Mariya Davydova
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Afghan block
This simple square is designed especially for practicing short rows. It contains 4 sections - 1 of st st, 1 of reversed st st and 2 of garter stitch. The best way to practice desired short rows techniques is to knit all short rows in one square in one techniques. You can make several squares, one per technique, and use them as samples when choo...
Crochet: Doily
This doily is designed especially for practicing filet crochet. It contains the most popular filet crochet elements - open meshes, filled meshes, popcorn meshes, lacet meshes, demonstrates, how to crochet increases and decreases and cut edges.
Crochet: Softies - Other
YouTrack is a wide known bug tracker. This bird is symbol of this software - as they both are fast and deal with bugs. You can read more about the story of this logo here. As one of the developers of YouTrack, I’ve created this crochet version of our lovely bird.
Knitting: Mittens
These mittens can be knitted in any pair of colors. They include a simple intarsia. You can use any kind of intarsia in a round that you like.
Knitting: Scarf
I’ve got the inspiration for this scarf from dark winter sky and snowfall. You can use any shade of blue, from bright light to really dark, just black one. Solid part represents the sky itself and the snowflakes falling and the triangles are the air.
Crochet: Pet Toys
I’ve crocheted this very simple toy for my kitty the next day she came into my house. This is not actually a mouse, to be honest - just something mouse shaped with a very long tail that you can hold when playing with your kitty. You can add some catnip with stuffing to make game more active.