This shawl offers water-droplet lace bands and garter stitch ledges. After the initial garter-stitch yoke, the knitter may choose to alternate lace bands with garter-stitch bands at will. The knitter may choose to follow the charts or the written directions. Both are written in the 12-row repeats that align with the edge scallops. The knitter m...

This pattern is the first in a collection of patterns designed by Katherine Misegades—Great Lakes Chill Chasers.

Yarn: Brown Sheep Nature Spun sport weight in 5 colors (grey, pink, dark green, light green and white).

Gauge: 20 sts/3″ (7.62 cm), 32 rows/3″ (7.62 cm)

These slippers can also be worn in shoes like commercial footies or socks. The size is easily adjustable and the slipper toe can be knit in a decorative pattern. Plasti Dip or another synthetic laytex can be used to treat the soles if you intend these to be used as slippers instead of footies.

Counterpanes are decorative bed covers. In her book, Knitting Counterpanes, Traditional Coverlet Patterns for Contemporary Knitters, Mary Walker Phillips gives a thorough history of counterpanes. She then shares a number of knitting patterns for blocks and borders.

The stranded color design for these stockings was inspired by a stitch pattern in Alice Starmore’s book, Charts for Colour Knitting (1992).

This variation of the vintage neck scarf pattern that crosses in the front through a channel to hold it closed includes strategically placed increases/decreases to lengthen the shawl in the back and intermittent short rows to provide flare. The lace patterns (the diamond edge and the mouse prints neckline) are inspired by patterns in Gossamer W...

The scarf starts at the bottom front. The two long tails are worked up to the neck ending with four mirrored increases on each side to shape the neck slightly. Then back-of-neck stitches are cast on and the two tails are joined to form the basis of the back collar. Decreases on each side shape the back.

Yarn: Light DK weight or heavy sport weight.

This stitch pattern is charted only.

The July sock is knit with rows running lengthwise rather than around as they usually do on socks. A worksheet is provided for figuring size according to gauge swatch. The cuff and toe are worked in the round.