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  4. I get an error message when I click on the free lady bug slipper pattern. I tried a couple of other ways to get it with no success.
    Can you help me?????

  7. Can you please email me the knitting pattern for both the piggy and ladybug slippers.
    Many thanks
    Dee

  8. I love the ladybug slippers, but casn not open the pattern. Can you please email it to me. Thank you very much
    marissa

  9. I love the ladybug and piggy slippers but unable to get the pattern. Can anyone help? Thank you

  11. The patterns aren’t there? either the patterns were removed or something went wrong. Could you please email me the patterns? They look sooooo cute!

  13. If you go on knitting pattern central you can find the pattern for the ladybug slippers. Unfortunately I still haven’t found the pig slippers, which are the ones I really want to make.

  15. pouvez vous me faire parvenir la traductions en francais des chaussons cochons roses.d’avance merci

  16. Could you please e mail me the Lady bug and piggy slipper pattern thy are gorgeous cant get pattern on web does not open page. Kind Regards Cathy

  19. i love the ladybug slippers … my girls would actually wear slippers!
    Could you please email me the pattern?
    Thank you in advance

  30. Hi can you please email the free pattern for Lady Bug and Piggy slippers?
    Regards
    Maretha
    marethabotha123@gmail com

Have you read?

Book Review: Brooklyn Tweed’s Knit & Crochet Blankets

Blankets are a great blank slate project that you can change up in a million different ways. From color to stitch pattern to size, the possibilities are almost endless.

Jared Flood, the designer behind Brooklyn Tweed, was inspired by a log cabin quilt his mother made in 1995 to re-create that design in knitting, which led to more blankets and ultimate Brooklyn Tweed’s Knit and Crochet Blankets, which includes 25 patterns from an array of designers using different skills and techniques to make cozy, pretty blankets.

The patterns are divided into three aesthetic themes: traditions, minimalism and colorplay. The patterns are rated on a scale of one to five, with one being the easiest, and there aren’t any pieces rated five. Two blankets are rated one, 14 are two, eight are three and one is four. 

In addition, three of the 25 patterns are crocheted, but they either use single crochet or granny stitch, so they are pretty easy even if you don’t do a lot of crochet. You can see all the patterns on Ravelry.

Some of my favorites include Rattan by Rastus Hsu, a chunky blanket worked in knits and purls with simple crossing stitches to make a raised woven look; Homewood by Seth Richardson, covers in dramatic, loopy cables; Ainur Berkimbayeva’s Tessellate, one of the beginner projects that doesn’t really look beginner but is totally worked in knit and purl stitches; Warp + Weft by Aist? Butkevi?ien?, which is mostly knits and purls but makes a fun woven look fabric that blew my mind a little bit; and the same designer’s Canyonland, a multicolored blanket with wavy stripes.

The patterns tell you how to resize them for different dimensions and include information on pattern repeats where it is possible to make a totally custom size.

Many different techniques are included here such as cables, lace, shadow knitting, intarsia and other colorwork techniques, as well as modular knitting and lots of sewing pieces together. The patterns are all presented with charts, but there are line by line written instructions available on the Brooklyn Tweed website if you need them.

The book ends with a deep dive into log cabin knitting, telling the story of the quilt Jared’s mom made and how he made it in knitting, as well as the multitude of variations you can make if you want your own log cabin style design.

The back of the book includes a little written information about some of the special techniques needed, but there are no photos.

This is a lovely book full of inspiration for knitting and crochet blankets for any skill level. If you like to make blankets as gifts or aspire to have a handmade blanket in every room of the house, these designs would be a great place to start.

About the book: 192 pages, paperback, 25 patterns. Published 2024 by Abrams Books, suggested retail price $24.99.

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