Rita Maassen

eBooks available as Ravelry Downloads

eBook : 4 patterns

Four stitch patterns - one cut. In this eBook all patterns for my hooded scarfs are combined in one source. By downloading this eBook you have the possibility to choose your own favourite - or to knit them all. Available in English and German.

Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads

Knitting: Pullover
Stella is an simple stockinette stitch sweater with stripes (if you want). It is worked from botton up - first in rounds up to the beginning of the armholes, then in rows up to shoulder.
Knitting: Pullover
With Merle you have the perfect project for cozy evenings in front of the TV or for long waiting times at the doctor. It is not complicated to knit and therefore even a good idea for knitting beginners.
Knitting: Vest, Sweater - Other
Helena is a warm and cosy slipover, knitted from bottom up in rounds until the beginning of the armholes. Once the slipover is divided into back and front, you work in rows until shoulder.
Knitting: Cardigan
Knitting: Pullover
(Available in English and German)
Knitting: Pullover
Khulan ist a cropped raglan sweater (with the option to adapt length, of course) knitted in the round from top down. The simple intarsia pattern at the lower body and sleeves is very easy to knit - so, this pattern is a perfect project even for beginners.
Knitting: Pullover
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Knitting: Pullover
Kira is a perfect knitting project for beginners: The stitch pattern is an easy to knit broken ribbing, you start working bottom up in rounds first, then you divide the body into back and front and continue by working in rows until end. The sleeves are worked in the round directly into the armholes.
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Knitting: Pullover
This is your perfect project for cold winter days! And it’s really fun to knit it. You start with working the lower body sideways, then you pick up stitches from one of the long sides and work the body in rounds until the beginning of the armholes. Then you divide into back and front and work in rows from here. After sewing the shoulder, the sl...
Knitting: Cardigan
Knitting: Pullover
This one is really cozy: My “Shirley” polo sweater is just the right project if you have small quantities of yarn in 3 colors in stock. The front and back are worked in separate pieces, after they are sewn together, the sleeves are worked directly into the armholes from top to bottom in rounds.
Knitting: Cardigan
Knitting: Pullover
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Knitting: Pullover
A perfect project for beginners: Anyone who ever had concerns about knitting mohair wool can really be won over by this sweater. The oversized cut and the wide neckline ensure that nothing scratches here. In addition, the sweater is wonderfully warm but also light as a feather: For size S the weight is just 120 g (when using the original yarn)!
Knitting: Pullover
Easy to knit and exciting to look at: This sweater is perfect for the upcoming transition time to autum. The hand-dyed yarn (yak and silk) is very soft and the sunny color will prolong the summer.
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
“Silma” is a simple A-line summer top with an interesting back: The slit shows an airy lace pattern inlet.
Knitting: Coat / Jacket
Knitting: Pullover
Taya is a very cosy and comfortable V-neck sweater, worked in one piece from bottom up with a wonderful light fingering yarn. The softly rounded bottom of back and front are worked in short rows using the “wrap&turn” method. This method is described in detail, but the pattern inludes also a link to a very good video.
Knitting: Pullover
This sweater is just the perfect project for Fair Isle experts. Your experience in knitting Fair Isle pattern should be intermediate, because Krista is worked in separate pieces and sewn afterwards. So you have to work the pattern on WS rows, too.
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Pullover
Mila is a perfect project even for knitting beginners. It’s worked from top down in one piece working simple stitch patterns. The diamond pattern is charted and easy to knit.
Knitting: Pullover
This cosy winter sweater with a is worked from top down in one piece. Its lovely lace border around the neckline and a backward slit with small buttons are real eyecatchers. The buttons are sewn on only, you won’t have to work buttonholes.
Knitting: Pullover
This is an easy-to-knit project for the next summer season: Chiara is worked bottom up in single pieces and contains very easy color work stitch patterns. Even the tweed pattern is easy to do, because you always work with only one color per row.
Knitting: Cardigan
Anna is a quite comfortable cashmere cardigan for those who love it simple but sophisticated: the solid-colored cardigan is knitted in stockinette stitch and gets its specialty from the contrasting hem borders and pocket bags.
Knitting: Poncho
A warm, cosy and easy-to-knit poncho for cold winter days. Amy is worked bottom up in stockinette stitch, the Fair Isle pattern worked for the borders are charted.
Knitting: Pullover
Wear it as you like it! This lightweight sweater does not have a special front and back - you can turn it to your own desire.
Knitting: Pullover
Celina is an updated and more comfortable version of my Birte pattern: It is a little bit bigger than the original and it is worked in the round most of the time. Only from the beginning of the raglan you will have to work in rows. The sleeves will be set in afterwards.
Knitting: Cardigan
Marina is, so to speak, the little sister of my successful “Stina” pattern: a must have for all those who love cable patterns. Different stitch patterns, simplified knitting instructions and a wonderfully light new wool yarn make this cardigan a real favorite in winter.
Knitting: Pullover
Ella is an easy-to-knit top down raglan sweater, which is intended to be worked even by knitting beginners. Feel free to change colors and to adjust sleeve length to your own request.
Knitting: Pullover
Kristina is a very, very easy to knit vertical striped sweater worked sideways in single pieces. The perfect project for knitting beginners, here shown in a pure cotton yarn. But this sweater will look great worked with a pure wool or a DK merino yarn.
Knitting: Pullover
My testknitter’s darling: Daria is an easy-to-knit summer sweater, worked bottom up in one piece.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
“Gesa” is a really easy-to-knit triangular shawl, worked from one edge to the other. You start with casting on 3 sts only and shape the triangle by simple increases and decreases. I worked a quite small shawl, but it’s very easy to increase the measurement to your desire. So, just knit until there’s no yarn left :-)
Knitting: Pullover
This motley Fair Isle patterned baby sweater can easlily be knitted from your yarn leftovers. It is cut slightly oversized and has relatively wide cuffs. So it’s perfect for wearing it as a jacket replacement over another sweater. The sweater has a slit at the back so that it can easily be pulled over the head. It has a light stand-up collar so...
Knitting: Scarf
An interesting scarf/shawl that looks great knitted with an Aran weight tweed yarn. The stitch pattern on the scarf’s center is surrounded by two small cable stitch borders which partly form a cable sling that avoids slipping off the shoulder.
Knitting: Pullover
Louisa is a warm, light and cosy sweater, knitted in single pieces from bottom up. The V-neck sweater shows an interesting cable pattern on front and back part wich is divided by a V-neck at the front part and a purl stitch section with a small cable at the back part. The edgings are worked in a simple slip stitch patter.
Knitting: Cardigan
Carissa is a beautifal warm cardigan for autumn and winter days. It is worked from button up in single pieces.
Knitting: Cardigan
Knitting: Pullover
For this sweater you start working the cable yoke sideways first and include the opening for the boat neck. Then you work both sleeves in rounds directly from the yoke downwards. And finally you pick up stitches from the lower edge of the yoke and work the back and front part in rounds downwards.
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
“Mirja” is an easy-to-knit summer tank top with an interesting cable border and i-cord edgings around the armholes and the neckline.
Knitting: Pullover
Sina is a wonderful light summer sweater. Its light A-line, the lower rounding and the interesting buttoned V-neck is as well an eyecatcher as the long buttoned sleeve edging.
Knitting: Pullover
Greta is a perfect top-down raglan sweater for those who like to start with a small and simple Fair Isle pattern. This pattern is easy to knit so that even advanced beginners can complete this sweater without problems.
Knitting: Pullover
This Fair Isle sweater with turtleneck is a perfect project for more advanced knitters. The Fair Isle pattern requires some concentration and must be adapted to the decreases at the armholes and the arm ball. But experience Fair Isle knitters will not have a problem with that. The sweater is knitted in separate pieces, which are sewn together a...
Knitting: Cardigan
Stina is a warm and cosy cardigan that is perfect for winter days. It is knitted in one piece from bottom to top, has raglan sleeves, a light V-neck and a saddle shoulder. The simple chess stitch pattern is a perfect surrounding for the cables on front and back parts. Even though Stina looks as if to be very advanced - it can be knitted even fr...
Knitting: Pullover
Romy is a perfect summer sweater: The impressing long back V-neck with it’s small bands and the waisted cut make this sweater being a real eye catcher. The structured pattern and the simple cables are easy to knit - so even ambitious knitting beginners can definitely go for this design.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Franziska is a traditional triangular shawl - due to the simple stitch patterns it is easy to knit even for beginners. You start with a garter stitch cast on (described in pattern) and increase sts in every RS and WS row. Advantage: This technique ensures that you can knit until there is no yarn left anymore.
Knitting: Cowl, Beanie, Toque
“Lilly” is a wonderful warm winter set and - depending on the colors you choose - a beautiful color statement on cold days.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Knitting: Vest
“Ida” is a beautiful easy-to-wear oversize slipover to warm up your body and neck. This cape is knitted in one piece from bottom up in rounds first and continued in rows after splitting the piece after beginning of armholes.
Knitting: Hot Water Bottle
Knitting: Pullover
Time to prepare for winter: Inga is very warm and cosy raglan sweater, worked in single pieces and sewn together afterwards. If you are familiar with knitting cables, Inga will be a very easy project for you.
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Cardigan
“Nastja” is a perfect cardigan on cool autumn days outside or cold winter days inside. It’s a little bit oversized and without buttons. If you like to wear it closed it looks beautiful with a belt. The cardigan is worked from bottom up in single pieces. The stitches for the sleeves are picked up from the side seams of back and front parts and w...
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Cardigan
A classic top down raglan cardigan with stripes in 3 colors.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knitting: Cardigan
Knitting: Cardigan
Charlotte is a classic cardigan with a relatively simple cut. Its eye-catching confetti pattern is distinctive. It can either be knitted using the stranded technique or subsequently embroidered by using the duplicate stitch. I used a combinationi of both techniques. But of course, you may replace the pattern by your own preferences (e. g. strip...
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Pullover
Theo is a member of my new baby collection “The Taddles”. He is always in a good mood and doesn’t let himself be distracted by his little visual defect. The slight squint makess him an especially lovable contemporary who gets on with everyone around him.
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Knitting: Scarf
A new variation of my Hodded Scarf series: This time it is worked in one piece from end to end.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This beautiful shawl is a perfect combination between tradition and innovation. The border was constructed from a 19th century pattern (harebell lace from Weldon’s Practical Knitter). The center pattern was designed especially for this shawl - you won’t find it anywhere else.
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knitting: Pullover
Even in spring and fall summer cable sweaters can be the right thing! Just knit this sweater with pure silk or cotton - and it will warm you up in cool days and nights.
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Knitting: Cuffs
Pattern for warm mitts in Victorian style. The pattern is charted (very easy chart) and contains both English and German version.
Knitting: Cowl, Beanie, Toque
Knitting: Pullover
Pattern for a light oversized sweater with a decorative button band. Both front parts are worked at once and then sewn together after knitting the button band. So the front part is not really buttoned - the buttons are only sewn to the band and the left front part. Also lovely in different colours (see last picture, sweater made from Bianka).
Knitting: Dress, Beret, Tam
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
What to do with your pigtail in winter? Well, just knit this hat with a special pigtail hole and you’ll never have this problem again. This hat is knitted in rounds first, then turns to some short rows and ends in rounds again. The pattern contains written step-by-step instructions so that it’s easy to knit even for beginners. Pattern is availa...
Knitting: Pullover
Knitting: Pillow / Cushion
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Colourful summer top with a band collar - buttoned in the neck. Pattern contains both English and German version.
Knitting: Cardigan
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knitting: Booties, Beanie, Toque
Knitting: Booties, Stocking
A beautiful long tail hat and cute booties - this pattern is suitable to beginners, too. Worked with merino wool or alpaca this set will be warm and cosy in winter - with cotton it will fit to summer days as well.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Knitting: Poncho
Knitting: Scarf
This scarf fits for men as well as for women - depending on the material and the colour you choose.
Knitting: Cardigan, Beret, Tam
Knitting: Scarf
A soft and cosy summer scarf with a beautiful lace border on both sides. Perfect for a fresh summer evening.
Knitting: Kerchief
An easy to knit kerchief in fresh colors. The kerchief is worked in lace techniques, the border is crocheted and embroidered with small blossoms and beads.
Knitting: Cardigan
A basic cardigan that fits to all kinds of clothes. This pattern contains both English and German version.
Knitting: Scarf, Beanie, Toque