Claudia Krisniski
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Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
sizes: x-small (large child’s), small, medium, (large, Xlarge, XXlarge)
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
There is a KNITALONG for these socks for March 2021 here.
Knitting: Mittens
Child Medium, Teen, Medium Adult, Large Adult, Xlarge Adult: 6, 7, 8 (9, 10)” around hand
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Lamb’s Pride BULKY wool/mohair * 4 oz/125 yards
Knitting: Pullover
Borrow a tradition from Northern Atlantic knitters and snuggle up in a wool sweater for the winter.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Cold hands need cheery knitted armor.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
shoe size: child 12 - adult 1 - 4, adult 8-9, adult 11, adult 12-13
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Are these magical socks? Knit with love by a friend for a friend in the Harry Potter books, these special mismatched socks will take you to a wonderful place where friends take care of friends, and good triumphs!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
2, 2, 3, 3 – 50 gram skeins DROPS DELIGHT (wool/nylon…191 yards/skein) or DROPS FABEL (wool/polyamide…224 yards/skein)
Knitting: Mittens
Knit these hand-holding mittens in the round on big double pointed needles with big yarn. Make 2 regular mittens and then a hand holding one!
Knitting: Mittens
Rolled hem, South American joining to prevent jogging of stripes, and after thought thumb placement included in techniques. Double pointed needles. Optional felting instructions included.
Knitting: Pullover
Traditional Fair Isle stranded knitting covers this sweater, Knit seamlessly from the top down, the neck is shaped with short rows within the yoke, and the Corrugated Rib collar is worked last. Create a short sleeved tunic, or long sleeved sweater. The sleeves are worked seamlessly in the round from the shoulder to the cuff.
Knitting: Pullover
From the pattern description A circularly knit gansey sweater for children and babies. Sizes 3 months through size 12.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
(Measure around hand in crook of thumb.
Knitting: Headband
This headband teaches STEEKING, and is a perfect gauge swatch for the SUNSET CROSS FAIR ISLE SWEATER.
Knitting: Mittens
While working on charity knitting for the homeless shelters in our area, Brenda came and whipped up a mitten in 90 minutes. We like that. In fact, I liked it so much I went home and made one from her inspiration. Now here’s a pattern to go with it.
Knitting: Pullover, Vest
This pattern offers a tunic vest version that uses slightly less yarn than the sweater. Optional waist shaping included.
Knitting: Mittens
Knit A Long for these mittens, as well as yarn kit purchase info:
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The blocked knitting gauge of this pattern is crucial to making this shawlet with less than 300 yards. Knitting loosely will aid your efforts! Cashmere Queen is comfortably warm even knit at this loose gauge.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This pattern offers two sets of numbers and 3 combinations of yarns to achieve 3 different gauges and 6 sizes. The yarn amounts are deceiving in the Ravelry description as the larger yarns take the fewest yards even for the largest sizes!
Knitting: Pullover
Suggested ease for this sweater is 3” over actual body measurements, so a 35” chest measurement would make size 38.5”.
Knitting: Legwarmers
A 16” circular needle works well for all sizes except the smallest, which would need a shorter circular needle or double pointed needles.
Knitting: Mittens
This pattern is offered in 7 sizes. Changing the yarn can increase the size range by adding 2 more sizes. Instructions for felting the mittens included.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Yardage requirements are as follows:
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knit an easy lace pattern into a lovely rectangle for keeping warm. Alpaca and wool yarn lends a radiating heat with fabulous drape.
Knitting: Cup / Mug
Add buttonholes or omit them and sew up cozy for handle-less mug.
Knitting: Pullover
Knit this classic sweater in-the-round on circular needles from the bottom up. The hemmed, raglan shape is a seamless knit in Faroe Island color tradition. Worked with Norwegian wool in an original Countrywool stitch reminiscent of patterns used in the last century, this stranded sweater will stand the test of time.
Knitting: Vest
Worked in the round from the bottom up with garter stitch edges. VERY flattering worn with a turtleneck shirt, leggings and legwarmers!
Knitting: Pullover
Knit this slightly oversized sweater in-the-round on circular needles from the bottom up. The rolled edges, seamless construction and Harris Tweed stitch pattern make this sweater entirely reversible.
Knitting: Mittens
Instructions include option for thrummed stuffing OR using roving, unbroken, as stuffing.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Traditional Gansey stitch pattern charts are offered in this pattern. Chart your own patterns and add them to this hat, making it a perfect gauge swatch for a Gansey sweater.
Knitting: Pullover
Worked in the round up, this easy-to-knit circular and seamless knits up in a jiffy.
Knitting: Pullover
Knit entirely in the round, this seamless pullover focuses on the traditional Icelandic color stitch pattern. Short row shaping at the neck allows for a comfortable fit.
Knitting: Pullover
There is a KnitALong for this sweater on the COUNTRYWOOLERS group.
Knitting: Hats - Other
Worked with bulky yarn, this circularly knit hat sports cables, shaped earflaps, I-cord braids and an applied I-cord edge. Not for the faint of heart.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This pattern is written for foot widths. Lengths are suggested, but easily altered, so row gauge is not important.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Yarns are held together and knit for gauge.
Knitting: Pullover
This straight sided, saddle shouldered pullover is worked from the top down in a seamless fashion. The sleeves are picked up around the armholes and knit down. Charts are included for all pattern stitches. The back of the neck (but with simple ribbed non-mitered finish) is shown close up in the second picture.
Knitting: Pullover
The allure of the cable makes this project fascinating to knit. Top down construction, this is softly knit in 100% wool.
Knitting: Cardigan
This pattern has two downloads…one for the pattern and one for the charts. The charts should be printed landscape.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This Sweater-Hat is a miniature saddle shoulder sweater worked seamlessly in the round from the top down. The neck is closed and shaped with garter stitch rounds to turn the wee sweater into a hat.
Knitting: Mittens
Knit three color straight cuffed Nordic mittens, two stranded for warmth. The third color is used just in the cuff, and 20 yards should be enough.
Knitting: Legwarmers, Mid-calf Socks
V-E-R-Y stretchy and easy to knit as well as wear!
Knitting: Poncho
Soft and warm, this is a perfect wrap for a quick dash to the car, or an extra layer in winter.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Measure Your Foot: and fill in “L” and “W” as shown in the picture above.
Knitting: Pullover
Seamlessly knit from bottom to top, a pretty easy knit. The only tricky parts: sleeve shaping in pattern along a center seam stitch, and short row neck shaping just below the collar.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Knit from the bottom up, the reverse roll edge allows the hat to sit lightly on your head, trapping warm air and leaving no hat hair!
Knitting: Headband
Learn to steek, in the crochet style, on an easy-to-knit headband, sporting a original Faroe Island stitch pattern chart.
Knitting: Cardigan, Beanie, Toque
Presented at the Countrywool Faroe Knitting Retreat in the spring of 2007. Knit a Faroe sweater un-traditionally in the round, seamlessly, with traditional easy-to-remember color pattern stitch. 12 page pattern is fully explained for all sizes, with extensive steeking instructions. Make the hat first as the PERFECT gauge swatch! Front and neck ...
Knitting: Pullover
The pattern was part of a weekend workshop on Faroe sweaters by the designer, Claudia Krisniski of Countrywool.
Knitting: Slippers
Footies are knit with 2 strands of yarn held together throughout. Size US women’s foot size 10 used 200 yards total, 100 yards of each yarn.
Knitting: Scarf
Worked with bulky yarn, this easy knit cable scarf in double seed stitch and braided cable pattern is reversible, soft and warm. Silk and merino wool yarn keep it soft on your neck.
Knitting: Shrug / Bolero
One set of directions is provided, Changing the yarn weight used results in another possible finished size.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
sizes: small (large child’s), medium (women’s), large (women’s), XLarge (men’s)
Knitting: Pullover
This sweater can be made with a single strand of HEILO or a double strand of BABY ULL. When using Baby Ull, follow directions for a size smaller than desired.
Knitting: Pullover
a countrywool Learn Knitting Techniques pattern ©2006
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Knit from the toe up on one circular needle with a peasant heel.
Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Knit this sock QUICKLY in the round with aran weight yarn!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Two needle sizes are used. The smaller one allows for a tighter gauge in the garter band around the bottom to fit snugly over the ears. That said, a single needle size may be used. Work it flat and sew up the seam OR work it in the round!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
From the Pattern Description Knit an 8 foot shawl in the oldest tradition, from the outer edge to the top.
Knitting: Booties, Beanie, Toque
Knit a soft and stretchable hat and booties that fit easily and snugly on a wiggly baby!
Knitting: Pullover
Finished chest measurements (choose a size 2” larger than actual chest measurement)
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This hat pattern is written for one size. To achieve other sizes, change the yarn used.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Simple shoulder capelet Faroese style, uses #10 needles, or larger, MAKE SURE YOU GET GAUGE or you will run out of yarn! The sample took 100 grams DK weight yarn.
Knitting: Pullover
Knit this casual sweater in-the-round on circular needles from the bottom up. This gansey style has paneled stitch patterns suggesting a seagull in flight, traditional Whitby Moss, a shallow boat neck and shaped gussets. The shoulders are bound off together, with the sleeves picked up and knit down in one piece to the garter stitch cuffs, with ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Channel island cast on defines the edge of this hat. Full instructions for this traditional technique included. This hat is an excellent gauge swatch for the SEAGULL GANSEY by Countrywool.
Knitting: Earflap Hat
Earflaps and ties are added last and are optional.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This sock pattern has so many sizes, one can easily get a PERFECT fit from yarns within the fingering/sock range.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This top down, short row heel and wedge toe pattern is written for a 12” circular needle. The 6 sizes are all based on the measurement around the widest part of the foot, 7-11.5”, and any leg/foot length can be made.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Many small lengths of yarn are used in this Fair Isle pattern. The main color will need to have a whole skein, but you may use an alternate color for the hem to use whatever yarn amounts you have around to start with.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Knit true fingerless gloves in the percentage style…use any yarn, any needles to fit any sized hand. Work from a gauge swatch and hand measurements.
Knitting: Pullover
From the Pattern Description A circularly knit Aran sweater and matching hat for the small folks in your life. Sizes 3 months through size 12.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
A generic sock pattern using any yarn for any sized foot. Starts with the toe and Judy’s Magic Cast On. German Short row technique used for the short row heel. Sewn off Bind Off directions. Standard foot/shoe size measurements included.
Knitting: Baby Blanket
Easy to make bigger by changing yarn to worsted or Aran!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Different needles will allow for size changes.
Knitting: Cardigan
Using an existing sweater that fits the way you want this cardigan to fit, take those measurements; make a gauge swatch (or many!) with any yarn and plot your new best loved cardigan.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Made in ribbing stitch on double pointed needles, these mitts can be made in most worsted, DK and heavy worsted yarns and will fit with a simple needle size change. Slight gusset shaping helps with fit. Ribbed fabric means they fit neatly!
Knitting: Pullover
This Aran sweater is knit untraditionally (but easily) in the round. The sizing can be changed by using a different yarn or eliminating (or adding!) some double seed stitch in the patterning, and since one starts with the sleeves, there is no need to knit a gauge swatch…the sleeve becomes your swatch. A generous 56” size is offered and options ...
Knitting: Pullover
This Aran sweater is knit untraditionally (but easily) in the round. The sizing can be changed by using a different yarn or eliminating (or adding!) some double seed stitch in the patterning, and since one starts with the sleeves, there is no need to knit a gauge swatch…the sleeve becomes your swatch. A generous 56” size is offered and options ...
Knitting: Cardigan
This pattern lends itself well to all sport and dk weight yarns, shifting the sizes so the smallest set of numbers creates the next size.
Knitting: Pullover
This sweater is knit from the bottom up, in the round, with a classic broken rib pattern that drapes beautifully. The big yarn makes for a FAST knit. Sample knit by Kirk!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The needle size depends on the hat size. Use the smaller needle for the child size and the larger needle for the adult size.
Knitting: Pullover
Sample is knit with Lamb’s Pride Worsted from Brown Sheep. A sample sweater is needed to measure from before beginning pattern, or use standard measurements from a web site such as
Knitting: Doll Clothes - Other
Knit adorable winter sweaters for your favorite bears. Circular knitting makes for a fast finish.
Knitting: Cardigan
Worked seamlessly from hem to shoulders, with the sleeves picked up and knit down in the round to the cuff. Body is worked in a variation of Northcott Rib from the English Isles. Shoulders are a modified drop shape
Knitting: Mittens
Two patterns are included. The first is a generic pattern used for ANY sized hand that includes sizing equations to fill in based on the hand measurements. A great way to learn custom fitting!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
These folk patterned socks, sized for adults, are quickly knit using a circular needle. The 4-color patterned bands are interesting to work, making this long casual sock fun to knit. Easy to size up for wider legs and customize for any foot length. Finish off with suede slipper soles for longer wear.
