Pam Connolly
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Featuring traditional Aran motifs Wishbone, representing dreams, and Honeycomb, representing industriousness, these fingerless mitts work up quickly with just one skein of Cascade Yarns Woolpaka.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This 3-in-One pattern is a long-anticipated expansion of my Creekwater Scarf design! If you’ve already purchased the Creekwater Scarf on Ravelry, you will automatically receive this updated version.
Knitting: Christmas Stocking
This Aran-inspired Christmas stocking pattern includes both charts and written instructions to suit your personal preference! Just one skein of Cascade Ecological (undyed) or Eco+ (beautifully dyed colors) will complete one stocking with enough left over for a hat or fingerless mitts.
Knitting: Christmas Stocking
Exact gauge isn’t absolutely necessary for this project, but it is important that the stocking be tightly knitted. Make sure to check your gauge for knitting in the round; continental knitters may need to use a smaller needle size.
Knitting: Christmas Stocking
This year’s stocking features a single Infinite Lines motif and classic rope cables. Tightly knitted using wonderfully soft wool, these heirloom stockings will last for generations. The pattern features both charted and line-by-line instructions to suit your knitting style, and support is always available from the designer. Necessary knitting s...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This beautifully cabled watch cap fits a variety of head sizes from 19” to 25”. Directions for obtaining the correct gauge for circular knitting are included. Straightforward and elegant, this hat is a fun cable-knitting project and looks great on any gender!
Knitting: Christmas Stocking
This beautifully cabled Aran-inspired Christmas stocking is the first in a series of designs, a new one each year! I love the natural colors of Cascade Ecological Wool, but the pattern works with any smoothly spun, single-toned yarn. You don’t have to worry too much about exact gauge, but the stocking should be tightly knitted.
Knitting: Pullover
This heirloom Aran sweater will become a family classic for generations! Knitted entirely in the round like a fisher gansey, the design reaches back before the days when Aran sweaters were knitted in pieces and sewn together. Sizes available fit chest measurements 38 - 46 inches, with an XL size for 50” chest coming soon. Also available as a co...
Knitting: Pullover
This beautiful working gansey was inspired by a 19th-century photograph from Cornwall, England. A traditional working garment, this fisherman’s sweater is comfortable and durable when made with the recommended guernsey yarn. Because it is made both in the round with some sections knitted flat, continental knitters should check their gauge care...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A beanie for everyone! This hat is easy to knit with just a little experience with circular and cable knitting. The moss stitch panels make it easy to adapt for a variety of sizes, and the pattern looks great in any solid-colored, smoothly-spun yarn. One skein of Cascade Ecological Wool is enough for 3 beanies!
Knitting: Scarf
This elegant scarf features a beautiful flowing and repeating cable pattern over 16 rows. It looks great in any color, but I think it’s best in the natural, undyed colors of Cascade Ecological Wool. The pattern repeats make it easy to knit in any length, and the free Options page help you alter the pattern to make a shawl or blanket. You should...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This fun beanie is easy to make in any size, and you can easily adjust the gauge to accommodate a variety of yarns. The template format helps you navigate some very simple math, but you can always contact me for questions or help! One skein of 220 yards will make a large adult hat, or 3 baby hats.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts are easy to knit and look great in a variety of yarns and colors. They make great gifts, and I’m already working on several pairs for Christmas stocking stuffers. The basic pattern will get you started, but if you’re clever with math you can easily adjust the gauge or stitch count to make these mitts in any size. Feel free to contac...
Knitting: Pullover
This traditional fishermen’s sweater is inspired by an old pattern reproduced in Michael Pearson’s book Traditional Handknitting. I designed this version for contemporary knitters to include four adult sizes, neckline shaping, and a little more ease of fit. The welt is overlapped for greater durability, and the shoulder fit provides a little mo...
Knitting: Scarf
This beautifully cabled scarf is named for Grainne (pronounced GRAHN-yeh), an Irish princess who ran away with her lover rather than be forced to marry an older man. Unique asymmetrical cables border a central Celtic-inspired motif, set off by tiny mock cables. Finished scarf is 9½ inches wide and as long as you want to make it, so it can be w...
Knitting: Child Doll (American Girl, Sasha, etc)
This doll-sized introduction to gansey knitting includes all the features of a traditional Fisher Gansey: overlapped split welt (instead of ribbing), underarm gussets, perpendicular shoulder strap, and seamless construction.
Knitting: Pullover
This finely knitted fisherman’s sweater features beautiful pattern panels made from surprisingly simple combinations of knit and purl. Inspired by traditional northern English and Scottish ganseys, it is knitted entirely in the round, with underarm gussets and a Scottish shoulder strap.