Amazing Baby Shower gifts!

Amazing Baby Shower gifts!

Amazing Baby Shower gifts!

Amazing Baby Shower gifts!

Sometimes as a designer, you have an idea that ‘almost works’, this is one of those projects. I wanted a hat that covered my ears, had mohair that didn’t directly touch my skin, didn’t allow snow down the back of my neck and had a nice fit between my neck and coat collar. Sounds easy, right? It wasn’t! I would work on the design, do some test k...

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This design came from necessity. I had an 18 gallon tub of sock yarn stash and the lid just wouldn’t stay on even when I sat on it. So I poured it onto the floor, divided it into color groupings and started designing shawls, scarfs and baby blankets in ‘box in a box’ styling. Each piece is unique and fun and people at our sales love the variety...

Start with a simple ribbed band and add some whimsy with your favorite faux fur, fleece or boucle yarn for the top of this beanie. It has a slightly elongated top which provides a soft drape of the slouchy style hat. This pattern includes two adult sizes: small/medium and large.

Keep the cold air out and add a cute accent to booties or knee high boots. This pattern is given in chunky weight yarns and provided in two sizes (narrow style booties and wider style for knee high or rain boots). Easy assembly as it is worked flat with only one seam to sew up at the end. The wider size is based on a 16-18 inch boot circumferen...

These mini bags are cute for gift wrap, Cosplay or dice bags for gamers. I add the bottom of a 3 inch diameter paper mache hat box inside the bag for a solid bottom. I-cord strap is made then woven through a row of yarn-over eyelets as a closure. As seen from the top, the picot edge folds into a cute flower when drawstring is pulled closed. Bag...

When I’m in costume at shows and don’t want to haul around my purse. I wear this cute little necklace bag that holds my car key, a few dollars, lipstick and a credit card. I made myself several of the bags in different colors with a variety of button themes. My favorite is a hand-made pewter dragon button, which goes without saying if you have ...

These eggs are great for Cosplay, Easter eggs or unique home decor! These make a lovely display with an assortment of colors displayed in a basket. This design is inspired by decades of Fantasy and Science Fiction dragons. It was very difficult to work out the mathematics of the pattern for the eggs are they are symmetrical from side to side bu...

We have a new, pretty rambunctious kitten in the house and so he needed some new toys. I created this new felted cat toy design to help keep him busy. It is now his favorite toy and he even takes it with him for his daily naps! The finished mouse body is about 4 inches long, including the tail it is almost 6 inches. The body is worked in garter...

Each year, I design a new Holiday ornament. This year, I have enjoyed working with Noro Kureyon and experimented with using feather and fan lace pattern in a circular design to create these lovely felted star ornaments. After felting you can often see a few specks of light in the center of the star. A few glass beads are sewn into place after f...

The beauty of how the morning light filters through the fog over the mountain lake inspired this design. This wonderful texture is created with DK weight merino-silk and lace-weight mohair-silk yarns worked in a 4 by 4 Quaker Rib. Design can be made with any 2 yarns but I enjoy the colorful play of one hand-paint and one solid. Pattern includes...

So many things seem to come full circle and Canning Jar Cozies are back. I remember my Grandma carried ice tea and lemonade to picnics in canning jars. Health concerns over plastic bottles being linked to breast cancer and aluminum containers being linked to Alzheimer’s have brought back the classic glass jar. Many lids styles are now available...

An easy to knit lightweight shawl that looks great! This is a redesign from a heavily damaged alpaca shawl that a friend found. The origin of the original design is unknown to me. I have modified the original design to have a right leaning lace pattern. I love using DK weight merino silk yarn in this design because it feels great and is reasona...

Adorable Fairy Flower hat resembles a bluebell flower. This is a circular version of feather and fan which is easy to knit using long color self-stripping yarn. Hat is accented with the cute loop top. Yarn is a bit stretchy so it fits most teen and adult women. I have made the hats with Noro silk Garden, Noro Kureyon, Plymouth Kudo, and Plymout...

Inspired from an evening of watching old movies, is this design for a cute 1920’s style Flapper Hat. I used thin worsted weight yarn with an eyelet row to string the organza ribbon for the bow. Adorable rolled edge hat is cute in wool or alpaca for the winter or cotton silk blend for summers at the beach. For a thicker and warmer winter hat, do...

For duck, bluebird, whale, horse

For Tiger, Pig, Fish and Octopus

For cat, penguin, zebra, and polar bear puppets

Super easy to knit mitts in a simple Knit 2, Purl 2 rib design in 3 lengths (wrist, mid-arm and long). This is a great first mitt pattern for anyone who can knit and purl and uses worsted weight yarn. Easy to decorate with buttons or easy to knit flowers (flower pattern is included). This design has a large thumb opening which is non-binding an...

This design is very playful and a cute Holiday gift wrap over a wine or Schnapps bottle. For this design, I used small felted balls for the buttons (but small store bought pom-poms would also work and save you a step). Buttons are used for the eyes and mouth. His knit cap is worked flat and sewn up the back with a small pom-pom at the tip.

A great project for beginners! Adjustable cowl in 5 row by 5 row Quaker Rib with buttonhole on one end and the buttons attached to the side edges of the reserve stockinette welts on the other end. The cowl can be buttoned on the lowest buttons for a loose fit, the higher buttons for a tighter fit or just the end button for an open neckline. It ...

We loved the 10 years we spent living in the Rocky Mountains near Estes Park, Colorado. These 3-D trees are easy to knit and make great Holiday ornaments or cute wall hangings. This pattern has 2 versions (smooth and cabled). Finished size is about 7 by 5 inches. I was able to scraps of worsted weight yarn from other projects and a handful of b...

This is a great project for stash yarns of similar colors in a range of weights and textures. This pattern has 2 versions (straight or diagonal sides). Make it wild by using lots of different yarns (ribbon, faux fur, chunky, mohair, hand-paint, etc). The fringed sides are made using overhand knots leaving 6 inch tails with each exchange so ther...

I’ll admit it; I’m a Science Fiction fan so I was inspired by many different heroes for this design. The hat was inspired by Indiana Jones and space cowboys of my childhood. For the colors and design of the scarf, I recommend the free Dr. Who inspired pattern on wittylittleknitter.com. Scarf is knit in Lambs Pride Wildfoote Sock yarn, colors ar...

This is the fourth of my beautiful series of decorated wine, champagne and theme liquor bottle sweaters. The bride and groom make a great wedding gift, beautiful gift wrap or decoration on the liquor shelf. Bottle sleeve was easy to knit in the round with applique accents. This sweater is designed for 11 inch circumference bottle, fits a standa...

This design makes a wonderful decoration for gift table or the bar top. This is the fifth of my beautiful series of decorated wine, champagne and theme liquor bottle sweaters. The bride and groom make a great wedding gift. The bottle sleeve was easy to knit in the round with applique accents. This sweater is designed to fit a standard 11 inch c...

This is the third in a beautiful series of decorated wine, champagne and theme liquor bottle sweaters. I love this Vampire design for red wine bottles. It is worked in 3 parts: front bottle sleeve in red, cape in black and shirt front in white. A small rhinestone tux button accents the shirt. It makes beautiful gift wrap or decoration on the li...

Knit Your Cat Pillow is designed for you to be able to pick yarns and colors similar to your cat and use those yarns to add personalizations to the pillow front. One of my test knitters, made a nice memorial pillow for a cat that recently passed away. I suggest having a high quality photograph handy if you wish to embroider unique facial markin...

This is the second in my beautiful series of decorated wine, champagne and theme liquor bottle sweaters. It makes beautiful gift wrap or decoration on the liquor shelf. As a beekeeper, we enjoy the delicate flavor of mead (honey wine). This bottle is a stylized bee with mohair and beaded wings. Bottle sleeve is easy to knit in the round with bl...

The first in a beautiful series of decorated wine, champagne and theme liquor bottle art sweaters. It makes beautiful gift wrap or decoration on the liquor shelf. Bottle sleeve for this design is easy to knit in the round using Malabrigo Rios yarn, yielding 3 bottles from 1 skein. Fun to embellish from stash, I used Nashua Julia for the top-wor...

Fun personalized felted placemats for pets that are easy and fun to make. I used stash for the trim and lettering (about 50 yards for the small and 80 yards for the large). Knitting time was about 3 hours for the small. It took overnight to dry after felting. Shown in Lambs Pride but Cascade 200 works well too (1 skein for small, 2 skeins for m...

Pattern for Butterflies, Honey Bees and Spiders!

Dog bone sweater is adapted from our Easy-On Dog Sweater Pattern. I highly recommend that you knit the Easy-On Sweater first to customize your dog’s knitting measurements. This sweater has buttons attached to the back of the sweater and buttonholes through the dog bone shaped belt.

Finally a dog sweater that fits and isn’t a struggle to get on and off. With minor adjustments, this pattern can fit dogs of all shapes and sizes. I decided on a one-piece cape and wrap around belt design which allows the sweater to slip over the dogs’ head and then simply pull the straps around the tummy and attach over the back. Either button...

For the “best man” in your life for formal occasions. This design is adorable in all sizes. I put the design on the back so that I can be seen others, a great photo opportunity for weddings. Simple color-work at the neckline forms the tux shirt. Shown in Cascade 220 but cotton yarns make it cooler for summer weddings. This makes a lovely gift f...

Great way to keep white wines cool. It’s also reusable gift wrap for the wine connoisseurs in your life. Sweaters are knit with worsted weight yarn and are embellished with either duplicate stitch or embroidery. The sweaters can be personalized with a name or message, such as: Joy, Love, Hope, Peace, Faith, Drink Me, Mead, Ho Ho Merlot, etc. Pe...

Patterns for three felted Holiday ornaments that are fun and fast. Each pattern uses 10-20 yards of felting wool, so very inexpensive to make as gifts. My daughter helped with the decorations, a very fun afternoon. Finished size is about 3 inches for the snowflake ornaments and 6 inches for the gingerbread men and trees. We purchased a grab bag...

This pillow is a beautiful blend of knitting, applique and simple bead-work for a seasonal accent pillow. Pattern shown in Malabrigo but also beautiful in Cascade 220 and Dream in Color yarns. Easy bead-work accents (patterns included) using silver-lined beads. This pattern includes the Crochet Beaded Cord (CBC) design (pattern included) which ...

Fall is coming! The squirrels have been burying acorns in the garden for weeks. While listening to the sound of the rustling leaves, I grabbed a sketch pad and drew up this design. Then I spent most of the day working on this pillow. I used Cascade 220 for this project but any worsted weight with a variety of colors is fine. The trim of tiny ac...

Our older daughter was born on Halloween so we celebrate this holiday with lots of bats, ghosts and spiders. I-cord and slip stitch crochet top-work detail the delicate bat wing bones and provide support after hanging. My husband is working on adding movement with a small motor so the wings can flap. I will need to add some additional rings and...

A HUGE hit with young boys! This little 8 legged felted spider is lots of fun, use for a decoration or add as part of a Halloween costume. Easy to complete the knitting in a couple hours (drying after felting takes about a day). Tapered I-cord legs are easy to make. By adding a bit of stuffing to the body before washing, it gives a puffy ‘well-...

This is the first in the “Black Light” series. While it doesn’t glow in the dark, it has a wonderful eerie blue-white luminescence under black light. Ghost is about 13 inches tall. I made the yarn brokers crazy with testing all the white yarns! I tested about 60 kinds of white yarns and found only 4 that had the right look. My husband suggested...

As fall approached and my flower garden was withering, I started knitting flowers. My Grandmother had a wicker style basket that she used for picnics. Her name was written in pencil on the side. This basket weave pattern has a similar appearance to Grandmother’s wicker design from the early 1920’s.

This pattern was awarded 3rd Place Prize in Louisville Art Show (Colorado) on May 21, 2011.

This design was inspired by my purple velvet plant. I just love the texture of the leaves and the rich color. I love Misti Alpaca Brush yarn for this applique design. The yarn has a wonderful soft, velvety quality that looks like a rich mohair but without the itch. Sorry, the clear beads for the button and the edging didn’t photograph well.

I had a HUGE flower garden last summer. As winter came, I found myself knitting flowers. The flower pillows are a great way to change the look of a room without the hassle of painting or moving the furniture. Pillows make a great gift idea too. I like using 2 contrasting yarns for front and back. A simple stockinette front shows off the flower ...

Crochet Beaded Cord (CBC) is a wonderful way to attach

I spent some birthday money and purchased some beautiful blood red tulip bulbs. Their red blooms made a stunning statement against an early spring snow that fell that day they bloomed. As I couldn’t work in the garden that day, I picked up my knitting needles. I used the white faux pearls to symbolize the patches the snow that spring morning. U...

A beautiful variation of moss stitch with ruffle edging decorated with applique daisy flowers. A great beginner project that looks advanced. Simple crochet flowers and a few beads are added after knitting.

Great beginner project. Just uses knit and purl stitches but with the Recycled Silk, it looks like a very fancy project. Framed with a border of seed stitch(so it lays flat), the inside area of the rug is in stockinette.

A beautiful variation of basketweave stitch with ruffle edging decorated with simply crochet applique periwinkle flowers and beads. A great beginner project that looks advanced.

A beautiful version of moss stitch with ruffle edging decorated with simple knit applique tulip flowers and a few beads. A great beginner project with looks advanced. Simple sewing required for finishing.