Category: Knitting and Design

Heavy Socks

HEAVY SOCKS knitted on the ADDI 22 This is my own pattern for making heavy (bed or house) socks using my Addi 22 from start to finish:  heels, toes, ribs and all.  This pattern makes socks that fit women’s US size 8 or EU size 39.  It’s not possible to make them wider using the…

Vichy Scarf

Asymmetric Scarf/Shawl from Vichy Here I am in Vichy, in early winter, staying inside as much as possible… and thankfully I brought some yarn and some 5.5mm circular needles! Vichy Asymmetric Shawl This shawl is very straightforward:  there is a six-row set-up, then a four-row repeat.  The shawl starts in one corner and you can…

Non-Binary 2

Non-binary 2 Asymmetric Scarf/Shawl This is a shawl I designed and made for my niece, who is non-binary.  I added a tassel to the ‘plain’ end, where I cast on the silver main color.     Gauge is not all that important, so long as you make a fluid fabric.  I used a circular 4.5mm…

Butterfly Shawl

Butterfly Shawl This is a triangle shawl with elongated front ‘wings’, named for the lovely acrylic yarn from Hobbii.com that inspired me to create a unbirthday present for a friend.  Having finished it, of course I had to write out the pattern (which I made up as I went along, more or less). Butterfly Shawl…

Michael’s Afghan

Michael’s Afghan 2021 This is an afghan knitted on the Sentro 48 circular knitting machine.  There are nine tubes, sized to fit a 60” x 72” piece of magenta polar fleece that I picked up at the local Idea Store.  The tubes are sewn together using mattress stitch, then tacked ‘stitch in the ditch’ to…

Headbands

Knitted Headbands — woohoo! Recently I bought a circular knitting machine, mainly because I want to make socks a lot faster.  So far, that has proved a challenge, despite some excellent Youtube videos, (especially by Jojo Juju, in both French and English, bless her).  So after frogging (that is, unwinding the entire sock and rewinding…

Cozy Mittens

Cozy Mittens in Garter Stitch I saw these on the Ravelry page on FB — can’t remember who post them, but thanks — did a search and shamelessly pinched the pattern from (of all people) Martha Stewart.  Here is the original link:  https://www.marthastewart.com/1042286/cozy-mittens Of course, I immediately wrote up the pattern, then turned to my…

Shawl Collar Pullover

KYRE’S SHAWL COLLAR PULLOVER 2020, v3 For this simple drop-shoulder pullover with shawl collar, I used KnitPicks Peruvian yarn for the green and black sweater (1.75oz/50g = 110 yards) or Loops & Threads Impeccable worsted acrylic yarn, 4.5oz/127.5g = 277 yards. This pattern is for a women’s medium (8/10) and requires 16oz of yarn, including…

Shawl Collar Pullover

84-2020 Shawl Collar Pullover In these days of COVIC-19 confinement, I’ve been knitting… a lot.  And with a colder spring than usual, it’s been great to have some warmer wool pullovers to hand!  For this simple drop-shoulder pullover with shawl collar, I used KnitPicks Peruvian (1.75oz/50g = 110 yards), with assorted accent yarns in the…

Shawl Collar Pullover

Shawl Collar Pullover     For this simple drop-shoulder pullover with shawl collar, I used KnitPicks Peruvian yarn for the green and black sweater (1.75oz/50g = 110 yards) or Loops & Threads Impeccable worsted acrylic yarn, 4.5oz/127.5g = 277 yards, for the purple and silver one — with Opal Shawl in a Ball as the…