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Learn Modular Knitting with This Fun Pattern

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home sweet home modular knitting patternSometimes as a knitter you start playing with yarn without a real idea of what you’re making or if it will turn into a project.

So it was with Tina Tse when she started playing with modular knitting, randomly putting together bits of patchwork knitting that eventually became a kimono-style jacket. She wasn’t writing down what she was doing, and then when she started documenting it she found the knitting wasn’t as fun anymore (been there) so her pattern is more of a formula for how you might use modular knitting to make your own garments of your choice.

The Home Sweet Home Formula “pattern” explains how to go about using modular knitting to create a project with Garter Stitch fabric that can be any size or shape you like, worked in stripes, solids or any combination.

Tina explains it like this:

It’s not about following rules. It’s about knowing the foundations and letting your hands move with the stitches. This formula will include all the foundations you need to create your one of a kind piece and I’m so excited to see what all of you make from it!

You can grab the formula — which includes guidance on making a cowl to get you started with the process — from Ravelry for $8.

[Photo: Tina Tse via Ravelry.]

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Knit a Fish Pouch, for Reasons

I can’t resist a pattern that’s both useful and a little silly, and that’s exactly how I feel about the Rybka pouch pattern from the delightfully named Rat and Sea Witch.

I know you’re going to ask, because I did, too. Rybka means little fish in Polish. (And because you’re also probably going to ask, Rat and Sea Witch comes from people’s attempts to say the designer’s name, Ratasiewicz, which if you say it fast kind of sounds like rat and sea witch.)

It’s easy to make a little fish bag in different sizes to suit your needs. The pattern has specific instructions for an Airpods Pro case and a pencil case, but you could change the length easily to hold more stuff, and change the size in general by working with a different weight of yarn.

The pattern calls for sock yarn and mohair held together to make a fingering weight gauge, but you could try it with heavier yarn and see what size bag you end up with.

Whatever size you make it, this looks like a fun project for holding trinkets or everyday items. The mouth of the fish is the mouth of the bag, and it closes with a drawstring that is also the strap. I wonder, too, if you could make one of these with a small clasp frame that could be the fish’s mouth and then you could just work I cord straps that would attach to the sides of the fish.

I could also see stripes, or fish of different colors to use up your yarn leftovers. How about a sunglasses case with a little loop to attach to your bag? Once you start thinking about all the ways you could use a fish-shaped bag in your life, I think you’ll see that you probably need more than one.

If you make one of these I would love to know how it went!

You can grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Rat and Sea Witch]