This pattern can be knitted by an experienced knitter and perhaps an adventurous intermediate level knitter. Techniques required include picking up stitches, w&t, knitting in the round on small numbers of stitches, short rows in the round.

The snood can be knitted onto an elastic hair band or left with a wide opening and tied with a ribbon. It can be decorated or left plain. It is knitted in the round from the bottom up. The only sewing is to attach the decorations.

This pattern does not include headband decorations but is the pattern for the basic headband.

A beanie in three sizes featuring night-time sky of knit-purl textured patterns, with bats flying by. The beanie is knitted in the round, and the bats are knitted separately and sewn onto the hat. Choose a dark yarn for the night-time sky, or a colorway that mirrors the colors of sunset or the dawn sky. Add some stars and a bat (or two) for a q...

There are 2 ways to knit this beanie:

More and more bats are being recognized as the beneficent creatures they are, chowing down on mosquitoes and pollinating flowers. Brown Bats are common in the US, and so I decided to design a Brown Bat rather than a fruit bat even though they have beautiful big eyes and adorable faces.

These patterns were developed after a local wildlife rehab center asked if anyone in the area was able to knit or crochet realistic birds that they could use as companions for their orphan fledglings.

Framed by knitted flowers this bonnet is definitely for a baby girl. It is knitted in the round and with short rows, and is entirely without seams. The only sewing is to sew in ends.

A beanie in three sizes featuring a flower pattern with bumble bees flying through. The beanie is knitted in the round, and the bumble bees are knitted separately and sewn onto the hat. Make one bumble bee, or as many as you want for your beanie.The only sewing is to attach the bumble bees to the hat.

The beanie features the ridges and knots found in the bark of old growth trees. The butterfly is modeled after an Oakleaf butterfly, also known as a dead leaf butterfly, (Kallima inachus) showing its wet season wing colors.

This pattern is written for experienced knitters and uses many different techniques. Most of the pattern is knitted without seams and only the legs are sewn onto the body. It is not a ‘quick knit’ but the finished product is well worth the time and effort that goes into it.

Feature just one cat, or a whole family of cats on this beanie with a spiraling pattern reminiscent of rooftops.

The headband is adjustable and consists of 2 sides – one for the chameleon to be attached and the other to hide all those ends.

This pattern is written for experienced knitters and uses many techniques. Most of the pattern is knitted without seams and only the head and legs are knitted separately and then sewn onto the body. The head is knitted in 1 piece. It is not a ‘quick knit’ but the finished product is well worth the time and effort that goes into it.

Chooks in Australia, chickens in the USA.

This scarf shows a comparison of daytime highs, or if you prefer, night time lows for two widely spaced years. The 2 edges of the scarf are knitted separately and then joined at the center with an Icord panel. All the ends are hidden under the center panel of the scarf so there is no sewing at all, except to sew in the very last end. The wavy e...

Knitted in the round and featuring a meadow of flowers, grasses and insects, this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork.

Mushrooms and toadstools have long been the subject of folk law and this beanie celebrates a few of the little people who like to lay about on toadstools.

Knitted in the round and featuring 2 octopuses, this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork.

This cardigan for cats in four sizes, buttons up on the side of the back, to allow an easier time with dressing recalcitrant pets. It can also be left buttoned and put on like a sweater. It is knitted back and forth in rows from the neck down, but because of the shaping, it’s easiest to use a circular needle rather than straight needles.

Is it a hat or a wig or perhaps a helmet?

The cozy is knitted from the top down, one side at a time, then joined at the sides and bottom. Finally stitches are picked up around the top and a band knitted on. There is no sewing except for sewing in the intarsia ends and embroidering the cat’s eyes, ears and whiskers. The size is easily adjusted to fit most smart phones. The top band can ...

Dumbo octopuses live in the deep open ocean down to depths of at least 13,100 feet (4000 m) and perhaps much deeper, making this group the deepest living of all known octopuses.

Feature just one dinosaur or put a group of them on this beanie. Patterns are included for Brachiosaurus and Stegosaurus.

This pattern is written for experienced knitters and uses many different techniques. Most of the pattern is knitted without seams and only the head, wings and legs are sewn onto the body. The head is knitted in 1 piece. The belly plate and back ridges are knitted onto the body. It is not a ‘quick knit’ but the finished product is well worth the...

A beanie in three sizes featuring a gorgeous garden filled with flamboyant flowers. This beanie is knitted in the round with fingering weight yarn, although the flowers can be attached to any hat. The flowers and leaves are knitted separately and are attached mostly with the CO and BO tails so that there is very little sewing, aside from some c...

This beanie features flamingos. The beanie is knitted in the round and the flamingos are knitted separately from the hat and attached later. They are not sewn down all around, except for the head. They are just tacked down with the cast on and bind off yarn ends.

This pattern is written for intermediate to experienced knitters. You will need to know kitchener stitch or 3-needle bind-off, knitted cast-on, picking up stitches and circular knitting. It requires a set of dp needles and 2 circular needles.

A beanie in three sizes featuring a grass pattern with frogs jumping through. The beanie is knitted in the round, and the frogs are knitted separately and sewn onto the hat. Instructions are given for a small and large frog. Make as many of either size as you want for your beanie. The small frog is a good fit for the 18” beanie.

Frolicsome Frog is a tree frog, about 10” / 25 cm long when all stretched out. You can make the toes with bobbles in the same yarn as the foot, or, to add a little sparkle you can attach beads for the toes. The front legs are sewn on and the upper section of the back legs is seamed, but all the rest is knitted together.

This cowl features leaf and heart motifs knitted using an Entrelac technique. Each block is knitted on to the previous block, to form a rectangle, and then the ends of the rectangle joined using Kitchener stitch. Finally an Icord edging is added to each edge. You may also just join half of the ends together, leaving the cowl open on one edge to...

The genial garden snail, otherwise known as the European Brown Garden Snail, is native to the Mediterranean region. They were introduced to other countries as food or perhaps imported on plants, and have since become a pest of crops and gardens in many countries. They are present on all continents, except Antarctica.

Cuttlefish are quite glorious creatures, with spectacular colors that they can change at any time. They have 8 arms, and 2 tentacles, a siphon and a beak mouth.

This hat, reminiscent of a great horned owl, is knitted in the round from the bottom up, and shaped with cables and short rows.

You can make this Halloween Hair with or without the curls. The hat is knitted from side to side instead of bottom to top. It is not a difficult pattern but it does have a lot of short rows. German short rows are used. If adding curls, there are a lot of stitches to pick up and BO, and it is quite time consuming.

Hearts and Flowers Shawl is knitted from the top down with the side shaping accomplished by short rows. It has knit and purl combinations on most rows, including the lace rows, and so is a little more difficult than a straight stockinette lace shawl, but still, the testers think this is an intermediate level pattern. The knit and purl combinati...

A colorful picture of life in the ocean, featuring octopus, seahorse, jellyfish, sea squirt, and assorted little fish and seaweeds.

A colorful picture of life in the ocean, featuring a sea turtle, 2 large fish, several small fish and an assortment of different seaweeds.

These ancient invertebrates have been drifting with the ocean currents long before dinosaurs roamed the earth—more than 500 million years ago.

A beanie in three sizes featuring a wave pattern with a jellyfish floating through. The beanie is knitted in the round, and the jellyfish is knitted in one piece. The only sewing is to attach the jellyfish bell and the ends of the tentacles to the hat.

The beanie is knitted in the round, and the stems incorporated as a contrasting colored cable. The leaves are added after the beanie has been completed. There are lots of yarn ends to sew in: each leaf has two, but the end result is worth the effort.

This scarf featured little owls with sparkling eyes at each border. It is reversible, with the owls on both sides of the border. The body of the scarf is knit with a horizontal garter rib pattern. The pattern includes instructions for a full length scarf and for a neck kerchief that buttons to hold it in place.

Beautiful but deadly, the Portuguese Man of War roams the ocean with trailing venomous stinging tentacles that can reach 165 ft (50 m) in length. It is not a jellyfish but a siphonophore - a colony of specialized minute individual organisms called zooids. These zooids are attached to one another and integrated to the extent that they cannot sur...

This beanie is worked in the round using cables in a contrasting color to form the grass stems. The mice and flowers are knitted separately and attached with minimal sewing.

One side of this reversible scarf shows a comparison of daytime highs and the other side, a comparison of night time lows for two widely spaced years. The 2 sides of the scarf are knitted separately and then joined with an Icord edging. All the ends are hidden on the inside of the scarf so there is no sewing at all, except to sew in the very la...

This pattern includes six mushroom varieties with patterns for stand-alone versions of the mushrooms as well as versions for attaching to a beanie or other item. The beanie features a moss-like texture and is knitted in the round from the bottom up. Although 2 colors are used for the beanie, it is only the band that uses a Fair Isle technique. ...

This comfortable sweater in 3 sizes features an intarsia trees front and back panel, long sleeves with raglan armholes and a crew neck. It is knitted in separate pieces and sewn together at the end.

A beanie in three sizes featuring a loop pattern with an octopus swimming by. The beanie is knitted in the round, and the octopus is knitted in one piece. The only sewing is to attach the octopus body and tentacles to the hat.

Here is an all-knowing octopus to grace your place. The suckers are knitted as you go, and there is very little seaming to be done. He does have 8 arms though, so that is a lot of suckers - but not nearly as many as a real, living octopus.

This scarf features a daisy lace pattern with a garter stitch border. The lace pattern shows best with either a solid color or a yarn with long colorways. Short color repeats tend to confuse the eye when looking at an all over lace pattern. This sample scarf uses 50g of Knitpicks Chroma fingering, 396yds/100g, color ‘Midwinter’.

This pattern was designed to use just one 50g ball of any of the lovely colorways in fingering weight yarn. Gauge is not important, except that it be a final texture that will drape nicely. This sample scarf uses 50g of Knitpicks Chroma fingering, 396yds/100g, color ‘Azalea’.

This lace scarf can be knitted with any 50g of fingering/sock weight yarn. There are some wonderful yarns with beautiful colorways that come in 50g skeins. This scarf is knitted with 1/2 skein of KnitPicks Chroma fingering, which comes in 100g skeins.

This lace scarf is designed to use just 50g fingering/sock weight yarn and show off the lovely colorways that are available. This sample scarf is knitted with KnitPicks Chroma fingering, color ‘Galapagos’.

This is a lovely flowery pattern that looks like lace, but is not. It is a combination of slipped and dropped sts. Once you get accustomed to the pattern is it fairly easy to do. An intermediate knitted should have no trouble.

This scarf was designed to use just 50g of any of the lovely fingering weight yarn colorways that are available. Gauge is not important, except that it be a final texture that will drape nicely. This sample scarf uses 50g of KnitPicks Chroma fingering, 396yds/100g, color ‘Azalea’.

This scarf is designed to show off the lovely colorways in sock weight yarn, and also to do it with just one 50g ball. The sample uses 50g of Knitpicks Chroma fingering, colorway ‘Galapagos’

This is a very pretty lace pattern and is reversible - it looks great on both sides. However it is a difficult pattern and not advisable for novice lace knitters. Every row is a lace-knitted row and every row has a combination of knit and purl sts.

This scarf uses just 50g of fingering or sock weight yarn, and was designed to show off the lovely colorways that are available. This sample was knitted with Knitpicks Chroma fingering, color ‘Atlantis’.

This is a pattern for a lace scarf that uses just one 50g skein of fingering weight yarn. There are so many lovely colorways now that I wanted to design a scarf to show off the colors and also have an interesting texture. It is a balance with lace and colors to find a combination that shows colors but does not distract from the lace. I also wan...

This beanie is worked in the round (with w&t rows) using intarsia technique and features three segments in orange, yellow and green with motifs of an orange, lemon and lime.

Feature just one owl, or a whole family of owls perched on a tree branch.

This hat was designed as a way to use Sari Silk yarn, which has beautiful colors but is overwhelming when used alone. In this hat the brilliant colors of the Sari silk peek through a more subdued shade of wool. It also works well for other shiny yarns, such as chunky banana yarn. It is a very quick knit.

Pangolins are the most heavily trafficked mammals in the world. Up to 2.7 million are poached every year for scales and meat and all eight species of pangolins are threatened with extinction.

This is a completely customizable pattern for a short-sleeved top. It is knitted in sections that are seamed together. You can customize every measurement - length, width, sleeve width and length, and even the design on the front and back panels.

If you want to keep a stylus with your phone or tablet, then this cozy is just the ticket.

These patterns were developed after a local wildlife rehab center asked if anyone in the area was able to knit or crochet realistic birds that they could use as companions for their orphan fledglings.

This very versatile pill bug can be a favorite toy, a neck pillow or a throw cushion, and will delight kids and adults alike. Just change the size of the yarn and needles to get the size you want.

This pattern was first commissioned by an aquarium so it is quite detailed. There are 2 urchin stitch instructions. The first version will give a more realistic urchin, with sharp, straight spikes and is quite fiddly to do. The second version is more whimsical and much faster to knit. An intermediate knitter may want to give this pattern a try ...

Wholesale cutting of forests has had a devastating effect on the world’s climate. Here is a pattern of trees circling a beanie designed for the Science March, to try to bring awareness of the ways in which we are destroying life as we know it on this earth.

Our meadows used to be noisy places – filled with the sounds of birds and insects. Now they are falling quiet as more and more creatures become endangered, rare and finally extinct, during this earth’s sixth extinction.

I wanted to design a hat for the science march that would be easy for anyone to knit. I think the pussyhat was so successful because it was a pattern that even beginners could easily knit. Oceans are one of my biggest concerns and so my design is for an ocean themed hat, with waves washing up onto a sandy beach. You can decorate it with a sewn-...

The Purple Sea Star lives along the northwest coast of the US, and scurries about quite quickly on hundreds of little feet. This sea star has feet knitted in (but not hundreds of them, although it may seem that way). You can stiffen the arms with pipe cleaners – or not - as you prefer.

The beanie is knitted in the round. The sea star and seaweed are knitted separately and attached to the beanie just at enough points to keep them in place.

Knitted in the round this is an intermediate level pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

These iconic creatures are actually quite lumpy and bumpy in texture, and so this pattern includes lots of binding off and picking up stitches with a large number of picots thrown in as well. For all that it can be knitted by an adventurous intermediate level knitter.

This is a very simple, slouchy beanie which will beautifully show off the color changes in hand painted yarns.

This comfortable vest for wearing over a shirt comes in 4 sizes, and features roomy armholes and a crew neck.

The beanie is knitted in the round from the bottom up. This is a very simple, slouchy beanie which will beautifully show off the color changes in hand painted yarns.

The beanie is knitted in the round in 2 colors, although it can be knitted in 1 color if preferred. The RS of the beanie is reverse stockinette, but rather than purl the entire beanie it will be knitted and then turned inside-out at the end. The 2 leafy stems are knitted in as an intarsia cable, and the leaves and snails added later. There are ...

A sloth’s hair is quite long, so this pattern is best knitted with a fur or eyelash yarn. The length of the eyelash varies a lot between different yarns, and the longer the eyelash, the more difficult the knitting becomes. Any errors will be extremely difficult to repair as you cannot see the stitches. Also, many eyelash yarns are quite bulky i...

Fossils of the genus Stegosaurus date to the Late Jurassic period between 155 and 150 million years ago, in the western United States and Portugal.

This Giant Green Sea Anemone was originally designed for an aquarium and is true to life in size and color. It is missing a couple of rows of tentacles (there are limits!), and although these tentacles fold in, in real life, the tentacles fold all the way out of sight when pulled in. It lives along the northwest coast of the US.

The beanie is knitted in the round and features loose cables ending in a star shaped crown. There are only 6 cable rows in the pattern. It is an easy intermediate pattern and a very quick knit with this weight yarn.

This winter hat was designed to keep your ears warm, while giving your ponytail a place to go, and featuring a bill, that instead of falling flat on your face, will keep your raincoat hood up and out of your eyes. If you don’t have a ponytail, instructions are also given for a closed back.

A beanie featuring autumn leaves blowing in the wind.

Knitted in the round and featuring bats flying in at their cave mouth, this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

A beanie featuring Chinese Dragons among temples and bamboo.

A beanie for creature lovers, featuring birds, cats and a dog, bee, snake, turtle and bat, and of course, lots of hearts.

Knitted in the round and featuring dinosaurs, this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

A beanie featuring iconic Australian wildlife – kangaroos, emu, koala and cockatoo.

A beanie featuring dragons and the volcanoes that make up their world.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Get ready for Halloween with a few witches, ghosts and assorted crows, owls and bats!

Knitted in the round and featuring creatures that inhabit the kelp forests, this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

This is my winter season gift to Ravelry members.

Knitted in the round and featuring the creatures that inhabit the deepest oceans, this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

The American southwest is an incredibly beautiful place, and it has been my great fortune to spend many vacations roaming the canyons and mountains, photographing the plants and birds and watching out for elusive wildlife. This beanie tries to capture some of those experiences.

Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Knitted in the round and featuring cats basking in the sun and cats eyeing the moon and stars, this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork.

There are 2 ways to knit this pattern.

This cozy is knitted flat, one side Kitchener stitched closed, stitches picked up and the top knitted on, then lastly the second side Kitchener stitched closed. Finally, an optional pocket can be knitted on.

This tarantula is about 12” across, so the size of the largest tarantula known.

Tenacious turtle is quite a life-like turtle. The pattern calls for fingering weight yarn, but you may use any weight, bearing in mind that you will need more yarn if you use thicker yarn, and that the final size will be quite a bit bigger. Yarn that includes at least 50% wool will hold the shape better. I used Noro Kureyon sock yarn color 217,...

A beanie in three sizes featuring a riffle pattern with trout swimming through. The beanie is knitted in the round, and the trout are knitted in one piece. The only sewing is to attach the trout to the hat at the fins and mouth. Make one trout or several, or none if you’d just like a Riffle Beanie.

The whale has been a symbol of our oceans but yet persecuted in many ways for a long time.

This Slithering snake is made with no sewn seams except kitchener st. The body is closed with Kitchener st and the head is knitted on to the body. It uses garter and seed st. It is a pattern that a new knitter might attempt as a challenge, but will be easy for more experienced knitters.

This top, which was originally written by me 12 years ago, has been re-designed and re-written so that it is adaptable to any size. The pattern gives instructions for adjustments to basic small, medium, large and 3X sizes, but there are also instructions for any custom size you wish to make. You can also adjust the length.