This hat was designed for the Madison Knitters’ Guild’s 2021 Knit-In Cast On Party as a celebration of scrappy knitting. The inspiration is a favorite knitting book, Sally Melville Styles, which celebrates knitting with leftovers to appear artistic rather than just practical. The designs in the book are mostly garments, so, as an introduction t...

This diagonally striped dishcloth is a simple knit of two row garter stitch stripes. Although the pattern calls for a sport weight yarn, the dishcloth/facecloth can actually be worked in any weight yarn.

A simple, stockinette stitch, sock scrap scarf worked in the round with ribbed cuffs.

Inspired by the modern quilt movement, this generously-sized rectangular wrap is a play on both color and geometry. Long rectangles break apart into shorter units as they approach the center of the wrap. The two gradient sets of colors begin with their darkest colors at opposite ends and fade to their lightest colors down the length of the wrap.

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The Escalator Wrap draws inspiration from the chevrons of a modern quilt design. Working those stripes from a hand-dyed gradient set gives the illusion of gliding steps - an escalator. The edges of the stripes are picked out in a bright contrast color for pop and to highlight the color contrast.

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Buy the BlueGrill Hat and get the matching BlueGrill Scarf for only $1. Prior purchases count towards this discount.

Buy the BlueGrill Scarf and get the BlueGrill Hat for only $1. Prior purchases count towards the discount.

I believe I have something novel here - the first pattern that begs for more yarn ends. Stripe away, use up all your fingering weight scraps and it only makes your hat better.

So Steek’n Simple is the project for you if you’ve always wanted to try steeking (cutting into your knitted fabric) but were afraid to try (and who isn’t?). Mohair yarn is the fiber to choose for steeking because it clings to itself with a nearly unbreakable bond. As a result, all your cut ends really don’t want to go anywhere but where you tel...

This pattern is an update to the original All Squared Up published in January 2006.

This quick and simple headband is both fun and functional. The double layer of super bulky yarn will keeps ears toasty warm while the pompom ears add whimsy. Sized for toddlers, children, teens and adults, this headband is composed only of easy knit stitches worked in the round.

This generously-sized entrelac scarf is constructed differently than most – it was worked the long way from end to end. Why? It began as a pile of Noro Silk Garden leftovers. Some of the scraps were much brighter and more colorful than others, so a scarf worked across the narrow width could look scrappy. However, knitting the rows lengthwise hi...

Knitters have often combined the entrelac knitting technique and yarn dyed with long color changes with spectacular results. But, the combination of entrelac and a gradient dyed yarn appeared unexplored. In CodaChrome, a single skein of knitcircus’ Calliope is worked into circular entrelac cowl, and the result is a marriage made in heaven.

Entrelac knitting resembles complicated woven basketry, but is actually an intermediate level technique. If you can knit stockinette and pick up stitches, you can do entrelac.

These traditionally-patterned fingerless mitts are worked in a combination of two plaid knitting techniques – two-stranded intarsia and applied crochet. The bigger checks and horizontal contrast stripes are worked as part of the knitting, while the vertical contrast stripes are inserted after the knitting is completed. This approach is much sim...

This classic tam is designed for beginning knitters – all garter stitch (no purls!), worked flat, with easy increases and decreases. But it is stylish enough to make it a great quick project for more experienced knitter. Finish it with your choice of top – plain, tab top or pompom.

This seamless moss stitch cowl works up fast in a super-bulky weight yarn. The cast on and bound off edges provide a fun hit of bright contrasting color. Use the crochet cast on technique to make the two edges look identical.

The Mag Mile Hat was inspired by a hat seen on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, but ‘Mag’ might also be short for ‘magnum’, or ‘great’ in Latin. The Mag Mile is a hat that is great in style but also great in scale. It knits up quickly in super bulky weight yarn. Or, bust some stash and work it up in three strands of worsted weight yarn held together.

Were you fortunate to be able to attend a fiber festival or knitting convention this past year? If so, you might have picked up some gorgeous hand-dyed skeins. But, those lovely skeins may be sitting in a bowl on your coffee table because it can be difficult to find just the right pattern to show off their brilliant colors without overwhelming ...

My blog now features a photo tutorial on the applied crochet chain technique used to create the vertical stripes. Find it at: http://woolly-wits.blogspot.com/2014/05/crochet-chain-app....

Farwen is a beaded, ribbed hat worked in the classic farrow rib pattern. The hat sports less than 50 beads – enough for drama, but not so many to be tiring. Use a single type of bead for a classic look, or a mix of beads to go eclectic. Farwen is knit flat and then seamed to simplify the knitting and maximize the knit stitches over the purl sti...

This unisex scarf solves the problem of how to hide the ugly backside of a cabled scarf. Work the cables in 1x1 rib and make it reversible! Two identical ‘eccentric’ cables surround a braided cable. A slip stitch edging creates a neat finish.