Julie Steinhafel
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Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Blue Skies in winter often mean severely cold weather or conversely hint at the promise of spring in Milwaukee. Slip stitches on the brim edge give this hat a very stretchy edge no visible beginning. The traditional rope cables are a classic and a perennial favorite.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish flair to your Christmas! Traditional link cable and moss stitches delight in a reimagined way to add an Irish flair to this Christmas Stocking.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish fair to your Christmas! A simple repeated diamond cable worked flat on the cuff gives a beautiful edge to this Christmas stocking. A multitude of diamonds sparkle using single stitch cables are echoed on the body of the stocking for an elegant, simple, repeated design.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish flair to your Christmas! A combination of traditional elements delight to create a winter wonderland of evergreen trees and snow on a Christmas Stocking. Cuff edge is worked flat with the Rice Stitch before finishing in the round with small evergreen trees. The Rice Stitch is echoed, like a field of snow, on the stocking body for a...

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish flair to your Christmas! A combination of traditional elements delight in a reimagined way to create this Christmas Stocking. Cuff edge is worked flat in rope cables or moss stitch before finishing in the round.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish fair to your Christmas! A simple repeated diamond cable worked flat on the cuff gives a beautiful edge to this Christmas stocking. A strand of diamonds are echoed on the body of the stocking for an elegant, simple, repeated design. A single stitch diamond border gives an air of lightness to the diamonds and the stocking design.

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Grey Skies and cold weather are common during the winter in Milwaukee. Slip stitches on the brim give this hat added warmth with a double thickness with no visible edge. The double moss stitch on the body of the hat adds texture and visual interest.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish fair to your Christmas! A simple repeated diamond cable worked flat on the cuff gives a beautiful edge to this Christmas stocking. Additional diamond cables are echoed on the body of the stocking for an elegant, repeated design.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish fair to your Christmas! A simple repeated twisted rope cables worked flat on the cuff gives a beautiful edge to this Christmas stocking. Classic twists and rope cables are echoed on the body of the stocking for an elegant, repeated design.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Aran Basketweave stitches delight this traditional Christmas Stocking. Simple repeated cables create a festive holiday design. Cuff edge is worked flat with a single stitch basketweave before finishing the cuff and stocking body in the round with a double stitch basketweave.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish flavor to your Christmas! Small honeycomb cables worked flat on the cuff gives a beautiful edge to this Christmas stocking. Additional honeycomb cables are echoed on the body of the stocking giving the illusion on many small ornaments for an elegant, simple, repeated design.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish fair to your Christmas! A simple Aran Honeycomb Cable and one Rice Stitch worked flat on the cuff gives a beautiful edge to this Christmas stocking. Additional Honeycomb Cables interspersed between Rice Stitch clusters are echoed on the body of the stocking for an elegant, repeated design.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Add an Irish twist to your Christmas! A simple Aran braid cable worked flat on the cuff gives a beautiful edge to this Christmas stocking. Larger Aran braid cables are echoed on the body of the stocking for an elegant, simple, repeated design.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Cuileann is the Irish word for Holly. The Trinity Stitch looks like holly berries and is used as the cuff edge on either side of a Rope Cable to add a festive touch to this Christmas Stocking. This detail is worked flat before finishing the cuff in the round.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Simple repeated elements create a festive holiday design. A mixture of Aran Honeycomb stitch, Twisted stitches and the ubiquitous Double Moss stitch delight this traditional Christmas Stocking. Cuff edge is worked flat before finishing in the round.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Aran cables and twisted stitches delight this traditional Christmas Stocking. Simple repeated twists create this festive holiday design.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Sneachta is the Irish word for snow. The Trinity Stitches around the cuff edge add the illusion of falling snow on this Christmas Stocking. This detail is worked flat before finishing the cuff in the round. The Trinity Stitch is then echoed down the body of the stocking.

Knitting: Cowl
Use the basic Knit and Purl Stitches to make this Cowl designed as a teaching tool. Alternating blocks of four knit and purl stitches create the foundation for the newer knitter to cement their basic knitting skills.

Crochet: Cowl
Back Loopz Cowl has a classic tailored look achieved by alternating crocheted rounds of half double crochet and double crochet stitches through the back loop in a repeated pattern. Crocheting through the back loops creates the subtle horizontal striping.

Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Enjoy venturing into the world of crochet cables with the simplicity of this repeated pattern. Use two stitch left-leaning cables in a 2x2 rib to create a simple twist pattern. This unisex ribbed beanie is worked from the brim up, and is a great one skein project in worsted weight. This pattern is designed as a learning tool into the world of c...

Crochet: Beanie, Toque
In Milwaukee, spring comes late. This hat is a perfect project to give a little extra warmth on a drab cold day.

Crochet: Scarf
In Milwaukee, sunshine can often be elusive during the fall, winter and spring months. This scarf is a perfect project to give a little extra warmth on a drab cloudy day.

Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Nollaig Shona! Merry Christmas! Aran Cables and traditional Aran stitches delight this traditional Christmas Stocking.