Jerusalem Artichoke flowers are great fun in that they come in a wide variety of sizes, numbers and they are nothing if not abundant about blooming. These flowers were inspired by the mass of plants growing beside the authors drive. The flowers in the pattern are designed to be knit as a single unit and the directions include suggestions on how...

Mums are a traditional favourite when it comes to a flower to add accent colour to any room. Here is a way to make knitted mums to grace any decor. The flowers are created in a single unit starting at the stem, then the base, the sepals and multiple layers of petals. The Sepals and Petals are created using short row knitting so there are very f...

There are many patterns available for Forget-Me-Not blooms, but most are designed to be stitched onto whatever it is they are to embellish. This pattern focuses on the 3-D aspects of the flower as it would appear if displayed in a vase. The flowers are knitted as a single unit starting at the stem, working up through the base of the flower and ...

The sunflower is knitted as a single unit starting with the stem, then the flower base, the center of the blooms, the sepals and lastly the petals. 60 beads are strung onto the yarn used for the center of the flower before knitting is begun. The pattern also includes the large leaf which is knitted separately. Construction is made possible with...

This beautiful knitted Rose is created without seams, starting with the stem and working up though the base, sepals and petals. A compound leaf pattern is included in the directions to enhance the rose when it is displayed in a vase. This is an ADVANCED knitting design. The sample was made with fingering weight yarn on size 4(US)needles but sma...

A beautiful Morning Glory Vine with blooms and two sizes of leaves made with fingering weight yarn on Size 4 (US) circular knitting needles. Can be used to embellish a basket, bag or lamp, create a head wrap and more. The blooms and leaves do not take much yarn, so a skein of each of your chosen colors is all that will be needed. The author wor...

The sweater was designed to highlight two contrasting colored yarns. Equal amounts of each color are used to create the design. The pattern gives directions on how to size the sweater to any body explaining how to measure to get a exact fit. Because of the options for infinite sizing, smaller yarns can be used to create the design by just adjus...

Since the Female body was never meant to be a rectangle, this pattern celebrates the curves of the female body. By using a variety of stitch patterns, this raglan tee is fitted naturally larger through the bust then narrows at the waist. It then flares below the waistline to allow for ease at the hip line. Since this is a top down raglan patter...

This shawl was inspired by a tour of my carding mill by a group of senior ladies from a local assisted living home. The fibers were carded during the tour and then spun and plyed with various commercial threads to create a soft, supple yarn with a lot of color and textural interest.

This garment celebrates the curves of the female body using a variety of pattern stitches to create a garment that is shaped with more fullness at the bust, narrowing at the waist and easing wider at the hips. Since it is a top down raglan pattern, it can be made to fit any size by adjusting the number of raglan increases. A silk ribbon is wove...

This Entrelac Shrug is an exercise in multiple ways to manipulate the Entrelac Rectangle. It incorporates 3-D units, Double Knit Units, Units that expand over multiple spaces, Units that increase as the garment progress, and the adding of various stitch designs to different sized units.

The Entrelac Cap explores different ways to incorporate color changes into the Entrelac Units. It is also Entrelac done in the round so there are no edge units. Its a great project to use up small bits of colored yarns left over from other projects.

With the advent of many asymmetrical styles showing up in the fashion market, I felt it was time to see how Entrelac could be used to create a garment that didn’t fit in a square box. The garment starts with a triangular skirt on the tunic which is balanced by an off-set garter stitch shawl collar. Using the ability to change square sizes as th...

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Since this pattern was designed with hand spinners in mind, it is more of a formula pattern. Any yarn size and needles can be used and gauge isn’t really important. The pattern gives detailed directions on how to size your project no matter what yarn is used. Varigated yarns work up into this project wonderfully.

The pattern is written with the hand spinner in mind. This means directions are given for creating this pattern in multiple size yarns and it also gives directions on how to size the pattern for any body. Since it is a formula pattern, exact gauge, needle size and yarn size are unimportant.

Pattern was made with 16 ozs of 2ply fingering weight hand spun yarn. The yarn was a blend of Shetland wool and Llama.

Pattern was made with 4 to 6 ozs of 2ply hand spun yarn. The lavendar fingering weight yarn was a blend of Shetland wool and Llama.The blue sport weight yarn was a blend of Alpaca and Fine wool.

Suzanne was again working with her handspun yarn. This time it was 60% Alpaca and 40% fine wool spun into a sport weight yarn. But since Suzanne knows that all knitters don’t spin, most commercial sport weight yarns will also work in this design. In fact, using a cotton or linen will make a wonderful summer weight skirt.

Suzanne designs with her hand spun yarns. This wonderful little scarf is an ascot style which incorporates entrelac and lace. Its great fun to knit, works up quickly and will work in a variety of yarns from fingering to DK

This design incorporates a lace pattern into an entrelac base design. The shrug pictured was knit from light fingering weight handspun yarn of 50% angora rabbit and 50% merino wool. Any commerical lace or fine fingering weight yarn will work. Larger yarns will make a slightly larger shrug but the garment will lose much of its drape.

This was designed with the hand spinner in mind but commerical yarns may also be used. Suzanne used handspun Shetland fingering weight yarn. The pattern gives tips on how to size the garment using various yarns and for many body sizes.

This wonderful stuffed bear knitted from roving and then felted makes a great dog toy or child’s snuggle buddy.

This is a very simple crochet pattern using unspun roving to make beautiful area rugs with great durability. They are created crocheting very tight on a Size N hook.

Why spin yarn to then felt into slippers.

Using unspun roving knitted on size 17 circular needles, these Moccasins work up quickly. The pattern includes four sizes which depending on how heavily they are felted created a wide range of sizes. Pattern includes adjustments for extra wide feet.

These boots are knitted with a medium sized unspun roving with size 17 circular needles and then felted in the washer.

This throw is knitted on size 15 circular knitting needles using a medium weight cotton thread and Pufpaffs Fiber Processing Unspun Roving.