Free Patterns, Tutorials and Project Ideas
I was thinking again about Hermione’s Everyday Socks, a fantastic (and free) sock pattern from Erica Lueder.
It’s a rather old pattern, first published in 2009, and I started knitting mine several years after that but maybe only finished … Read More ...
I love warm beverages pretty much all the time, but I don’t love that my mugs sometimes get too hot.
Coffee cozies are quick and easy projects that are also really useful for the coffee and tea drinking folks out … Read More ...
This time of year I want knitting projects that are quick and easy and that I can wear right away.
Gina Michele’s easy tank knitting pattern is just that sort of project. It’s knit in a flash, in two pieces … Read More ...
I love baby blankets because you can make them a million different ways and everyone needs them.
This Waterfall Baby Blanket by Leelee Knits is really pretty and uses simple repeating cables to make a pattern of cascading waves.
I … Read More ...
I have this knit coat (a Tilted Duster, if you remember that long-ago pattern) that’s been finished where the knitting is concerned for about a month now. I sewed up the sleeves and everything.
It needs to be blocked before … Read More ...
One thing crochet has on knitting is the wide variety of amigurumi patterns — designs for sweet little animals, food and all sorts of other adorable stuff.
There are some great amigurumi patterns for knitting, too, though, and Knitting Bee … Read More ...
Though we’re enduring what I hope will be the last cold snap of spring where I live, I’m already thinking about knitting for true spring and summer.
As I knit the last of a long-neglected lap blanket I’m dreaming of … Read More ...
You know the classic heart-shaped Mom tattoo? anny purls has made a knit version that’s a little heart-shaped pillow complete with a scroll and the word mom on it. Plus, it has wings.
How cute is that?
I kind of … Read More ...
I was poking around in the stats for the site, because that’s a thing normal people do, and I noticed there have been a lot of searches lately for Poekmon knitting patterns.
So it seemed like a good time to … Read More ...
Now that April is here we had the end of the NCAA basketball tournament and the end of March Mayhem, the knitting-related bracket that crowns a champion knitting pattern from the previous year.
The winner is Humulus by Isabell … Read More ...
The 15th year of Knitty has been a lot of fun because they have published a lot of projects that were inspired by patterns that had previously been published in the online knitting magazine.
One of the most popular patterns … Read More ...
This unicorn hat is so darn cute I want to make one big enough for my daughter!
Little Red Window has a free version of the pattern in a six-month size, with other sizes available in a purchased pattern.
The … Read More ...
I know three French hens are more of a Christmas thing than a spring thing, but chickens are cute to have in your decor all the time, especially if you raise chickens or have a farmhouse-themed decor.
Fisherman’s Rib is a great knitting stitch that looks like brioche but is a lot easier to knit than traditional brioche designs.
Hands Occupied not only has a great baby blanket pattern using the stitch, but Heidi has also written … Read More ...
Knitting a clutch is a fun and easy way to experiment with bag knitting because it’s a super simple shape.
This pattern from Smiling Colors uses a simple ridge stitch and is just a knit rectangle with a tiny bit … Read More ...