Lynette Meek
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eBook :
24 patterns
So about a month ago I designed this hat. And then I designed another hat and all of a sudden I had designed 7 hats and had more in my brain that were begging for release…. So why not create an e-book to hold all of these ideas and here we are! Above are the first 9 completed hats – two more are already under construction and the third is still to be started.
eBook :
4 patterns
This collection consists of four patterns that feature a cabled Diamond Motif.
eBook :
16 patterns
A collection of about 15 to 20 patterns as inspiration and whim dictate, released over the next 12 to 16 weeks.
eBook :
3 patterns
Purchase this e-book and receive the Dotted Rib Cap and Scarf pattern for free.
eBook :
3 patterns
How to book on painting your hand knit Lace with dyes. Patterns range from easy to more complicated.
eBook :
6 patterns
Retreating Tams ebook is a pattern book and workbook combined; the basics of tam construction are outlined followed by the six patterns.
eBook :
4 patterns
Shetland Fusion - Shetland Lace knitting with a Modern Twist
eBook :
4 patterns
What could We make with just 3 skeins of yarn?
eBook :
3 patterns
These patterns have been designed to take an advanced beginner/intermediate knitter from a fairly simple straight lace scarf to a circular collar to a larger moebius cowl. Many of the steps are illustrated with photographs and all the techniques are good basics to learn for any future lace knitting.
eBook :
4 patterns
A Collection of accessories, three hats and a pair of mittens that co-ordinate together.
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
Cozy Bells is a tea-cozy designed to celebrate Christmas every day of the Year. The bells will jingle softly as the tea is poured and your tea will remain warm for quite a white! I recommend printing this pattern in colour as there are many how to pictures to go along with the embellishing.
Knitting: Balaclava
B.B., a Basic Bulky Balaklava, is a quick knit in a bulky (adult sizing) or chunky (child sizing) yarn. The neck is long enough to tuck under a coat and shaped up to the face to keep your throat and neck warm. The ribbing on the hood keeps the opening tight to your face.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
Pattern is a combination of charted and written instructions.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Pattern is half price with the code “Turbulence” until midnight Oct 31/24
Knitting: Mittens, Stocking
Have you ever played with the loop st? While I have played with it before, I had never designed anything. I decided that I needed to create something a little playful for the upcoming season.
Knitting: Headband
What is Thrumming? Link to blog with video.
Knitting: Brimmed Hat
Beach Bucket will be available for a 25% discount with the code “Bingo” until the end of July.
Knitting: Cowl, Fingerless Gloves
This pattern is mostly written with a small chart for the textured section
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
As a special request this pattern was designed to coordinate with the Boho Cozy and Beanie set from last September.
Knitting: Doll Clothes - Other
A little pattern to learn and practise intarsia – a method of knitting with blocks of colour.
Knitting: Dress
A little over a year ago I decided to knit a dress for myself. I bought the yarn, did some swatching and started to knit.
Knitting: Cuffs
This Pattern contains instructions for two type of cast-on for the Cuffs. A standard cast-on, the easy option and a long-tailed two colour cast-on, for which you need knowledge of the basic long tail cast-on.
Knitting: Cowl, Beanie, Toque
This colourful set will keep you warm and cozy all Winter long. The Boho Shoulder Cozy comes down onto the tops of the arms and shoulders and covers you up right to the throat! Add the Beanie and the look is complete. And oh, so warm.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Traditional patterns combine to create a warm and cozy shoulder shawl or baby blanket when square, or a slightly larger triangular shaped shawl.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A beautiful Nordic Rose pattern in 4 colours, highlights this basic beanie/toque. Make the body of the hat deeper or shorter adding too or eliminating some the plain rounds in the pattern or ribbing.
Knitting: Cowl, Mittens, Headband, Beanie, Toque
When new yarns come in to me LYS my brain sets off all sorts of ideas of what to do and when to do it and what should come first! I pull out my stitch libraries and pore over the options trying to find the perfect stitch to show off the new yarn that has captured my imagination.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Seasons Greetings, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukka, Solstice Blessings, however you celebrate your holiday season please accept my gift for this year, this season.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Designed during the Great Canadian Wool-a-long by a Canadian Designer with Canadian Wool the Beary Warm Beanie is a great basic for all those bear lovers out there.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Penny Dreadful is a classic ribbed pattern with just a touch a stitch movement to add interest for both the wearer and knitter. Knit in a DK weight yarn it could also be a great stash buster. Double strand a Fingering weight yarn and voila another DK.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Shetland Wheel is also part of the Shetland Fusion Ebook
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Shetland Fascinator is part of the Shetland Fusion e-book.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is a good beginner’s Brioche project. Learn to work the brioche stitch in two colours and focus on the brioche technique.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Worked in two colours with a simple mosaic pattern, this hat is an easy to knit hat with an interesting crown finish.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
First in a series of Flower themed hat patterns in the Shetland Style of colourwork and / or lace patterning. Purchase the series for $18.00 or buy each pattern separately. A new hat pattern will be released every 6 weeks or so.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Plumier I and II are also available as part of an Ebook - Shetland Fusion. It will be a compliation of 5 patterns, two of which are here. Plus 3 others, one other complete, except for the pattern, one under construction and the other an idea.
Knitting: Poncho
Knitting out my grief for the children, for the families, for the communities devastated by the Residential Schools and the actions of our government. This shouldn’t have happened. I am not a political person but I am a mother and I can imagine the pain. This was so wrong.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This the the tenth pattern release of the Just Playing Around ebook.
Knitting: Cowl
This is the 7th pattern release for the ebook Just Playing Around.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This is the 6th pattern release in the ebook Just Playing Around.
Knitting: Cowl, Beanie, Toque
This is the fifth pattern release for the ebook Just Playing Around.
Knitting: Brimmed Hat
This is the third pattern release (fourth pattern though) for my new Ebook “Just Playing Around”.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Included as a bonus in the Just Playing Around E-book.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves, Beanie, Toque
Pattern was updated Jan 16 2022. If you have an earlier version of the pattern check your mailbox for an update.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is the first pattern release for my new Ebook “Just Playing Around”.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Fair-isle hats are very satisfying hats to design. While they can start very plainly, they almost always finish up with a bang, a pop, a fabulous farewell in the design of the crown. Usually, the name of the hat comes from the design that ends up on the crown.
Knitting: Cowl
Textured Bricks is the twenty second addition to the 7 Hats More ebook.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This the twenty-first pattern addition the the 7 Hats More ebook.
Knitting: Cape, Poncho
This is the twentieth pattern release for the 7 Hats More ebook.
Knitting: Cuffs
This is the nineteenth pattern release in the 7 Hats More ebook.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is the eighteenth pattern release in the 7 Hats More ebook.
Knitting: Cowl, Hats - Other
This the seventheenth pattern in the 7 Hats More ebook.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is the sixteenth addition to the 7 Hats More ebook. It is also a bonus addition!
Knitting: Mittens
This is the 15th release in the 7 hats More ebook collection.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is the eleventh release in the 7 Hats More ebook.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is the tenth pattern release of the 7 Hats ebook
Knitting: Mittens
This is the ninth pattern release in the 7 Hats More ebook
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This the the eighth release in the the 7 Hat More ebook.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
This is the seventh release of the 7 Hats More ebook.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I have added the pattern for this hat to my 7 Hats More ebook as a bonus pattern.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is the fourth release for the 7 Hats More Ebook.
Knitting: Hats - Other
This is the third pattern release from the 7 Hats More ebook
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This Shawl was designed to Celebrate my 20 years of working at my favourite yarn store! Mad About Ewe Fine Yarns. I created something I would wear in a shape and colours I love.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This is my second response to Covid 19 – the first was Covid be Damned and I designed it with distraction in mind (challenging stitch patterns to keep the mind busy) and Happy Colours!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Beads - 0 to 10,000 size 8/0
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The brilliant colours dancing across the body of this hat reminded me of flowers dancing across a meadow. It would look equally beautiful in all natural tones as well.
Knitting: Vest
Looking for a toddler / small child vest pattern? This one is knit in one piece to the armholes and then divides for the shoulders. The fair-isle patterning on the lower body is fairly simple as are the suns on the front shoulders. The reindeer on the back are a little more challenging but so worth the effort.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A soft merino toque in a warm and wonderful colour is the perfect winter accessory! Add an opening lotus blossom as a repeating motif – created with complex looking cable crossings and you have a wonderfully interesting winter accessory to create!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The Shoulder Blade pattern is both written and charted.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
The open curves of the cable remind me of the curves of the moon as it moves through the phases of month. Peakaboo is knit in the round from the bottom up.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A slow wide spiral rib moves around this classic slouchy shaped hat. Designed to be an easy but interesting knit.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Like scales in music the cables in this pattern first increase and move up the scale and then decrease to move down the scale. The movement of size in the cables creates the shaping in the body of the tam.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
2 colours of yarn are used in the sample. Shawl could be knit in a single colour.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Designed for the Purple Cap Campaign; a campaign to raise awareness of shaken baby syndrome.
Knitting: Pullover
Use the code Bombshell to receive the pattern at half price - code is valid until Midnight May 6th.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
From the contrasting picot cast-on to the simple repeating pattern worked in complimentary colours, Wave Theory is an interesting knit. Wave Theory can be worked in the same colour with different textures or in hightly contrasting colours.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A quick and easy, knit in the round, hat pattern for the whole family.
Knitting: Cardigan, Pullover
This top-down toddler is sized for 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 years.
Knitting: Cape
This light weight cape is worked top down with 2 contrasting colours of Kauni Effectgan, EPA (naturals) and EQ (rainbow). The striping yarn gives the effect of fair-isle without changing colours.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Fingerless Mittens Embellished with Inlay; Also called RooSistud or RooSismine “to Decorate with Roses”
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Shawl requires 500 yds main and approx. 350 yds contrast
Knitting: Cowl
Take a beautiful, soft yarn, some glittering beads, work with a few easy stitches and a special “Little Something Something” is born.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These tall mittens are a fun knit and will keep you warm on cold fields!
Knitting: Poncho
Designed to cover the shoulders and upper arms and show off some of the gorgeous gradients and hand-dyed yarns that we are constantly tempted by!
Knitting: Cape
Cowichan influenced wool, Faroese shaped shoulders and Shetland lace patterns combine to create a heavy outer garment – perfect for any cold weather climate.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
We need a little more peace in our lives, a quiet moment of contemplation of the knitted stitch and the peace and contentment it can bring as we create our garments.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A fun and fanciful hat to knit for everyone in the family.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A light and airy shawl with an edging that creates a pattern reminiscent of a Moth’s wings, this shawl is a perfect for a Summer’s evening as it sits lightly on the shoulders and wraps around your arms and body.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Fingerless mittens are my go to gift! They are small, easily portable, and almost everyone needs them!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Canada turned 150 last month - what a year this one is shaping up to be!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Designed for the Purple Cap Campaign; a campaign to raise awareness of shaken baby syndrome.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Selena Miskin of Wayfaring Yarns has invited me to host a KAL in her group Wayfaring Yarns on Facebook for the next 5 weeks.
Knitting: Vest
A little something, something; a lacy little alternative to a shawl to throw over a Tee or Blouse! Lacing at the sides and lace at the shoulders keep this piece fun and relaxed feeling and just a little playful.
Knitting: Cape
The Crazy Cape is all about building a wearable shape with modular triangles.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Use the code “Pennies” for a half price download from now until midnight March 11th!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Light and colour dancing across the night-time skies of the Great White North are the images that come to mind when we hear of the “Northern Lights”! As I was knitting away I saw in mind the lights in the angles of the lace patterns and the colours in the bands. This shawl will have colour and lace dancing across your shoulders when worn.
Knitting: Scarf
The six points of Topper’s Veil were embellished with tiny crystal loops. Thirty, 3mm barrel shaped Czech crystals were used for the loops.
Knitting: Poncho
Knit in the round this classic short poncho is styled after the Cedar Ponchos of the Coastal Tribes of the North West.
Knitting: Pullover
Authenticity was created with the spirit of the Old West in mind; homage to the classic Buckskin Shirt, a nod to the John Wayne in all of us.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Requires 7000 size 8/0 beads - Delicas or other “light”, high quality bead are recommended
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Introductory offer -Available at 20% off for the first week $4,00 instead of $5.00. Offer ends the morning of Sept 5.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
If beading the pattern you will need 40grs size 5/0 triangular beads or the same amount of size 6/0 beads. The beads were place with a 0.75mm hook.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Samples are shown in the medium (green) and small (grey) sizes.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
Andean dreams are a visit to an exotic world. One of mountains, llamas, jungles and treasure!
Knitting: Vest
Wrap yourself in cozy colours with this stylish vest. Fringed, draped, striped and textured, this vest covers all bases as an interesting and practical piece of clothing art.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Celebrate your Scottish heritage – even if you don’t have one!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I fell in love with this chart making a little pair of mittens for my grandson. I felt that it would make a great pattern for a winter hat.
Knitting: Mittens
This pattern is a formulaic type of pattern. The charts are coloured for easy reading.
Knitting: Headband
Born on Vancouver Island and influenced by the Art of all the Coastal Nations - this pattern, Plaid Spirit Headband, is the second in a new line of patterns - The Salish Sea Collection - a line of patterns that celebrates the West Coast and the Cowichan style of knitting.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Born on Vancouver Island and influenced by the Art of all the Coastal Nations - this pattern, Sprit Toques, is the first in a new line of patterns - The Salish Sea Collection - a line of patterns that celebrates the West Coast and the Cowichan style of knitting.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Straight off an Old West Poster – this Buffalo Cap is a fun accessory that will carry you back in time and place.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Free to celebrate the arrival of my Grandson Logan!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
40grs size 8/0 beads are required if you wish to bead the edging.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
It had been pointed out to me that I didn’t have any “small” patterns. So Four Hundred was born.
Knitting: Cowl, Mittens
Gauge for Brioche Cowl - 16 sts to 4 inches
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This pattern was designed for the Purple Cap Campaign. In support of Click for Babies.
Knitting: Poncho
approx. 1000 size 8/0 beads are applied with a crochet hook as the garment is knit.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
36 interesting beads for the fringe, plus 150 size 8/0 beads
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
550 beads for stole or 1100 beads for wrap are also required
Knitting: Scarf
A Classic Textured Scarf knit in two pieces and then joined at the center back. The stitches are seed stitch, garter rib and classic 6 stitch cables. This pattern offers something for the beginning knitting knitter and then takes the knitter through the next levels to create a classic pocket scarf.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Winter Crossings is part of the Winter Series E-Book.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Winter Dancers Hat is part of the Winter Series E-Book.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Winter Shadows Mittens are part of the Winter Series E-Book.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Also needed for the mitts; 2, 6 inch leather straps; 2, 3/8 inch buttons (straps and buttons can be ordered from the Buffalo Wool Co.); or there is a knitted strap option in the pattern.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This was Dad’s Christmas present. You may note that he is a bit of a ham, but we had lots of fun working on the pictures for the pattern.
Knitting: Headband
approx. 150 beads are needed for the beaded headband. The blue squares in the chart for the beaded headband - those without markings are K1, place bead.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Contiguous Cabled Snugs are cozy fingerless mittens. They are made up of sculptured layers of cables and twists that cross and travel over and under each other as they dance up the wrist and over the back of the hands.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This Retro styled cap with its slightly slouchy body and jaunty pom-pom is sure to make someone on your list smile. The Buffalo wandering across the prairie grass are worked in stranded colourwork. This stranding on the body of the cap helps to keep warm without adding a lot of bulk.
Knitting: Cloche Hat
A classic slouchy hat shape with a hem instead of the standard rib start – this hat is loosely based on the Voyageur hats of history.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Pattern has the option of applying 200+ size 5 triangle beads or size 6 seed beads;
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Get your Outlander geek on! Knit with a chunky tweeded yarn, appropriately named Scozia, These mittens looked like they were ripped right through the standing stones.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Starting from a corrugated rib and knit with a solid DK and a striping DK this hat is a fun knit. The colours change as you knit and there are no extra ends to weave in! A fabulous slouchy hat is the end result.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Shimmering Spring has a huge shimmer from the heavy silk content of the yarn chosen for the project, but an extra Pop of shimmer was added with the careful sprinkling of the same colour beads throughout the central lace panel of the pattern.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
Create this fabulous tea-cozy with any basic worsted yarn.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Brioche Cable Stitch is a completely reversible pattern and when worked in two colours as in this wrap it creates an interesting and fun pattern. The lace insert is knit in garter st, also reversible, so that this wrap can just be thrown on without worry as to which side is the right side!
Knitting: Scarf
I love the simple curving lace of the Shetland Islands and the Old Shale Pattern is a great example of that style. This pattern could be knit with only one colour of yarn but the two colours show off the lace pattern beautifully.
Knitting: Collar
Victorian Grace is a shaped, reversible moebius cowl. It is created with cables and lace patterns that move and twine around each other, reminding me of Victorian Style Silverwork.
Knitting: Gloves
Requires 3 colours of size 8/0 beads, 600 main, 500 secondary, and 350 tertiary.
Knitting: Earflap Hat
Simply shaped helmet style toque, knits up quickly with a self-striping bulky yarn.
Knitting: Gloves, Fingerless Gloves
Add a little fun and funk and jazz up your hands!
Knitting: Cowl
There is something about a really bulky yarn that just says texture. The texture is first and foremost.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
•FICHU: a woman’s light scarf that is draped over the shoulders and fastened in front or worn to fill in a low neckline
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves, Cloche Hat
1920’s, the Jazz Age, shimmering movement in every article of clothing, beads, fringe and embellishment everywhere – these pieces are a modern homage to the Era.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This Shawl is created using reversible cables and short-row shaping. This creates a shape similar to a Crescent Moon. The curve also reminds me of the curve an Ocean Bay or the blade of a Saracen warrior. It is completely reversible and the wonderful curve hugs your shoulders.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A traditionally constructed Shetland Lace Shawl, starting from the center and working out. The patterns are all traditional to Shetland lace, but are not always used in the traditional manner.
Knitting: Hats - Other
Soft and sparkly yarn makes this a little something special for the holiday season.
Knitting: Mittens, Beret, Tam
36 11mm Acoya shell buttons are neede for the button embellishments.
Knitting: Cowl
I used two different bulky yarns for this project - I ran out of the first yarn and because I knew that it would be painted I was not worried about the look before finishing.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These fingerless mittens are constructed from the hand to the wrist. They can be easily lengthened to go up the arm.
Knitting: Pullover
Top down construction with a button band on each Raglan. Knit it long for lots of room for growth!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This wrap is knit lengthwise. Its generous length allows it to be wrapped many ways. Soft enough to wear scrunched up like a scarf and wide enough to wear like a shawl.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Pattern is worked from graphs with minimal written instructions. Shawl pattern is a top-down Faroese style shawl with shaped shoulders and front edge and back panels. The fringe is used as a cast-off for the shawl. Shawl could also be finished with 8 rows of garter stitch.
Knitting: Necklace, Bracelet
requires 500 to 1200 size 8/0 beads - the number depends on the width and length of project chosen.
Knitting: Tee
3 sizes: small (34/36), medium (38/40) and large (42/44).
Knitting: Hanging Ornament
90 to 100 beads per tassel, beads are pre-strung and placed between purl sts.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Sometimes called Swedish Basketweave, Entrelac is a method of creating a look of a woven pattern by knitting individual triangles and squares. The technique employs both short-rows and the picking up of stitches. The knitting is not difficult once you understand the concept of how the squares are created. The Entrelac technique creates a diagon...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Welting in knitting is a method of creating horizontal ribbing. This is done by knitting ridges of stockinet and reverse stockinet. These ridges can vary in width depending on the look that you are trying to create. The ridges here are quite wide with an optional eyelet detail. Welting is very reversible and done in two colours the reversibilit...
Knitting: Cowl
Welting in knitting is a method of creating horizontal ribbing. This is done by knitting ridges of stockinet and reverse stockinet. These ridges can vary in width depending on the look that you are trying to create. The ridges are in these patterns are quite wide with an optional eyelet detail. We all like to get double duty out of our knitting...
Knitting: Scarf, Shawl / Wrap
gauge lace version 21 st to 4 in on 3.5mm needles
Knitting: Cowl
Knit in the round with eyelet welting details and optional small ruffles on the edges. Shaping occurs as the size of the entrelac squares is reduced in each round of entrelac.
Knitting: Cowl
Pattern is great for learning hand-painting with dyes or simply knit up in a gorgeous yarn. Pattern includes step by step hand-painting instrucions, plus links to more detailed information.
Knitting: Scarf
Beads for Lace weight version of Pattern 700 to 5000 9/0 beads - Samples used Guttermann beads.
Knitting: Scarf
A quick knit, gentle old fashioned Keyhole style scarf.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This is an easy top-down triangle shawl, suitable for most ribbons and fancy yarns. The tassels are optional.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
Four sizes of cozy - two different top shapings and lots of charts give many different options for many cozy’s from the one pattern.
Knitting: Scarf
1350 size 8/0 beads are needed for the sock weight version of the pattern and 2050 size 8/0 or 9/0 beads are needed for the lace weight version of the pattern.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is a quick knit. Big needles and yarn combined with an easy rib and knit in the round make this an ideal last minute project!
Knitting: Cowl
Knit flat and started from one module, rows of modules are knit together to create a cowl.
Knitting: Cloche Hat
A cloche style hat is a soft hat designed to be worn low on the forehead. It can and usually was embellished in some fashion. Ours is created with a heavily textured colourwork stitch. Mosaic knitting is a method of creating colourwork and textural patterns without carrying yarns across your work.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Heron was originally designed as a teaching pattern. It includes two different increases and 3 different decreases.
Knitting: Slippers
This is not a beginners pattern.
Knitting: Pixie Hat, Hats - Other
This lace cap can be knit with or without beads in the edging. Full pictoral instructions for a beaded cast-off are included.
Knitting: Vest
Faux Fair-Isle: Working with a solid and a self stripping or spaced–dyed yarn with the traditional method of carrying colour to create a fun garment. No weaving in of multiple ends or cutting of yarn for the bulk of the body.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Great Pattern for using up lots of left-over sock yarn.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Knit with traditional Scandinavian twined knitting technique, knit in the round.
Knitting: Scarf
Short-rows are used to create the wedge shapes in this curvy, ruffle jabot styled scarf.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Pattern requires 200 size 6/0 or 4/0 beads and a crochet hook for bead placement. Explanation of the crochet method of bead placement is included and a link to an alternative method (dental floss threader) of bead placement.
Knitting: Scarf, Shawl / Wrap, Beanie, Toque
Pattern for traditional style shetland lace scarf. Constructed using traditional construction techniques, but knit with a chunky yarn and larger needles.
Knitting: Cowl
This is a formula for a simple cowl. It can be made with any weight of yarn.
Knitting: Gloves, Mid-calf Socks
1300 8/0 or 9/0 beads
Knitting: Scarf, Beanie, Toque
This pattern is free with purchase of Just “Pooling” Around e-book.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Brioche Rib, also known as Fisherman’s or Shaker Rib is a deep textural ribbing that requires a smaller needle size and more yarn than your basic rib.
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque
6 ot 28 14mm Acoya Shell buttons were used to create the button blanket effects on the mittens. These are entirely optional.
Knitting: Scarf, Shawl / Wrap
This is a formula style of pattern which makes it endlessly useful and adaptable. The bulk of the triangle is knit in garter stitch with simple lace stitch options to change up the look.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A top down triangle finished with a picot bind-off. Double triangle construction with a very open mesh pattern.
Knitting: Vest
Deceptively easy technique to produce a unique looking vest with beautifully curved edges. Vest is knit entirely in ribbing that changes all the way through. Very textural and organic.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Spiral Rib pattern to add interest to the sock knitting, otherwise fairly plain sock. Great for hand-dyes and striping sock yarns as the knit/purl pattern plays with the colours.
Knitting: Pullover
A simple top-down pattern for your baby or toddler. Great to learn how to knit in the round, as it starts being knitted back and forth and then switches to circular knitting.
Knitting: Scarf
Easy Mesh Pattern to make the most of one hank of this gorgeous yarn!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
1300 to 1400 size 8/0 beads, charlottes offer the most sparkle.
Knitting: Earflap Hat
A sweet little cap with pointed flaps, knit in the round. Choose a soft Chunky yarn and knit up a quick gift.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A fun and flirty design, great as a shawl or try it around your hips as a little skirt.
Knitting: Brimmed Hat
Knit in the round, with an I-cord and garter stitch brim and easy cable pattern, suitable for an adventurous beginning knitter, with a good grasp of the basics. Sample was knit in a cotton/acrylic blend for a summer basic.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
A mix and match of different “Eastern” techniques
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Fair Isle socks -traditional “x”s and “o”s from the bare bones 2 colour stranding to 7 colours. Lots of Options.
Knitting: Scarf
Champagne Anyone?! Just in time for the New Year. A little fizz and a some worsted and You’re ready to go.
Knitting: Cape
A feminine shawl for those who want a shawl without a lace pattern. The pelerine is created with stripes of alpaca gathering up the ruched layers of Kid Seta. The shawls’ upper edge is collared with a deep ruffle and finished with I-cord and beaded loop tassels and the front closure is I-cord and a smaller tassel.
Knitting: Vest
Slightly shaped, “Cowichan” inspired vest. Belted with a wrap front and shawl collar.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Full instructions for thrumming included. Step by step photo’s of thrumming method.
Knitting: Mittens
Thrummed mittens were born off the East Coast of Canada, in Newfoundland. I live on the East Coast of Vancouver Island, off the West Coast of Canada - hence East Coast Mittens.
Knitting: Scarf
Shibori Style scarf, a type of felting that incorporates different yarns and resists to create 3-dimensional effects.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
An undersea adventure in a Cozy. Three dimensional Sea-stars and Kelp adorn this rock that was your tea-pot!
Knitting: Scarf
A loosely knit single cable scarf. No sides to give the cable definition so the cable twists on itself - hence - the lazy cable.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The perfect pattern for those left-over bits of White Buffalo or Country Roving that are hanging around!
Knitting: Scarf
Dyeing from the kitchen pantry. Full instructions for dyeing with tea With charted lace and colour sequence. Long knotted fringe.
Knitting: Jewelry
A little something to embellish your beaded shawls! Each “bell” requires approx 300 size 8/0 beads and scraps of yarn.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A true lace in that there are YO’s in every row. The body of the shawl is easily memorized and the lace edging is garter stitch base so the shawl is reversible. The pattern is charted and uses colour in the charts.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Top-down Faroese Shawl a la Myrna Stahman. Incorporates, shoulder shaping and garter sections and several diamond shape patterns.
Knitting: Gloves
Classic gloves with Picot Hem and knit in beaded pattern, also includes an alternative cuff pattern. Need size 8/0 beads in one or an assortment of colours. At least 650 beads.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
Simple fair-isle patterning provides a cheerful background for the 3 dimensional flowers that adorn this cozy.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
Whimsical, heavily embellished cozy. Useful for using up bits of left-over yarns and letting your imagination soar. Can use size 6/0 beads.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
Fair Isle cozy knit in the round. Crown top and picot hem start.
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
My personal favorite!! 200+ size 6/0 beads
Knitting: Drawstring Bag
A heavily beaded Bag - over 5000 beads. Also beaded double-knit strap and beaded Tassel. Must be knit with a silk, rayon or cotton due to weight of the beads.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Scarf has a beaded mesh edging and requires approx 800 size 8/0 beads. The edging can be deepened with more repeats and more beads (teal sample). The scarf is fairly narrow, only 4 1/2 inches wide after blocking. It could easily be made wider with more repeats and beads.
Knitting: Scarf
Gauge in not important for this pattern. The loose knit and soft yarn make this a warm and cozy scarf. The Cabling pattern makes the scarf totally reversible.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Hat is knit circularly with no seams. Any DK weight yarn would be suitable. Makes a good man’s hat when knit with a solid coloured yarn.
Knitting: Scarf
An easy 2 row lace pattern with beads between stitches - 1400 size 8/0 beads.
Knitting: Scarf
Options include size of beads used in cast-off and optional mini ruffle cast-off.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Traditional Norwegian pulse warmers with modern twist. Plan on 800 size 8/0 glass beads.
Knitting: Tote
Felted entrelac bag, very colourful and wildly embellished with beads, leaves and flowers. Bag bottom is trimmed with beaded I-cord and the straps are double knitted and beaded.
Knitting: Gloves
While these gloves are knit with 5-ply yarn, a heavy 4-ply will work just as well. It will just make them softer.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Classic Aran toque, pattern is fully charted with design options included - pillbox style and rolled brim.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
A teaching pattern to take a knitter from learning about cables and knitting to reading graphs while cabling. Knit flat and seamed with thumb hole left in seam.
Knitting: Purse / Handbag
This envelope style bag is knit with yarn held double and finished with a crochet edging before felting. One large button is needed for the closure.
Knitting: Brimmed Hat
The Rafia yarn used did not have a definite yardage - a hat will take anywhere from 3 -4 hands of the yarn specified.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
200 size 8/0 beads. Beads are pre-strung and used in the first 6 rows. Cuff is knit flat and then connected into a round to continue the sock.
Knitting: Gloves
traditional Gloves with forchettes and early start baby finger.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This is an 8 page pattern with 3 pages of colour charts.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
450 size 8/0 beads or 3mm round Czech crystals (used on white silk/mohair mitten).
Knitting: Bag
This stocking is very large before and then after felting. In our home the Stocking is King! at Christmas.
