Free Knitting Pattern Ring

There are many places on the net to get [tag]free knitting patterns[/tag]. Some contain pictures of the items, most are text only sites and you can just print the pattern. I am focused on socks currently (could be the cold Michigan winter that has my toes frozen) and have looked at hundreds of patterns.

In my surfing the â€˜net, I came across the free knitting patterns web ring. One of the sites is Wool Works. This site is noncommercial, volunteer-run site full of information for hand knitters. Wool Works has been online since 1994 and on its own domain since September 20, 1997. Wool Works, formerly known as the Online Knitting Magazine, is the oldest collection of hand knitting information on the Web

Clicking on the Patterns button sent me to a list of pattern types â€“ sweaters, socks. Doll clothes, SOCKS â€“ I had to check out the sock page. WOW, the sock patterns filled a whole page, and best of all they were all FREE!! I will be busy printing [tag]patterns[/tag] and using some of my [tag]sock yarn[/tag] stash for quite a long time.

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As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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