullover
Fir cones and needle branches adorn this raglan pullover with accompanying hat, mittens and scarf.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A reversible beaded stole floating in the ocean waves covered in sparkling bubbles. Double yarn overs symbolize the water bubbles and sparkle with beads.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A dozen roses in garter stitch outlined by lacy holes encircle this pi shawl. To protect the roses, the central rings are knitted in ladybird stitch and the outside edging is delicate picot thorns in garter stitch.
Knitting: Scarf, Beanie, Toque, Mittens
Mittens, Hat and Scarf in reversible baby cable and slip-stitch knitting using 3 colours. Mittens and Hat are knit in the round with double-pointed needles. Hat is topped with 6 curly spirals.
Knitting: Mittens, Scarf, Headband, Beanie, Toque
Classically styled mittens, hat, headband and scarf. Mittens & hat are knit in the round in stockinette stitch with 2x2 ribbed cuffs. Headband is knit in the round in stockinette stitch. Scarf is knit back & forth in 1x1 ribbing. Rnd by rnd instructions.
Knitting: Animal Toy
Adorable stuffed seed stitch teddybear and optional overalls with intarsia fish motif. Yarn weight used is knitting worsted. Teddybear is knitted in fully fashioned shaped pieces that are sewn together. Eyes and nose are also knitted then stitched on.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Based on a scallop shell I found in Florida years ago. Chevron rays in stockinette st, separated by rays in purl st and eyelets. Shawl grows and increases in size as a seashell would, growth is marked by repeating garter row ridges along the length of each chevron ray. Garter stitch and lace edging.
Knitting: Drawstring Bag, Tote, Pullover
Blossoming vines surround this adult tunic and tote bag. Knitted in the round using a combo of twisted knit stitches (for the vine) & purl stitches (for the background) and small popcorns for the buds.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The water is knitted in purl sts and stockinette for the ripples. The dragonflies have bobble bodies and lacy eyelet wings. The water lilies are stockinette sts surrounded and emphasized by eyelets. The edging is a combination of bobbles, knit sts, purl sts and eyelets.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Mittens, Scarf, Pullover, Mid-calf Socks
A drop shoulder textured pullover with rows of gnarly apple trees and moss stitch pattern. Also accompanied by socks, mittens and hat in complementary baby cable ribbing and purl stitches.