Originally designed for the Knitting II curriculum for the WEBS Expert Knitter Program, Back To Basics offers the 3 patterns needed for that course in one eBook at a discount on the individual pattern prices. You don’t have to be taking the class to buy the eBook and enjoy the discount on the individual price of all 3 patterns!

Inspired by the intense colors and designs of the paintings of Gustav Klimt this slouchy colowork hat and cowl patterns are available together at 25% off the individual pattern prices.

Inspired by the lines that characterized the work of Craftsman era furniture designer Gustav Stickley, these slouchy hat and cowl patterns are available together at 25% off the individual pattern prices.

This pattern was designed with Malinda Lesko as part of the Knit Stars Pro/Am competition KAL running January 3 - February 14, 2024.

She was a flapper, a glamorous lady of the silent silver screen. It was rumored she dated Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro, and Gentleman Jack Diamond. She never let prohibition stop her, and spent her evenings dancing and deep in conversation in the better speakeasies of New York and Los Angeles. She was rarely seen without her signature diamo...

Originally designed to make the most of the gorgeous long repeats in Junction Fiber Mills Making Tracks yarn, this cowl looks just a cozy knit up in a solid color. The double layered collar has enough body to stand up in the back, keeping your neck warm while making you feel like an Elizabethan queen.

Stay warm this winter while stepping back in time to the glamour of a previous era with the Swing Time Hat. Imagine yourself as Ginger Rogers dancing on roller skates in the park with Fred Astaire. This hat combines the best of both worlds, fusing the elegance of the past with the comfort and cozy warmth of what will become your favorite cool w...

The Luna Park hat channels the elegance of vintage fashion while remaining timeless and versatile. This pattern holds an air of vintage-inspired glamour that looks good on every person that has tried it on, transcending age and personal style. What sets it apart is its unusual and clever construction with no increases or decreases, resulting in...

Originally designed for the Knitting II class in the WEBS Expert Knitter Program, this reversible cowl plays with different arrangements of knits and purls to create a celebration of both form and function. The beauty of subtlety shines as these two stitches create a tapestry of texture to envelope you in warmth and cozy comfort when the cold w...

Basic Fingerless Mitts are a perfect blend of warmth and style. They embody a classic design that transcends trends, ensuring they remain a staple accessory for years to come. Designed with comfort in mind, they offer a thumb gusset, and just the right amount of coverage to keep your hands toasty while maintaining the freedom to use your finger...

The Basic Beanie Hat pattern marries warmth and classic style. A timeless accessory sized from extra small to extra large, it is a go-to pattern for every age and size. The beauty of this pattern lies in its versatility—leave it minimalist for a touch of understated grace, or unleash your creativity and adorn it with embellishments that reflect...

The self-published pattern available in the designer’s Ravelry store contains a detailed description of how to work the Crossed Rib Stitch, as well as information on customizing the size of the cowl

The self-published pattern available in the designer’s Ravelry store contains a detailed description of how to work the Crossed Rib Stitch.

The pattern available in the designer’s Ravelry store contains a detailed description of how to work the Crossed Rib Stitch, as well as information on customizing the size of the neckwarmer so that the ruffles sit where you want them.

The pattern available in the designer’s Ravelry store contains a detailed description of how to work the Crossed Rib Stitch, as well as information on customizing the slouchiness of the hat.

A Balabusta (pronounced bal-uh-BOO-sta) is a person who makes a great home, who loves to bring family and friends together by cooking, baking, and making people feel cared for. Everyone knows a Balabusta; maybe they remember just how you take your tea and always put a piece of cake along side it, or maybe they knit you a beautiful hat for no re...

Sometimes we need a pattern that is repetitive enough for Netflix binging, while still being complex enough to hold our interest. The textured stitch used in this pattern does just that and creates a squishy stitch pattern that is so warm and cozy, especially when you pull it up around your face as a hood,

I grew up in New York City, and spent so much time walking down Manhattan streets, stopping at the corner lights and looking up at the skyscrapers as I waited to cross, seeing the columns of windows stretching up, up, up what seemed like miles into the air. I have a vivid memory of riding down 5th Avenue in a taxi with my father when I was a ki...

Add a little brilliance and sparkle to cooler days with the Brillare Cowl. Whether it’s a light accessory when you first feel a slight chill in the air, or a bit of color and sparkle peeking out of the collar of your coat on a blustery cold morning (or evening!), Brillare will add a bit of glamour to even the most dreary of days.

Originally designed for my Knit Stars workshop and exclusively available there for the last 2 years you can now purchase the this pattern here on Ravelry. The Artist’s Palette Cowl walks you through 16 decorative techniques to use up scrap yarn and fill your knitting life with color and joy!

When I lived on Dean Street (yes, as in Dean Street Hat and Chunky Dean Street Hat) one of my best friends, Sherry, lived one Street over on Bergen Street. We now live hundreds of miles away from each other, and when we were talking on the phone recently she said “Remember how we used to just slouch around the corner to each other’s apartments?...

Wrap this foxy friend around your neck and they will help you stay warm while keeping you company on your daily travels. My Clever Companion is reminiscent of the fox fur neck pieces in vintage clothing, but so much friendlier that you might leave him on even after you take off your coat. There is even a small hidden pocket, just the right size...

Add some sparkle and fun to your holiday decorating with these quick and fun to make ornaments. One pattern, 6 designs, and endless variations and combinations! Make some for yourself and some for gifts!

Turn the brim up and it’s a watch cap, turn it down and it’s a slouch, and with its completely reversible stitch pattern it’s 4 hats in 1!

As cute as the kitty cat they are named after, with sleek shaping combined with a pop of contrasting color, Vashki Slippers are the perfect slipper for everyone on your gift list including yourself! The interesting construction is sure to keep you engaged, while being simple enough for TV watching. Made in bulky weight yarn they knit up quickly...

Inspired by Ogival Arches, the pointed arches so popular in Gothic architecture, this unisex hat can have the brim turned up as a watch cap, or left down turning the hat into a slouch.

Is it a shawlette? Is it a neck warmer? It’s both, and an elegant and stylish way to stay warm. The triangular shawl back tucks into your coat so that sudden gust of wind can’t get in between your scarf and your coat, the crossed keyhole front pieces do the same for your chest, and the stylish lines and surface crochet decoration (completely ex...

Miss Fonssagrives Slouch is the 7th in the Vintage Hat collection. It’s a Victorian slouchy maid’s cap, but with that little bit of Lisa Fonssagrives glamour added with beads around the brim. If you’re not feeling glamorous just keep the maid’s cap, leave off the beads and you’ll have a beautiful slouch hat with a picot edged brim. But if there...

I am madly in love with this hat. The first sample I made got worn so much that it looked well loved before I could get photos taken of it. Why? Because I couldn’t stop wearing it, my daughter kept stealing it, and I had people stopping me in the street and asking where they could get one. It looks great on every single person who tries it on, ...

Once the purview of all proper English gentlemen from Victorian days through the present, the bowler looks equally wonderful on a woman wanting to keep her ears warm or anyone wanting to add some dashing elegance to their winter wardrobe.

The 4th in the Vintage Hat series, Kenyon adds a touch of twenties style to your winter wardrobe. Easy to knit, but with an interesting and unusual construction, Kenyon keeps you warm on cooler days, while making you stand out from the crowd of usual cooler weather hats. Plus you get to feature one very special button - what could be better?

Reminiscent of a Victorian high necked blouse Langtry, named after Victorian British actress and socialite Lillie (sometimes Lilly) Langtry, carries with it the glamorous and flirtatious style of its name sake.

Texture and color make the Clark Street Cowl fun to knit and fun to wear. Faux cables interspersed with a textured rib pattern, keep things interesting while you knit, and add great visual texture. The pop of a contrasting color make it stand out from the crowd, and you can make a hat and cowl set with this and the Clark Street Hat. Both patter...

Texture and color make the Clark Street Hat fun to knit and fun to wear. Faux cables interspersed with a textured rib pattern keep things interesting while you knit, and add great visual texture. The pop of a contrasting color make it stand out from the crowd, and you can make a hat and cowl set with this and the Clark Street Cowl. Both pattern...

The third release in the vintage inspired hat series, that takes vintage styles and updates them for now, Galamara is inspired by the swooping, folded hats of the 1930s. It’s timeless, vintage and modern. Very much now and very much then. It’s Romantic with a capital R, a glamorous way to keep your head warm, or just add some style to your cool...

Paradise City is the nickname of Northampton Massachusetts. Nestled in the beautiful Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts, and surround by 5 colleges the town is filled with diversity, art, music, and joy. You’ve got to love a town where the official town motto is “Northampton - where the coffee is strong and so are the women!”

This cowl, in 4 lengths to accommodate all preferences, is a fantastic way to use two colors together - so many possible combinations! It uses a simple technique (completely explained in the pattern), so you are only knitting with one color at a time.

So many cute options - bet you can’t make just one pair!

The second hat in the Vintage Hat Collection, Dragonfly was inspired by millinery styles of the 1930s, but can also invoke the 1920s.

This hat, inspired by the millinery of the 1920’s is the first in the Vintage Hat Collection, a collection of knitted hats inspired by the millinery styles of different eras, from Edwardian to the 1950s.

Inspired by the dots & dashes, the hidden textures, and the lines and spaces in the codes that Alan Turning and his crew worked on at Bletchley Park during WWII, this cowl combines textures and colors to create a fun and easy knit that will keep you interested and warm no matter how puzzling life may be.

Beads sparkle like tears running down the textured reverse stockinette and beaded picot edging of this cowl. in either a smaller or larger circumference, this cowl will add a little bit of glamour to your winter while keeping you warm and toasty.

A companion piece to the Roo Shawl this asymetrical triangular shawl was designed to show off the beautiful long color transitions of Kama Suutra’s Avaze Fingering Yarn, but looks equally beautiful when knit in solid colors.

Large or small, this simple, elegant shawl evokes the lines we all drew with our protractors in math class. A great chance to combine colors, this pattern also uses only 10 (Small) and 25 (Large) yards of worsted/aran weight yarn (in addition to the fingering weight used for the body of the shawl) for the Contrasting Color edging, so it’s a gre...

Full of texture and warmth this sampler cowl showcases many of the ways a single colorway of yarn can appear, depending on the stitch pattern used. The name, Cantare, means “to sing” in Italian, and just as a song is put together from differing verses and choruses, the different sections of this cowl come together and form a larger “song”.

Textured, buttoned, and reminiscent of the collar of the Chesterfield coat for which it was named, this neckwarmer looks great on both men and women. It will keep you cozy while adding a bit of classic style to those days when you need a little extra warmth.

Reminiscent of an Elizabethan ruff or a high necked Victorian blouse, Helios keeps you warm like the sun it is named after, while adding timeless and historical style to your wardrobe.

Reminiscent of the high necked gowns of the Victorian era, and using leaf lace patterns that date back to those days, this neck warmer will keep the chill away while leaving you looking vintage without looking old fashioned.

Inspired by Wool Dispensary Yarns’ circus colorways palette, this cowl’s bold blocks of color, and two-tone knitted braids (completely explained in the pattern) make this cowl a fun and quick colorwork project. Bright and bold, it’s reminiscent of showman extraordinaire (and mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut) Phineas T. Barnum, but it looks fabu...

Birmingham England was famous in the late 18th & the 19th centuries for their meticulous manufacturing of buckles, snuffboxes, chatelaines, watches, watch seals, jewelry, and especially of buttons. A Birmingham button meant a button of beauty and quality, So it seemed a natural name for a cabled cowl that lets you show off your button colle...

Stripes and buttons! What could be better? Lots and lots of stripes, going in different directions, in lots of different combinations, in two striking colors!

Melanie Daniels looks so beautiful and glamorous at the start of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. If she had only had this shawl perhaps the birds would have thought her one of them, and left her alone. The next time you watch The Birds wrap this version of their wings around you. The softness and drape of the shawl replicates their softness, the ...

She knows more about rare books than any other American.… She wears her hair long and does not use glasses, runs to Europe on secret missions, and is the terror of continental collectors’ agents. Her name is Belle Greene.

Inspired by the intense colors and designs of the paintings of Gustav Klimt this hat pattern can be purchased both individually, or as part of the Klimt Hat & Cowl eBook.

Inspired by the intense colors and designs of the paintings of Gustav Klimt this hat pattern can be purchased both individually, or as part of the Klimt Hat & Cowl eBook.

Short rows, lace, and simple colorwork combine in this homage to big cities everywhere, with their sleek modern sky scrapers juxtaposed next to their older, more opulent architecture. Buildings dance across the top of this shawl while the foundations of the city are firmly rooted in the older lace patterns across the bottom edging. Maybe it’s N...

Reminiscent of the complex and decorative ironwork popularized by the Italian immigrant iron workers in cities like New York in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Ferramenta (Italian for ironwork or ironmonger) is knit bottom up, in the round, and used twisted stitches and small cables to evoke the complex patterns that these w...

Inspired by the lines that characterized the work of Craftsman era furniture designer Gustav Stickley, this cowl pattern is available as an individual pattern, or as part of the Stickley Hat & Cowl eBook.

Inspired by the lines that characterized the work of Craftsman era furniture designer Gustav Stickley, this slouchy hat pattern is available as an individual pattern, or as part of the Stickley Hat & Cowl eBook.

Designed to show off beautiful long color transitions, this simple color work shawl looks equally beautiful when knit in solid colors.

Una piccola cosa dolce – Italian for a sweet little thing. Nothing too fancy, a hat simple enough to wear every day, but with a little something to set it apart: a sweet scalloped edging, like decorative icing on the edge of a small cake. A sweet little pattern to knit up quickly and wear with style.

This asymmetrically shaped triangular shawlette is worked from the top down. Cozy and warm it uses garter stitch to break up pooling in variegated yarns, but looks great in solid colors too. The pattern contains a chart to follow the asymmetrical row counts and includes instructions for 2 different types of ties.

Sparkling with beads and delicate lace, this crescent shaped shawl has two sizes - a smaller shawlette to wear as a shoulder warmer or scarf, and a larger shawl to stave off evening chill.

With 500 seed beads that sparkle like moonbeams in mist this crescent shaped shawlette is reminiscent of the mantle that fairy Queen Mab might draw around herself as she flies through the night bestowing sweet dreams upon slumbering mortals.

He has many friends, lay men and clerical,

This slouchy hat, worked from the top down and featuring eyelet rings, has a textured brim that fastens on the side - perfect for showcasing one special button.

In 5 sizes to fit everyone from babies up to Adult Men this fun hat can be worn in many different way to achieve many different looks. Wear it canted to the side like a beret, or wear it straight up as a beanie. The word Revelare means “to reveal” in Italian, an homage to the ways that the contrasting stripes reveal themselves, or not, dependin...

Designed to break up the pooling of variegated yarn, this cowl’s texture also looks great in solid colors.

My Italian grandmother loved Frank Sinatra, although with her thick accent her beloved’s name came out “Frangie Snarfu”. This hat was inspired by a photograph of “Frangie”, a fashion icon in his day, wearing his trademark hat tilted to the side, looking stylin’. I became fascinated by the challenge of creating a knit fedora, and this is the res...

The Miss LaCreevy Shawl uses a simple stockinette body to off set the beaded lace edging. Shaped to stay on your shoulders with minimal effort, this pattern contains both charted and written instructions. pattern also calls for 140 drop shaped or regular size 6/0 seed bead.

Available in 4 sizes to fit children up through Adult Large these mittens have a contrasting color cuff and beaded ribbing that add a touch of glamour to your winter.

A mix of elegance and practicality, the Madeline Shawl mixes the warmth of garter stitch with the sparkle of beaded lace.

Available in three sizes to fit children to adult large, the Estella Hat, a slouchy beret, uses twisted stitches and small cables to create an intricate design that tapers into the crown of the hat.

This ruffly neckwarmer can be worn in many different ways. Reminiscent of a Victorian high collar, the Ninetta makes a glamorous statement while keeping you warm and cozy.

A companion to the Tuscan Leaves Hat, this neckwarmer forms a field of climbing vines and leaves that wrap around you, and presents a chance to use 3 special buttons.

A companion to the Tuscan Leaves Hat this cowl uses knits, purls, and simple lace techniques to form a field of climbing vines and leaves.

This triangular beaded shawl uses easy to memorize traditional lace patterns. The 10 page pattern includes 3 sizes plus instructions for making the shawl larger or smaller as desired for a truly customized fit. It includes both charts and written instructions, and uses between 510 and 970 size 6/0 seed beads.

A slouchy beret with a simple lace pattern that decreases into the center.

Worked in the round from the bottom up this hat uses knits, purls, and simple lace to create a field of leaves and vines that decrease into the center top.

An easy introduction to cables this double breasted neck warmer, vaguely reminiscent of Victorian military uniforms, uses cables to cradle the buttons and to stand out against the seed stitch background. Easily adjustable to different sizing, this pattern has both written and charted instructions.

While the color work in this pattern appears complex it is an excellent first color work project as it uses a simple technique that, for most of the pattern, allows the knitter to only be knitting with one color at a time, and which produces a warm and thick fabric. Techniques are completely and thoroughly explained in the pattern.

Pattern includes 4 sizes ranging from Baby to Adult Large, charted and written instructions for the Laurel Leaf Brim, and has the options to increase “slouch” if desired.

This slouchy hat, reminiscent of the Italian Renaissance, has a clever and unusual construction using short rows for shaping.

Reminiscent of the roaring twenties, this beaded cloche style hat uses worsted weight yarn and larger size 5/0 seed beads.

A slouchy hat in 4 sizes from Baby to Adult Large.

I grew up in the shadow of the beautiful Brooklyn Bridge. When winter snow fell all the kids in the neighborhood would challenge each other to sled races down Squib Hill on our sleds, be they flexible flyers, garbage can lids, or just big pieces of cardboard. Squib Hill was terrifyingly steep, and when you went fast the wind whipping up from th...

In 3 sizes that fit Children through Men these mitts match the popular Dean Street Hats.

A chunky weight version of the popular Dean Street Hat

Part of the beaded Faberge series, these mittens add a little glamour to your winter!

Using simple 2 stitch cables, stitches travel diagonally across a stockinette background, like a garden trellis. Worked top down with an i-cord start, the hat used linen stitch for the borders.

Inspired by the enameled and jeweled eggs made by Peter Carl Fabergé for the Czar and Czarina of Russia between 1885 and 1917, this cowl captures the beauty and intensity of Imperial Russia. This pattern is knit out of worsted weight yarn and uses slightly larger “E” or “5/0” size glass seed beads, which, along with the included photo tutorials...

Inspired by the enameled and jeweled eggs made by Peter Carl Fabergé for the Czar and Czarina of Russia between 1885 and 1917, this cowl captures the beauty and intensity of Imperial Russia. This pattern is knit out of worsted weight yarn and uses slightly larger “E” or “5/0” size glass seed beads, which, along with the included photo tutorials...

Named for Warwick Castle in Warwickshire, England this hat is reminiscent of the colorful tents that dotted the fields when a tournament was held in days gone by. So many color possibilities, and with 5 sizes from Baby to Adult Large it is the perfect hat for every member of your family!

A unisex cable patterned hat in three sizes (Child’s, Adult Small, and Adult Large) with two alternate brim treatments.

Colorful mittens, knit on two needles, and seamed. Easy enough for beginning color work, but challenging enough to hold the interest of an experienced knitter.