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Need Alternatives to Ravelry for Buying Patterns?

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Since Ravelry changed its site design last month, making it unusable for some people (and it’s unknown when or if those issues will be fixed) many people are looking for alternatives to Ravelry for buying and selling patterns.

Promised Fibers has put together a list of some options, including knitwear designers who are selling direct on their own websites, as well as other places to buy patterns like Etsy and PayHip.

You’ll also find apps that help you use your Ravelry information without being on the site itself, and even a browser extension that changes the look of Ravelry to something that might be more usable for some viewers. (Note that more information about the extension is available on Ravelry, but you can also directly download it.)

Have you been using other sources since Ravelry changed its look? I’d love to hear about it.

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  1. I have. I’m using “Yarnbook” presentet on Facebook. A danish site where a lot of nordic knitters sell there patterns. It’s a lot easier, and you can save all your patterns online that you bought from the designers. Also share informations and details on there facebook-site, A great site 🙂

  2. I transferred my patterns to lovecrafts, though that site needs some work as it’s harder to organise ones library, or tell what’s in a collection and what’s not !
    I still keep rav, I think you need to, keepIng a rav account to access patterns on lovecrafts , though that could be wrong, plus it’s the easiest way to print off or download a pattern. Looking on rav even for a very short time gives me the most awful headache, and what’s more rav don’t give a darn

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Adorable Ghost Knitting Patterns

Adding a bit of knitting to your fall decor is a lot of fun, whether it’s knit pumpkins or a bunch of adorable knit ghosts like these.

Knit ghosts can be super simple like this free ghost knitting pattern from Trixie Zynch on Ravelry. Using about 50 yards of worsted weight yarn, they’re worked from the bottom up and are super cute as a pair. 

This fuzzy little ghost from Forest Knitting Toys is holding a pumpkin and wearing a witch hat, though of course the accessories are optional, as is the fuzzy yarn. The main yarn is chunky and the ghost measures about 10 cm/4 inches tall. It’s worked in the round. 

Another fuzzy ghost in more of a Pacman style is this ghost plushie form South Stitch Girls. It’s worked in the round with bulky yarn and includes a sweet little bow you can make in whatever color you like. 

The ghost doll from Edith Grace Designs has little arms and a curl at the top of its head. The body is worked flat using DK weight yarn and you could also work it in glow in the dark yarn for extra fun. The body and head are worked in one piece with the arms knit separately. 

The Grim Grinning Ghosts from Susan Claudino are super cute and you can knit them in any yarn and gauge you like to make ghosts of different sizes. These are worked in the round with the body done in one piece and the arms are knit separately. The ghosts shown were knit in sock yarn, DK and worsted weight yarn. You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Make a ghost with funny striped legs with this ghost shelf sitter design from Claire Fairall Designs. It’s worked in three colors of DK weight yarn, and the letters spelling out boo are made with strips of garter stitch sewn into shape.