Free Patterns, Tutorials and Project Ideas
This classic boy’s Aran cardigan knitting pattern is a timeless vintage-style knit featuring beautiful cable texture, a cosy shawl collar, button front, and matching hat instructions. A lovely heirloom-style knitting project for children.
There are some children’s knits that never … Read More ...
One knit item for back to school that students can actually use is a knit pencil case. Especially if they are tightly knit or lined with fabric, a knit pencil case is a fun project to knit and useful for … Read More ...
There is something wonderfully comforting about a chunky knitted blanket. It is the sort of project that begins as an optimistic tower of oversized yarn and soon becomes a warm, weighty blanket spreading across your lap while you knit. By … Read More ...
Feather and Fan stitch is one of those lovely knitting patterns that looks far more complicated than it really is. With its rows of delicate eyelets, soft waves and naturally scalloped edges, it gives even a simple scarf or baby … Read More ...
Let’s be honest, Taylor Swift has done more for the humble cardigan than most knitting magazines could manage in a decade.
What began with the cream cable-knit cardigan connected to Folklore has grown into a whole collection of album-inspired knitwear. … Read More ...
Last year I shared a roundup of shorts knitting patterns over at Our Daily Craft, and it’s consistently one of my most popular posts this time of year.
What that post lacked, though, was any projects of mine, because I … Read More ...
Shadow knitting blankets are the sort of projects that make people stop mid-sentence and say, “Wait… how did you do that?”
From straight on, many of them look like simple stripes, blocks or textured colour changes. Then you move to … Read More ...
There is something deeply satisfying about knitting a chunky cardigan. The stitches are large enough to see your progress, the fabric feels wonderfully substantial, and you can often finish the entire garment far more quickly than you could with a … Read More ...
Sometimes when I’m scrolling through Ravelry a pattern will catch my eye as much because of the name as the look of the design (which is a little hard to see in those little thumbnails sometimes, anyway).
So it was … Read More ...
It feels like it’s too early to be thinking about back to school, but as I write this my daughter has just a couple of weeks of summer left! So let’s get in that school and fall knitting spirit by … Read More ...
Every so often, a knitting pattern becomes so popular that it feels as though every knitter has either made one, queued one or quietly added yarn to their basket while insisting they are “just looking.”
The Ranunculus knitting pattern by … Read More ...
Ponchos are one of those wonderfully forgiving knitting projects that manage to be practical, cosy and rather stylish all at once. There are no sleeves to set in, fewer fit worries than you encounter with a traditional sweater, and … Read More ...
There is something nostalgic and reassuring about a cable knit sweater. Perhaps it is the way those twisting stitches look as though they have been keeping people warm for generations, or perhaps it is simply the promise of a … Read More ...
There is something wonderfully satisfying about knitting a dishcloth from one tiny corner and watching it grow row by row. You begin with only a handful of stitches, add a few simple increases, and before long there is a neat … Read More ...
There is something wonderfully satisfying about putting together a line-dancing outfit that feels western without looking as though you have wandered away from a themed birthday party.
Modern country style is much softer and more wearable than the head-to-toe fringe … Read More ...