It’s Friday the 13th, which means it must be time to start thinking about Halloween. Especially if you want to knit something for your Halloween or fall decor, it’s high time you got started. Here are a bunch of great … Read More ...
Pattern Sales Benefit Artist Community in Italy
Mutonia is a sort of travelers’ camp, sort of arists’ colony in Italy that has been relatively peacefully existing for 23 years. From what I’ve read there’s basically one person who wants rid of them, and community is in danger … Read More ...
Knit a Cabbage Patch Doll Hair Hat
Cabbage Patch Dolls — at least the ones I grew up with — had pretty distinctive yarn hair. So it makes sense that people would try to re-create that look with knitting and crochet.
Over at Craft Bits there’s a … Read More ...
Free Pattern: Easy Christmas Hat
I for one am not ready to be thinking about the winter holidays, but if you’re the Christmas in July sort, Craftown has a new pattern for a knit hat designed by Melanie Smith that you might want to take … Read More ...
Check out This Adorbale Snowman Hat!
Jenni from the Vintage Umbrella shared a fun finished object on her blog: this lovely Fair Isle snowman hat. She got the pattern, designed by Sandra Jäger, on Ravelry, where it’s selling for €3.49 (or a little less … Read More ...
Knitty Winter Surprises are Live!
Help a Knitter Save a Creative Community
I came across a link to the blog of Woolly Wormhead, a UK knitter who is part of the artists’ commune Mutonia. She reports that the site of the commune is under threat and in order to maintain their … Read More ...
Free Halloween Pattern: Where’s Waldo Hats
It doesn’t seem possible that it should be time to start thinking about Halloween, but if you want to knit all or part of your costume or decor, it really is time to get cracking. I’ll be trying to bring … Read More ...

