Knitting

Free Patterns, Tutorials and Project Ideas

Long Lace Vest Knitting Pattern

by

I love the idea of a long vest (or sleeveless cardigan, if you will) as a way to add a bit of knitting to an outfit without adding a lot of warmth.

The Bailar Vest by Susanna IC for Knit Picks is a duster length, open front vest with lace panels on the fronts and back, bordered with a bit of Stockinette. The lace pattern requires paying attention on both sides of the project, so this isn’t a beginner lace pattern, but it’s definitely worth the effort for a great little garment to wear over a long dress (or even a short dress, if you like).

The pattern is worked in fingering weight yarn and is available in 10 sizes with a chest measurement ranging from 40.5 inches to 76.5 inches. It can be worn with a lot of ease, or less if you prefer.

You can download this pattern alone or the ebook of knit lace patterns it is included in from Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks.]

Have you read?

Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use. 

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make. 

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!). 

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn. 

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart. 

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern. 

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.