Cynthia Atley Peterson
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Coat / Jacket
This is a bottom up stranded cardigan. Could be for a man or women. I had inspiration from the Riddarateppid in Reykjavik Iceland. The borders and reindeer are adapted from that work. It does have just a few rows of 3 colors in a pattern. The white is the new Rauma Tumi: half alpaca and half wool from Norway. It has adaptions for a slightly lon...
Knitting: Cardigan
This is a more feminine cardigan. A combination of stranded with 2 colors in a floral design, and a choice to use one of 3 twisted cable stitches, over 2 stitches. Or can be make with plain stockinette on the bottoms of sleeves and body. I give complete instruction how to do these cables NOT using a cable needle.
Knitting: Pullover
This is a pullover for men or women in sizes from 40-53” (this includes ease) with a Henley neck. It is worked in the round with steeks. It is a very thorough pattern. See my blog: http://norskneedlework.blogspot.com for more pictures and finishing help It has charts and written instruction
Knitting: Vest
Vest knit with 2 colors at a time in stranded patterns. Knit in round with steeks. Shaped armholes with steeks. Square neckline (with steeks) No knitting back and forth. Vest can be made in 2 lengths, below waist or mid hip. Front has a separating zipper.
Knitting: Pullover
Man’s or woman’s pullover knit in the round with steeks for placket, neck and armholes. Neck method does not involve working back and forth. Help for finishing available on my blog: http://norskneedlework.blogspot.com Although this pattern has many pages, it is because I made larger charts for ease of knitting. It is not difficult and can be ea...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This pattern includes 4 choices for bottom band, hemmed or Channel Island edging, different choices for size, (small to ex large) lots of color choices. Make it yours! Also included is a charted alphabet to knit initials in. Extra chart to work out your choice.
Knitting: Mittens
Stranded pattern with gusset built in and cuff. Complete charts for each hand. 4.5”- 5” across upper mitten, 10.5-12” length.
Knitting: Cardigan
An entirely new version of the pullover with the same name, incorporating an allover background and patterns rearranged.
Knitting: Coat / Jacket
A stranded cardigan knit in the round with top down sleeves, steeks, corrugated ribbing.
Knitting: Cardigan
This cardigan is worked back and forth with the edges in intarsia and the center stranded. It is a one piece with yoke and added button bands. You may use leftover DK for many of the colors.
Knitting: Pullover
Pullover knitted with steeks, in the round. All instruction included with charts and photos. Includes 3 color twined cast on and Finnish double purl trim. Two Fjord ponies in a field of flowers.
Knitting: Mittens
These mittens will match the Wild Blue Horses sweater which will have the pattern released about the end of May. They can easily be made larger by using US #3 needles. Full instruction is given for the “double purl” border and twined 3 color cast on. Just a scrap of the lightest blue yarn is needed and less than 1 ball each of the other colors....
Knitting: Earflap Hat
Quaker Sampler Cap to match Quaker Sampler pullover and mittens. Crown has a lacy swirl. Earlaps optional. Pattern used 1 skein of background only by using scrap of softer yarn for lining. Only about .5ball of plum color needed and very small amt of mauve and green. Easily knit.
Knitting: Mittens
Mittens to match Quaker Sampler pullover. One has my little squirrel and the other the Stellar jay who visit my home in Oregon. It begins with corrugated rib, has a small cable and finishes with fair isle. Quaker patterns are inspired by the schoolgirl embroidery of the Ackworth school in England in the late 1800’s-early 1900’s.
Knitting: Pullover
This pattern is based on the early 1900’s Quaker schoolgirl patterns of England. It has a little squirrel, stellar jay and flowers from my home in Oregon, a little jack in the pulpit flower from my childhood home in Minnesota as well as many traditional motifs. It includes corrugated rib, a small cable and a lacy rib on the bottom, with yoke of...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Headband
This pattern was designed to match the Futhark sweater. All instructions and graphs are given to write your name or words of choice in designated areas in “runes”. Hat may be made smaller using 2.5mm needle or large with 3.25mm needle. Trim includes twined braid, instruction given. I used #406 tan for main color,
Knitting: Gloves
Gloves to match Futhark pullover. Size given is man’s medium and can be made smaller or larger by changing needle size. Pattern includes all instructions and graphs to spell your name or chosen words in “runes”. Edging is twined braid trim. I used nearly 2/50g balls of #406 tan for background color, #464 brown
Knitting: Mittens
Sizing may be changed to women’s large or mans by increasing needle size. This pattern is to match the Futhark pullover.
Knitting: Cardigan
The theme of this sweater is circles… large, small, interlacing.. Some of the patterns are old traditional Norwegian designs and some original new ones.
Knitting: Pullover
A Tale told in Runes: A Norwegian pullover or cardigan with Runes and Celtic design.
Knitting: Earflap Hat, Mittens
This pattern includes both the cap and mittens to match the “Flower Stars and Nets” pullover. The mittens may be made for a man by increasing the needle size to 3.5 mm. I knit it tight on purpose for warmth. The fair isle pattern has a traveling stitch across the star and twined braid on the cuff of mitten.
Knitting: Pullover
A Scandinavian pullover incorporating an old Danish and Norwegian “Stars and Nets” pattern with a new twist: Swedish twined braid trim on neck and cuff. Original fair isle stars enclosed in traveling stitch. Body is of knit/purl texture and also has traveling stitch over the stars.