Get Ready for Winter (or Next Winter) with Free Mitten Patterns

The good people at Knitting Daily have just released a free pattern ebook full of patterns for mittens. Since those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are very much in a spring frame of mind right now (which does not at all mean we won’t still need some mittens for a little while), I dedicate this one to our friends in the southern part of the world, who will be facing cold weather soon.

There’s a pretty basic pattern worked in stripes (which you could make solid if you like), a pair with a cute cuff treatment, one worked in colorful Linen Stitch (remember how we were just talking about how great two-color Linen Stitch is?), a stranded knit pattern covered with sonwflakes and a simple unisex pattern you’ll knit again and again.

You can download this pattern book from Knitting Daily if you are a member; it’s free to sign up and you’ll get daily emails about all sorts of fun stuff in the world of knitting.

Are you still knitting/getting ready to knit for cold weather? I’d love to hear what you’re working on!

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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