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Knit Floral Block: Seventies Daisy. Click to zoom This generic pattern can be used with whatever yarn and hook/needle size you prefer.

Knit Floral Block: Seventies Daisy

For more information see this guide to our StitchFinder. Advanced. In-Depth Review of Knitting Yarn. The Secret of the One-Skein Shawl Download a printer-friendly PDF of the pattern I'll let you in on a little secret about triangular lace shawls: Most of them follow a very easy basic formula.

In-Depth Review of Knitting Yarn

Once you get this formula, you can do pretty much anything—with any yarn and any sized needle. The formula goes something like this. You cast on a few stitches, which correspond to the center top of your shawl. The four increases are placed after the first stitch and before the last stitch, and on either side of the center stitch (which is why many shawl patterns have you cast on an odd number). The increases are normally worked as a simple yarn-over (or YO), in which the yarn is wrapped around the needle.

You'll usually work the reverse-side rows in a plain purl, perhaps with some degree of garter stitch on the border stitches. I played with Silk Rhapsody right after reviewing One-Skein Wonders, a book of 101 patterns that all require only one skein of yarn. So that's exactly what I did. 272 Triangle Shawl Patterns - Updated 12/09. All the deadlinks have been fixed or deleted from the list.

272 Triangle Shawl Patterns - Updated 12/09

I may add more links when I get the time. 12/09 This is the master list of triangle shawl patterns. It contains 272 patterns sorted by yardage. They are coded by free or purchased. Click on a pattern name to find a free pattern or go to an online shop where you may purchase it. The shawl patterns vary widely in style from easy garter and stockinette stitch, to those with simple lacy holes, or challenging ones with charted lace stitches. They are ranked by the amount of yarn needed to make the smallest size. Some of the foreign language patterns have English translations. Shining Birds Eyes Shawl in Elann.Com Peruvian Baby Cashmere And Silken Kydd. Dishcloths - 288 Free Knitting Patterns and Crochet Patterns. Christmas Candy Cane Knitting Chart. Free Knitting Pattern For Santa Hat For Children And Adults. Free Six Pointed Star Christmas Ornament Knitting Pattern. Free Sock Christmas Ornament Knitting Pattern.

Free Knitting Pattern For A Christmas Sock Ornament. Mitten Christmas Ornament Knitting Pattern. Free Knitting Patterns - Miniature Hat Ornaments for Christmas. Fanciful Flower Potholders. Introduction: These Fanciful Flower Potholders are made of 100 percent dk weight cottons in bright and bold colors.

Fanciful Flower Potholders

Cotton is the preferred yarn for potholders because acrylic yarns can melt when handling hot pans or dishes. What to Expect: Your first Fanciful Flower potholder may take a little longer but after that, you can probably crochet one in under two hours. The finished potholder will measure about 7—7.5 inches across. Delights-Gem's Difficulty Rating: Easy Background: While leading my first CAL (crochet a-long) using a different potholder pattern I learned that, while I prefer finer and medium density cottons, most of the participants preferred denser cottons such as Lily's Sugar 'n Cream, Pisgah's Peaches 'n Creme, and Lion Brand Lion Cotton to make their crocheted potholders.

Objective: The purpose of this blog page is to lead crocheters through the creation of one (or more) of these Fanciful Flower Potholders. Miss Crafty Fingers. Free knitting patterns: knitted flower pattern. Can be used singley as a decoration on clothing and accessories or grouped to make a posy and sewn onto a hairband or hairslide.

Free knitting patterns: knitted flower pattern

Knitting it in green will give you a shamrock / lucky clover. I’m sure there are lots of other uses too. Materials: Using 2.25mm (USA size 1, UK/Canadian size 13) needles and 4 ply yarn Pattern: cast on 5 stitchesrow 1: **slip 1, knit 3. turn leaving remaining stitch unworkedrow 2: purl 3, turn leaving remaining stitch unworkedrow 3: knit 3, turn leaving remaining stitch unworkedrow 4: purl 3, turn leaving remaining stitch unworkedrow 5: knit 4row 6: purl 2 together, purl 1, purl 2 together (3 stitches)row 7: knit 1, knit 2 together and pass first stitch over to give 1 stitch on needleUse this stitch to cast on 4 more stitches (5 in total) and repeat from ** to give desired number of petals (3, 4 or 5)

Staggered rib scarf : It's a Stitch Up: Adventures in handmade… knitting, sewing, jewellery, spinning, dyeing,crafting. A cosy, chunky-weight scarf in a reversible, diagonal rib pattern.

Staggered rib scarf : It's a Stitch Up: Adventures in handmade… knitting, sewing, jewellery, spinning, dyeing,crafting

Staggered-rib scarf When I came across this stitch pattern I knew it was ideal for a scarf – simple, reversible, quicker to knit than seed stitch and normal 2×2 ribbing (because it compresses less). I’ve given it a beginner rating because it’s entirely knit and purl. Stash-buster cushion : It's a Stitch Up: Adventures in handmade… knitting, sewing, jewellery, spinning, dyeing,crafting. Stash-buster cushion © Suzie Blackman.

Stash-buster cushion : It's a Stitch Up: Adventures in handmade… knitting, sewing, jewellery, spinning, dyeing,crafting

Fuzzy Thoughts: Holiday Mice. Wow, I must have been really inspired, because the pattern is done and ready!

Fuzzy Thoughts: Holiday Mice

Of course, these little fellas only take a couple of hours to make. Not to waste any time, on to the details! You can knit the mice flat on straight needles, or in the round (the brown ones are knit flat, the grey one in the round, so you can see there is little difference). The materials list says to use worsted weight yarn because that's what I usually use. Forkfull the Jellyfish. Jimmy Baby Sweater Set Free Knitting Pattern at Jimmy Beans Wool. Easy blanket. We knitted this in two short evenings.

Easy blanket

Perfect to cuddle up with in the sofa or balcony! YarnPickles Fat & Happy, 1000 g NeedlesLong circular needles, US 36. Basic Formula Pattern For Knitting Mittens. Pineapple Knit Afghan. [ Close Privacy Policy ] Privacy Policy / Your California Privacy Rights Revised and posted as of March 4, 2013 Prime Publishing, LLC ("Company," "we" or "us") reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time simply by posting such revision, so we encourage you to review it periodically.

Pineapple Knit Afghan

Mitered Squares Afghan. Fall 2006. When you are knitting this pattern, your fabric will have a bumpy texture resembling an egg crate. Don't worry! This is normal; the fabric will become flat and smooth when blocked. This pattern incorporates many short rows, most of which are only a few stitches long. Turning your work this frequently can be cumbersome and tedious, so the technique of knitting backwards is recommended (though not required).

Instructions for this technique can be found here. Wrap & Turn [W&T] To wrap and turn on a RS row, knit to point specified in pattern, bring yarn to front of work between needles, slip next stitch to right-hand needle, bring yarn around this stitch to back of work, slip stitch back to left-hand needle, turn work to begin purling back in the other direction. 25+ Stuffed Animal & Doll Patterns: {Knit & Crochet. Those "Bird Hats" Blue. I have a few boo-boos in my patterns!

It's darn hard writing down what you've done! Feel free to tell me there is a problem. I'll figure out what I did wrong.......maybe! 1323096346676-bear_santa_miniature.docx. Suitcase Luggage Tag. It's time to think about going away on a Summer holiday and I remenbered a discussion about knitting a luggage marker to make it easier to identify one's bag on the airport carousel. The discussion can be found at: With this in mind, I thought it might be fun to create a Luggage luggage tag, complete with stickers from previous journeys, this is what I came up with.

Have fun! Dave Suitcase Luggage Tag. Knit and Felt Hearts. [ Close Privacy Policy ] Privacy Policy / Your California Privacy Rights Revised and posted as of March 4, 2013 Prime Publishing, LLC ("Company," "we" or "us") reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time simply by posting such revision, so we encourage you to review it periodically. In order to track any changes to this Privacy Policy, we will include a historical reference at the top of this document.

Jellyfishin' This felted jellyfish pattern was inspired by too many SpongeBob episodes and my insatiable need to felt high-end yarns. The pattern is fun, easy, and fast. You can make a jellyfish in just a few hours. It is a great project for that skein of Point 5 that you just bought because it was pretty. Jellyfish size – approximately 7” in diameter. Yarn – 1 skein (54 yards) Colinette Point 5. Needles –Set of 4 Size 13 double point needles Size 13 16” circular needles (optional) Notions – 4 stitch markers (you may want one to be different from the rest to mark the end of the round). This jellyfish is made entirely in the round, and uses mainly knit stitches.

Red Bird and Green Pig plush toy.

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