Deborah Tomasello
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NEW PROMOTION! BUY THE E-CALENDAR AND GET A FREE HAT OR SOCK PATTERN (OF YOUR CHOICE).
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In FOUR-STRANDED KNITTING: It’s Easier Than You Think, I explain and demonstrate a wonderfully simple and elegant method for knitting with four strands in one round. Adding one more strand of color opens up a universe full of new design possibilities! I have included charts, a video tutorial and five of my new patterns.
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10 patterns
We live at a time of heightened public awareness concerning the health of our planet. Questions concerning the very existence of life on Earth are being raised by scientists. We are told much of the problem is a result of human over-consumption and waste of our world’s resources. We have been encouraged to take note of, and shrink, the size of our carbon footprint, both as individuals and as a global society. Rather than live in fear of the predicted consequences of our frivolous, careless wastefulness, we endeavor to change Earth’s ecological trajectory, one person at a time, and one small step at a time. We recycle. We conserve. We look for ways to be less wasteful.
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10 patterns
Knitting 20th Century Art is a loose-knit survey of 20th-Century Art Movements, explained and interpreted through the medium of yarn and needles. I am writing it for people, like me, whose knowledge of art history would fit neatly on the tip of a knitting needle. With room to spare. It is a humorous approach to the topic that informs a little, but encourages a lot—a lot of giggles. The ten knitting patterns included were inspired by recognizable art styles from the 20th century. What I deem as silly when hanging in oils on a wall, I find stunning when knitted into a garment or accessory and hanging on a person. But, this book will also appeal to art history buffs, as it will expose them to the idiocy and ignorance of their lessers. The text will prove be irresistibly amusing. And the knitted pieces, for art aficionados, will have an intrinsically deeper meaning.
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5 patterns
You will love this collection of my very own Christmas and winter patterns: The eBook contains patterns for socks, hats, a special, oversized, unique Christmas stocking, and even some holiday earring patterns! Six original and stunning patterns in all. Short on text, but long on patterns and clear, easy to follow tutorials.
eBook :
5 patterns
Stranded Knitting: It’s Easier Than You Think” is a guide for newbie stranded knitters. The book features video tutorials, written instructions and five of my most popular colorwork patterns. Once you get your knitting toes wet (and for some of us, knitting toes is literal!), you will want to dive right in!
eBook :
12 patterns
Paperback: 90 pages
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Hats - Other
There are two options now for the Solidarity Hat. One has no decreases and has the little ears reminiscent of the Pussy Hats. The other has conventional decreases with a pompom on top. Instructions for both are in the free pattern.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
SPECKLEtacular PomPom Hat now half-price with coupon code: speckle. Good now through Saturday, January 29, 2022. Spread the word!!! This is fun to make for yourself or gifts.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Working the New York Times crossword puzzles has become a fun routine for so many of us. In honor of this happy tradition, I designed the Nestle Your Tootsies Crossword Socks. You can knit them for men, women, or teens…sizes are adjustable depending on your needle choice and how long you work the foot portion. You can knit the socks using the c...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
HAPPY EASTER HATS is a stranded pattern with instructions for several sizes: toddler, child, teen, and adult. The hats comprise all the colors of the Easter season, but you can change up the colors to your liking. Because you don’t use an entire skein of any one color, this is a perfect pattern for using up left-over balls of sock yarn. You can...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Love is in the air! My husband designed his first pair of socks, and I’m so tickled with his idea! I love these, and they were a joy to knit. You can make them for men, women, or teens…sizes are adjustable depending on the needle size and how long you work the foot portion. You can knit the socks using classic red and white as I did, or you can...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
My husband is a soccer fan. Sometimes a soccer nut. This pattern is long overdue, but here it is! Soccer Socks. You can make them for men, women, or teens…sizes are adjustable depending on your needle size and how long you work the foot portion. You can knit the socks using classic black and white, or you can use other highly contrasting colors...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Flatten the Curve is a design borne of the current global viral pandemic. The ColorworksbyDebi group on Ravelry requested an April KAL with Flatten the Curve as the theme. The knitters requested a hat. So, Pat Sample (cozyknitsca) and I put our heads together and came up with this slouchy stranded hat. One 50g ball each of two highly contrastin...
Knitting: Cardigan
There simply are not enough attractive, figure-flattering sweater patterns for large women. This long-line tunic/ cardigan is easy to knit, easy to adjust sizing, and you determine the length. It is versatile and it’s full of luxurious drape. You can make virtually any size…from extra small to xx large. Simply multiply the circumference, in inc...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Calling all sock scraps! They say necessity is the mother of invention. Need a way to use all those great left-over sock yarns? This is the pattern for you. I include several motif options from which you can choose to design your unique pair of almost--but not quite--matching socks. I provide some rules by way of guidance. Beyond that, you’re o...
Knitting: Pet - Other
We did a felting project for our first 2014 KAL. Using my Argylish stranded chart, we knitted bags and felted them. What fun! Later, we did kitties. (See The Cat’s Out of the Bag). And now, of course, we must do doggies. So, we will knit a bag featuring woman’s best friend. Some charted doggies require a little duplicate stitching for pup’s nos...
Knitting: Cowl
Have you ever thought, “Another cowl?! What will I do with another cowl?!” I have, too. But, I’ve accepted the fact that there’s always room for one more; especially when the design is different from all the others and is loads of fun to knit. I am addicted to Japanese lace, and this pattern uses stitches featured in the Japanese Knitting Stitc...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
It’s Sock time again! You can work this classic houndstooth sock pattern to fit the foot you want. Teen, man, woman--small to large. Two charts will be provided, and you can further tweak sizing by going up or down a needle size or two. These stranded socks feature a classic design, best shown off by using a hardtwist, solid sock yarn. Two high...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This Japanese lace pattern is so intricate with its twists and loops and lovely lacy swirls, as I was working it I thought to myself, “This is like lace on steroids!” And so, the name was born. The top of the foot carries only the purls and knits from the leg pattern. The busy textures of the detailed lace leg would be lost in a shoe, and I sen...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves, Beanie, Toque
Slightly Stranded Winter Wheat was the ColorworksbyDebi Ravelry group MKAL for March 2018. Some knitted only the hat or only the mitts, and some completed the set. Several submitted project names, and we chose a combination of Ravelry’s doubles17 and RayeG suggestions to come up with Slightly Stranded Winter Wheat. Slightly stranded derives fro...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
I am addicted to Japanese lace! This is another stitch pattern from the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible, by Hitomi Shida.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Angel Hair: Japanese Lace Socks To be sure, Japanese knitting is trending. And for good reason. The stitch-work is intricate, lacy, and different from what we’re all used to knitting. Most of the stitches are familiar to us, but there are some new things to learn, too. An element common to the Japanese knitting designs I have seen is a bas-reli...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
St. Pat’s Socks is a sock design that is full of holiday fun. Because the socks are stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn without any bulk. I have included important information on color dominance. And, the pattern also contains instructions for my signature now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t secret pocket for securing a...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
They’re two, two, two mitts in one! TransforMITTable is a pretty, warm-yet-breathable fingerless mitt that is completely reversible. The mitts comprise two lovely, but distinct stitch patterns—one on each side, and you can choose which way you want to wear them. The design was created to form a fabric that is cushy and substantial; replete with...
Knitting: Necktie
Trending Now is the last (for now!) in a series of patterns I designed using gold silk for the tie’s design. This particular pattern uses 100% silk throughout, yielding a gorgeous fabric with drape and sheen that work perfectly for a necktie. Trending Now is a great-looking tie, and once blocked, it shines as only silk can. The stitches are fin...
Knitting: Necktie
There’s no doubt that the Deborah Tomasello patterns featuring the Musica designs are among her most popular patterns. Knitters often ask her for addition Musica designs. So, here’s another. A necktie! The tie is a fun, fast, and easy knit. The stitches are fine, and people find it hard to believe the tie is hand-knit! The knitter can leave the...
Knitting: Necktie
It’s time for the winter Olympic games again, and along with them, the exciting Ravellinic games on Ravelry. The Colorworks by Debi group is sponsoring a team again. In 2018, we are the CBD Tie for the Gold team, and I have created three exciting new patterns to help you rack up points and take a medal or two! Argylish: The Tie is the third of ...
Knitting: Necktie
It’s time for the winter Olympic games again, and along with them, the exciting Ravellinic games on Ravelry. The Colorworks by Debi group is sponsoring a team again. In 2018, we are the CBD Tie for the Gold team, and I have created three exciting new patterns to help you rack up points and take a medal or two! Versailles Tie is the second of th...
Knitting: Headband
SNOW Headband is a stranded pattern with a lovely all-over snowflake design. You work the snowflake design and the solid lining in one piece and seam the headband closed. The result is a beautiful winter headband that is warm without being bulky. And, because you knit it with Knit Picks Stroll fingering yarn, the headband is machine washable. T...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
SNOW Mitts is a stranded, fingerless mitts pattern with an all-over snowflake design. The snowflakes are more random than they are in most other fair isle patterns, which means the repeats are sometimes longer, and carrying yarns is less predictably even. A fun challenge to colorwork lovers! The result is a pair of uniquely beautiful winter mit...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
SNOW Socks is a stranded pattern with an all-over snowflake design. The snowflakes are more random than they are in most other fair isle patterns, which means the repeats are sometimes longer, and carrying yarns less predictably even. A fun challenge to colorwork lovers! The result is a pair of uniquely beautiful winter socks that are warm with...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is an alternate November CBD KAL pattern. KAL with the group knitting “Wrap it UP” over Nov and Dec, or knit SNOW HAT in Nov and SNOW SOCKS (coming soon) in December. Use coupon code snow to receive this KAL pattern half-price between now and November 7th. Thank you for spreading the word!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This will be the CBD KAL pattern for November AND December. Use coupon code wrap between now and November 7th to receive the pattern half-price. We look forward to knitting along with you! Thank you for spreading the word!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
THIS WILL BE THE CBD KAL Pattern for October, 2017. Use coupon code CBDOCT and get pattern half-price, if you want to KAL with the group. Share, fave, spread the word.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
DACA is a critically important American program. We need to legislate protection for our young Dreamers. And we want to show our support for DACA and the Dreamers. This stranded hat displays our support. It’s a fast, easy knit. Stranded for extra warmth without extra bulk. Knit one for yourself, and then knit one for a friend or two! The hat pa...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
What the World Needs Now is a sock design that is full of surprises. If you reverse the colors on the second sock, as I have done, the two socks still make an obvious pair. By switching up the colors, you solve the dreaded second-sock syndrome. Plus, by reversing the colors, you can make the pair with only two balls of Knit Picks Stroll Sock ya...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
In the Colorworks by Debi Ravelry group, we have enjoyed monthly KALs for over 5 years! Now it’s time for a break. We ended the run with a bang by working another of the popular InfiniPATTERNS. (See InfiniTAMS, InfiniCOWLS, InfiniCHRISTMAS, and InfiniCATS.) Here, we give you InfiniSOCKS. And, it’s all about geometry this time around, knitters. ...
Knitting: Tee
Deborah Tomasello’s easy, breezy summer cotton tunic, knit using Knit Picks Comfy Fingering yarn, features a boat neck, off-shoulder ¾-length sleeve with optional sleeve tabs, and is knit using Cecelia Campochiaro’s Sequence Knitting technique. (See her book by the same name.) My reversible fabric comprises a simple, knit-purl repeat sequence. ...
Knitting: Scarf, Cowl
A scowl is an angry frown---sometimes. For now, however, a scowl refers to an accessory that can be knitted and worn as either a scarf or a cowl. This project is a lacy, fun piece to knit, and it is full of luxurious drape. The design includes a buttoned closure, so it can be buttoned and worn as a cowl, twisted and then buttoned for a moebius ...
Knitting: Cowl
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Knitting: Scarf, Cowl
RELAX!! Knitting and summers are not supposed to be stressful. And with this almost-anything-goes design, you can relax and go with the flow. This design is a second take of the CBD Fudge Necksessory. It is so easy to get along with, and it is forgiving. Use any fiber—any weight, any color. Make it as small or large as you want, and the design ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
FLOCKED SOCK is a design inspired by those textured wallpapers of the same name. I have always liked the symmetry of the flocked patterns, and I really like the curls and frills in knitted items, namely socks. If you reverse the colors on the second sock, not only will you be making a great-looking pair of socks, but also by switching up the co...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Cascade Sock yarn is among the best-ever sock yarns. It is soft, sturdy, warm and easy on the hands when knitting. This sweet sock pattern comprises a fun and feminine lace stitch, and it employs the Sweet Tomato Heel. This means you don’t have to interrupt the lace design in the instep as you work the heel, and you don’t have to fuss with heel...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
WRAPPED IN BLISS is a stunning, long wrap combining sections of faggot lace and stockinette throughout. One of my knitting pals walked into our local knitting spot wearing a new sweater that made me do a double-take. We have a rule when at our knitting meet-ups that, when asked if we knitted a sweater we’re wearing, we can say “yes” under any c...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
DOT SOCK is such a cool design! Why not get a little freaky with this one by reversing the colors on the second sock? Not only will you be making a great-looking pair of socks, but also switching up the colors is a solution to the dreaded second-sock syndrome. Another plus is that, by reversing the colors, you can make the pair with only two ba...
Knitting: Baby Blanket
The Our First Baby Stranded Blanket, featuring cute little teddy bears and hearts was part of our Mother/Daughter KAL in 2016. We used BreAly threads, a custom gradient 3-ply yarn for ours, but you can use any fingering yarn you’d like. Cotton, wool, or any blend will work well. You can line it or not. But if you choose not to line it, it will ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Easter…a time for chocolate bunnies, Peeps, decorated eggs, cotton-tail bunnies and flowers. Spring is in the air, and the joys of the season appeal to boys and girls of all ages! Kids young and old will want an Easter Bonnet, and the pattern is full of the colors of Spring, tulips, and cotton-tail bunnies. Instructions for both adult and child...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Upon accepting his Tony award for best original score last year, an emotional Lin-Manuel Miranda said, “Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside.” The words reverberate, still, as people the world over steadily awaken to the fact that love is greater than politics. It is rises above prejudice...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
TWIST of FATE is a lovely, long wrap combining lace and dropped stitches throughout. The design is slightly textured, and it waves and flows with lots of luscious drape. The wrap is, at once, lightweight and snuggly warm. And versatile? You bet! Your project can be worn as a shawl, tied or not, as a scarf, or it can be wrapped around the neck s...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Let’s Do the Twist is a versatile, slouchy lace hat. It has a coordinating, button-in liner, so on those days when you want more warmth and less lace, you’re covered! Great for all seasons. Made using Knit Picks luscious new Chroma Twist, the hat has an ever-changing gradient. Even the liner changes. It coordinates without reflecting the color ...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
NOTE: Chart should show a “B” on each end of round 75. Written instructions are correct.
Knitting: Cowl
The beautiful, fun-to-knit design is two-sided, but it is not double-knit.
Knitting: Gloves
I wanted to step outside my safe colorwork box and try something new and different. I designed some romantic, lacy, and oh-so-feminine gloves. No colorwork here! Cascade Heritage Solids is a wonderfully soft Merino/Nylon blend yarn that is available in a large array of colors. So, you can knit gloves virtually any shade you want. With several f...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Winter Fun is a slouchy stranded hat, and it was one of two hats I designed for the CBD January MKAL. (See Traditional Baroque) I designed it so that the picture continues, unrepeated, all the way around the hat. This provided a great mystery for knitters, as they tried to guess what was working up in their projects. Some of the many beautiful ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Traditional Baroque is a slouchy stranded hat, and it was one of two hats I designed for the CBD January MKAL. (See Winter Fun.) The design begins with a traditional stranded snowflake design, but elegantly morphs into the swirls and curly-ques we associate with the baroque style. This provided a fun mystery for knitters, as they tried to guess...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
EASY PussyMitts is a fingerless mitts pattern, and it is designed for knitters who don’t do colorwork. It uses worsted-weight yarn, so the mitts work up fast. To those who march in support of women’s rights, as well as civil rights for all, we applaud and thank you. This grassroots movement, as it takes shape, is a reflection of our democracy i...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Take a Stroll Socks is a fun-to-knit, stranded sock that is great for wearing inside hiking boots, or with jeans, or slouched over tights. I have a similar pattern called Argylish, but this one is different. Because it uses Knit Picks Stroll Sock yarn, it is machine washable. The pattern is gender-neutral, making it a great sock for men and wom...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
MAI DAI Fingerless Mitts is a great stranding design, perfect for new stranders. It coordinates with the MAI DAI design patterns—both socks and hat. Because the mitts are stranded using one skein each of two Knit Picks Stroll solid colors, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn without it being at all bulky. The design is gend...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
SNOW SQUALL: THE SOCKS is a fun-to-knit, stranded sock that is great for wearing inside hiking boots, or with jeans, or slouched over tights. The pattern is wonderful for anytime, but it’s especially perfect for those cold, snowy winter days—as a gift for yourself or a loved one. Because it’s stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
St. Pat’s Hat is an updated version of a hat I designed a few years ago. Now, it’s a slouchy stranded hat with a better fit. And it uses Knit Picks Stroll sock yarn, so it’s machine washable! Yay! Because the hat is stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn without it being at all bulky. The pattern is wonderful for any...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Cupid’s Favorite Hat is a slouchy stranded hat, and it coordinates with Cupid’s Favorite Socks. Each project uses three Stroll colors, and a skein of each color will make both the hat and the socks.* Because the hat is stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn without it being at all bulky. The pattern is wonderful for ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Cupid’s Favorite Socks is a fun-to-knit, stranded sock that is great for wearing inside hiking boots, or with jeans, or slouched over tights. The pattern is wonderful for anytime, but it’s especially perfect for Valentine’s Day—as a gift for yourself or a loved one. Because it’s stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn...
Knitting: Pullover, Beanie, Toque
In Loving Color is a wonderfully cheerful colorwork design. Not only beautiful to look at and wear, but a joy to knit for colorwork experts and newbies alike. Works well for all types of projects, all ages, and it’s gender-neutral. I started with the In Loving Color socks. Then I made the hat and mitts. Still, I wanted more, so I designed the b...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Ready to Go: The Sock is a fun-to-knit, stranded sock that is great for wearing inside hiking boots, or with jeans, or slouched over tights. The design is gender-neutral, and because it’s stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn. The pattern also contains instructions for an optional secret pocket for securing a key or...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Ready to Go: The Hat is a slouchy stranded hat, and it coordinates with the Ready to Go socks. Each project uses five colors, and a skein of each color will make both the hat and the socks.* Because the hat is stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn without it being at all bulky. The gender-neutral design makes this h...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
IN LOVING COLOR: THE MITTS is a fingerless mitts pattern, and it coordinates with the In Loving Color* socks and slouchy hat. Each project uses 6 colors. Because the mitts are stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn without being at all bulky. The design is gender-neutral, but you can choose a different color palette ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
IN LOVING COLOR: THE HAT is a slouchy stranded hat, and it coordinates with the In Loving Color socks. Each project uses 6 cheery colors, and a skein of each color will make both the hat and the socks. Because the hat stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn without being at all bulky. The gender-neutral design makes t...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
In Loving Color is a stranded sock comprising 6 colors. Because a few of the colors only require a few yards, this is the perfect pattern for using up those left-over bits and pieces. Use the colors I indicate, or choose your own from stash. If you opt to use the Knit Picks Stroll Sock yarns I used, you will have plenty of yarn left over for f...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Inspired by traditional Fair Isle designs, More Hot Cocoa Please! is a wooly warm winter sock pattern. The classic design works well for both women and men and, because it’s stranded, you achieve double the warmth of a single strand of yarn. The pattern also contains instructions for an optional secret pocket for storing a key or cash…which you...
Knitting: Throw, Decorative - Other
Thank you to cozyknitsca for allowing me to use her great reindeer design!
Knitting: Accessories - Other
What better way is there to present a gift item than in a hand-knitted gift bag? The thoughtfulness that went into the gift can be extended to the gift wrap, and this will enhance the recipient’s happiness and appreciation. Well-planned presentation adds to the joy of the gift-giving experience for the gifter as well as for the giftee. And who ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Monochromacity is one of my first colorwork designs. I have used this design for socks, mitts, tam, sweater, and cowl patterns. It just works for so many things, and the possible color schemes are limitless! As always, the color choice is yours, but the idea is to choose four colors in one family: a very light shade, a very dark shade and two m...
Knitting: Baby Blanket
Thirty years ago, I became an aunt to my first-born nephew, Ryan. The little bundle of baby-boy joy was born on my birthday, and the fact that he was not a girl didn’t prevent me from hoping his parents would name him Deborah in my honor. They saw things differently. When I recently found out that Ryan was soon to be a dad himself, also to a ba...
Knitting: Scarf
The Grape Seed Scarf is available as a pattern but no longer as a CBD kit. It uses one 400-yd. ball of Colorworks by Debi 50/50 Merino/Tencel blend yarn, or any fingering yarn you want. The scarf has a delicate lace design. It has a beautiful, soft, feel and it flows. Knit it any size. And you can use whatever needle size you want---the larger ...
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
CBD Yay Team!! Mitts was originally worked as a KAL project, and it was published as Team Spirit Mitts. Such a great pattern for showing support for your fave pro sports team or school. Use CBD 50/50 Merino/Tencel blends, as shown, or choose 100% Merino. And choose the colors that represent your team. The pattern includes instructions for finge...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
CBD On Point Socks is a remake of my original POINTILLISM pattern, but this time I use a luscious blend CBD 50/50 Tencel with either Merino or cotton—knitter’s choice (Cover sock uses a Merino/Tencel blend). Tencel adds strength making for a durable sock with an irresistible sheen. Use a blend I have already designed, or request your own. You c...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
I first published this sock design in 2012. Obviously, the sock pictured above is from the previous election. I don’t have time to re-knit it for this election cycle, but I have re-charted it and updated the instructions. If you knit them and want to submit a cover-worthy photo, I will replace the above with yours and credit you for your work!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I first published CBD On Point: Rainbow as a similar pattern called POINTILLISM a few years ago. Because it is among my most popular designs, I worked it up as socks, mitts, shawl, bag, cowl, tunic…just about everything! And now, I am re-releasing the hat pattern with new charts and instructions using Colorworks by Debi Merino/Tencel blends. It...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I first published Snow Squall a few years ago. Because it is a popular stranded hat pattern I had started using my own CBD yarns. However, that yarn line has been discontinued, and I recommend any machine washable fingering yarns the knitter chooses.The hat is a slouchy fit, and because it’s stranded, it is doubly warm.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Dad, looking up at the fall sky as Canada Geese fly overhead, “Debi, do you see how one side of the “v” formation is longer than the other side?”
Knitting: Hats - Other
I have updated the Mai Dai Slouch Hat using a Colorworks by Debi Merino/Tencel blend. This hat is plenty slouchy, but you can make it even slouchier by adding a pattern repeat or two. The fabric is drapey and soft, but it is also strong with the addition of Tencel and its irresistible sheen. The hardtwist of the un-plied fibers yields great sti...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Inspired by the great North Rose Window of Notre Dame, the Rose Window Socks, like the Rose Window Shawlette is a classically beautiful design containing the vibrant colors that reflect light in our favorite rose cathedral window. I created a 3-ply tweed blend using Colorworks by Debi’s Merino and Tencel, and I combined it with a CBD 2--ply 50/...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
KAL PATTERN FOR MAY 2016-- Buy the CBD yarn and get pattern free, or use your own yarn and buy pattern to KAL with us!
Knitting: Hats - Other
This argyle-like design has been a Deborah Tomasello favorite, and I first published it a few years ago using wool. Now I have tweaked the pattern, making it a slouchy fit, which is popular these days. I also knitted it with CBD cotton for a new look and feel. Of course, you can use CBD Merino or any combination to get the blend of fibers you w...
Knitting: Scarf
Bon vivant!—the good life. This sweet, stunning scarf is made using Colorworks by Debi 50/50 Merino/Tencel Blend, giving it strength and an irresistible sheen. Knitted in a simple yet elegant bee stitch, the scarf has a rich texture. Because it is created using large needles, the drape is fabulous and the piece works up fast. Design your own co...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Adding the strength of tencel to the versatility and coolness of cotton results in a wonderfully durable, univerasally wearable pair of hand-knitted socks. The design is named for the colorway I created especially for this pattern, but the knitter is by no means limited to using the Black and Red All Over Cotton-tencel blend.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
CBD yarns are no longer available, but any fingering weight yarns will work well.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This pattern will be the CBD KAL project for April 2016. If you purchase the kit from the CBD website (https://colorworksbydebi.com), the KAL is completely free as the kit contains a copy of the pattern. Let’s get creative! Let me create the combo and colorway you want specifically for your own neckcessory. PM or email me at CoeDeborah@aol.com
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Inspired by the great North Rose Window of Notre Dame, the Rose Window Shawlette is a classically beautiful design containing the vibrant colors that reflect light in our favorite rose cathedral window. I created a tweed blend using Bre-Aly Cotton Threads, and combined with Brenda’s 3-ply Solid, your knitting results in a lovely, stranded shawl...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The GrapeBerry Hat can be knit as a close-fitting beanie or as a slouchy-fit hat. Either way, the hat is fun to knit and great to wear … anytime, anywhere.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Recently, I was introduced to cotton thread as a knitting yarn. At first I was reluctant to try it because of my long-standing love affair with wool. But once I got started---wow! Cotton has a wonderful feel, a great drape, and is oh-so easy and versatile to work with. It is perfect for accessories and year-round wear. Knitters in warmer climat...
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
My Stained Glass design is one that I have been working on for years. Recently, I published the Stained Glass Socks pattern, followed by the Stained Glass Hat. Knitters started asking for the design to be made available as mitts, too. So, here it is. This pattern includes instructions for both fingerless mitts and mittens. You also have the opt...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Stained Glass Hat can be knit as a close-fitting beanie or as a slouchy-fit hat. Either way, this classically beautiful design contains the vibrant colors that reflect light in our favorite stained glass windows. I created a tweed blend using Bre-Aly Cotton Threads, and combined with Brenda’s Black 3-ply Solid, your knitting results in a wa...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Sometimes we don’t want wool socks. Stained Glass Socks are knitted using Bre-Aly Cotton Threads. This classically beautiful design contains the vibrant colors that reflect light in our favorite stained glass windows. I created a tweed blend using Bre-Aly Cotton Threads, and combined with Brenda’s Fortified Black 3-ply Solid, your knitting resu...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Sometimes we don’t want wool socks. Tweedish Cotton Socks are knitted using Bre-Aly Threads’ 3-Ply Tweed Cotton. Brenda has added an extra ply of nylon in each ball for sturdier socks, ensuring better wear. The colorway featured in the above photo is Tweed Blue, but you can create your own tweed colors or use any of the blends pictured in the s...
Knitting: Scarf
Sometimes we don’t want a full-sized shawl. Sometimes we don’t want a plain old scarf. Be Mine Not-a-Shawl is the perfect answer. It is 9” deep at the widest point, and it is 60” long. Be Mine works a textured body against a lovely, swirly lace edge, and it combines the best of both the shawl and scarf worlds. You will find numerous ways to wea...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves, Hats - Other
Slouchy is in! And what better way to exploit the wonderful colors available in Knit Picks Palette Fingering yarn? I have chosen 7 of my favorite Palette colorways and combined them to form columns of competing gradients. (You can use my color choices or sub in your own color scheme.) The Dueling Gradients slouchy hat has an extra-deep corrugat...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
We will be knitting the Mal de Mer Shawl together in our CBD KAL for February.
Knitting: Baby Blanket
All kinds of babies like to snuggle up in soft cotton blankets! This textured blanket, knitted with Bre-Aly’s 3-ply Gradient Cotton (Colorway: Our First Baby) can be made with pink on one edge for a baby girl, blue for a boy, or peach for gender-neutral. The blanket is lightly textured with an eyelet edging all around. Perfect for spring and su...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Preppy Alligator….you’ve seen him on shirts, and now you can wear him on your head! My test-knitter, Sandima on Ravelry, stranded this hat beautifully, with no puckers. But if you’re like me, sometimes, when stranding over large patches of one color, you get unwanted puckers. I have eliminated the problem by ALWAYS stranding every two sts, rega...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Preppy Alligator….you’ve seen him on shirts, and now you can wear him on your feet! Sometimes, when stranding over large patches of one color, you get unwanted puckers. I have eliminated the problem by ALWAYS stranding every two sts, regardless of the color used. This results in a texture that looks like a subtle, embedded ribbing. It is intent...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Early in September of this year, a young woman wrote to me. She wanted to commission a shawl design that she could knit for her mother for Christmas. I was happy to do this for her. Liana asked for the design to include elements of stranding (a new technique to her), some lace and of course, beads. Our own Debbie (Zokermom on Ravelry) had no id...
Knitting: Scarf
The Hawthorne Lace-edged Wedge is inspired by the deeply saturated hues of Knit Picks Hawthorne Fingering Kettle Dyed yarn. The wedge is knit sideways with a textured body and a lace edging that continues around the corner and up the side after the body is complete. There is no seaming. With the uncomplicated repeats, this generously proportion...
Knitting: Cowl
We love seeing the subtle color changes when working with gradients. And we love cowls. And we love lace. Put them all together and, LOOK! A beautiful, lacy cowl appears before your eyes as you work Decadence. Knitted using Bre-Aly Threads’ gorgeous un-plied cotton, the resulting project is soft, light-weight and perfect for year-round wear. Ad...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Each year, I design a holiday project. For 2015, I give you ornaments, baubles, and balls. Oh my! The socks are festive, with colorful corrugated ribbing, holly and sparkly ornaments. You can even add beads for extra glitz. Because the socks are stranded using fingering-weight wool, they have double the yarn for added warmth without bulk. This ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Each year, I design a holiday hat. For 2015, I give you ornaments, baubles, and balls. Oh my! With a deep corrugated rib, the hat fits well on teen and adult heads. Because it is stranded using fingering-weight wool, it has double the yarn for added warmth without bulk. This is a festive season, and I used some traditional seasonal colors, but ...
Knitting: Cozy - Other
The Festival of Lights Wine Bottle Sweater is a festive gift wrapping perfect for the holidays. Once your gift of wine is received, the recipient can use it to wrap a bottle of wine she intends to give to someone else. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Share the joy! What better way is there to present a gift than in a hand-knitted gift bag? ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
It really is about the hat, although Jadzia, the feisty 4-lb Pomeranian would argue the point. CBD Yay Team!! the Hat was first published as the Team Spirit hat , and it makes a stunning team-supporting set when accompanied by the recently published CBD Yay Team!! Mitts pattern. It is a stranded design comprising easy repeats. The fact that it ...
Knitting: Accessories - Other
This lovely, crisscross design is fun to knit, and it creates a sturdy fabric for both the gift wrap and the repurposed after-project. The small size makes the perfect wrapper for an earring box or other small gift. It repurposes to conveniently carry tissues in your purse. The larger size can wrap a larger jewelry boxed gift, like a bracelet. ...
Knitting: Cozy - Other
Stripes on the Bias is an easy gift wrap project that transforms to a great throw pillow cover once the gift is opened. It employs the garter stitch, and it is worked in such a way so stripes occur on the diagonal. Use self-striping sock yarn to create a great-looking gift wrap for a blouse, turtleneck, pajamas, or any other soft garment. Once ...
Knitting: Decorative - Other
The Reversible Slip-Stitch Gift Wrap can be knit to any size. Working this design results in a burlap-like stitch on one side and a very subtle diamond pattern on the reverse side. Both are equally beautiful, and I couldn’t decide which side I liked best to call it the right side. So, I made it reversible. Perfect for gifting a box of candy. Af...
Knitting: Cowl, Mid-calf Socks
Fourth in a series of 7 patterns for HAND-KNITTED GIFT WRAPS.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
I offer two design choices here. I have knitted three size options, but these wraps can be worked up to fit virtually any size or shape gift box that needs wrapping. After the recipient opens her present, the gift bow becomes the handle on the project bag or sturdy, planet-friendly market bag (depending on the size knitted). For a small boxed g...
Knitting: Book Cover
In this, the 6th, pattern in the Hand Knitted Gift Wraps series, I include three, separate design choices. Want a paperback-size cover? You can knit it. Want a larger cover for a uniquely sized book? No problem. Each can be knit to any size, and each can be used as a book cover or needle case when complete. All projects are worked flat, or back...
Knitting: Decorative - Other
What better way is there to present a hand-knitted gift item than in a hand-knitted gift bag? The thoughtfulness that went into the knitted gift can be extended to the gift wrap, and this will enhance the recipient’s happiness and appreciation. Well-planned presentation adds to the joy of the gift-giving experience for the gifter as well as for...
Knitting: Bag - Other
Third in a series of 7 patterns for HAND-KNITTED GIFT WRAPS. What better way is there to present a hand-knitted gift item than in a hand-knitted gift bag? The thoughtfulness that went into the knitted gift can be extended to the gift wrap, and this will enhance the recipient’s happiness and appreciation. Well-planned presentation adds to the jo...
Knitting: Cozy - Other
Second in a series of 7 patterns for HAND-KNITTED GIFT WRAPS. What better way is there to present a gift item than in a hand-knitted gift bag? The thoughtfulness that went into the gift can be extended to the gift wrap, and this will enhance the recipient’s happiness and appreciation. Well-planned presentation adds to the joy of the gift-giving...
Knitting: Drawstring Bag
First in a series of 7 patterns for HAND-KNITTED GIFT WRAPS.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Zen is an idea that was floating around in my mind for some time. Once I charted it, I couldn’t stop. This design is non-gender specific, and it comprises easy colorwork repeats allowing for a zen-like peaceful experience for the knitter. It flows. It’s the perfect project for those new to stranding. Because you are knitting with a large needle...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Zen is an idea that was floating around in my mind for some time. Once I charted it, I couldn’t stop. This design is non-gender specific, and it comprises easy colorwork repeats allowing for a zen-like peaceful experience for the knitter. It flows. The fact that the socks are stranded means there’s double the amount of fingering wool for added...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Zen is an idea that was floating around in my mind for some time. Once I charted it, I couldn’t stop. This design is non-gender specific, and it comprises easy colorwork repeats allowing for a zen-like peaceful experience for the knitter. It flows. The fact that the mitts are stranded means there’s double the amount of fingering wool for added ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
ZEN is an idea that was floating around in my mind for some time. Once I charted it, I couldn’t stop. This design is non-gender specific, and it comprises easy colorwork repeats allowing for a zen-like peaceful experience for the knitter. It flows. The fine hardtwist of Knit Picks Stroll yields perfect stitch definition and feels great to work ...
Knitting: Pullover
There are so many great things about this fully, loaded, 14-page pattern: First, you can save your scraps, or use your scraps as you get them. You can knit panels as scraps become available…so you don’t have to make the tunic all at once. Originally, I designed this pattern to use up left-over yarns, but you can use any yarn you have in stash--...
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
Team Spirit Convertible Mitts is the perfect project in so many ways. It is a stranded design comprising easy repeats. The fact that the mitts are stranded means there’s double the amount of fingering wool for added warmth without added bulk. I have included instructions for fingerless mitts, convertible mitts that can be closed at the top to f...
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque, Mid-calf Socks
I designed this KAL around Stitchjones’ wonderful sock yarn. Her colorways are fabulous, and I fell in love with her Electric Mayhem. In fact, she brought that colorway out of retirement just for us! I used her Titanium Sock base because the colors are wonderfully saturated in it, but this is an extremely light fingering-weight yarn, actually c...
Knitting: Scarf, Cowl
I wanted to work up a cowl that would use small amounts of yarn, preferably leftover stash. You have the option to use as little or as much yarn as you desire, and you can make this cowl virtually any size. You can stripe it or alternate the lace stitch with garter stitch. I angled both ends on the scarf (first pic) so that the ends cascade dow...
Knitting: Baby Blanket
The Solomon T. Rawlings Barnyard Baby Blanket baby blanket was designed for my dear friend, (cpainter on Ravelry), who asked me to design a blanket with a barnyard theme. I told her I would name the pattern after the baby who would be receiving her gift. Because it is stranded using a large needle, the project knits up fast. Duplicate stitching...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
In honor of everyone’s favorite children’s author, Dr. Seuss, I designed these socks with a tessellating fish pattern. Both adult and child sizes are included, and you can further tweak the sizing by going up or down in needle size. These socks feature the Sweet Tomato Heel, allowing the colorwork design to continue, uninterrupted through the i...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
I designed these socks with versatility in mind. You can change the fiber, the colors, the leg length, the foot length, the heel fit, the colors…custom knit to your personal specs. And, Sock On! displays a gender-neutral design, making it a supremely adaptable pattern. You can include an optional secret pocket at the top of the leg, perfect for...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Everyone loves our friends, the bees! This fun, slouchy hat pattern can be knit in 2 sizes, a child and teen/adult. So, by changing needle sizes, you can have a family of bee hats! You can duplicate st eyes after the knitting is done, but I did not. Because the pattern calls for only small amounts of white and yellow, this is a great way to use...
Knitting: Scarf
This delicate, light lace pattern reminds me of fiddlehead fern. It works up in layers of raised swirls that are equally beautiful on the front and back of the scarf. I used lightweight wool on the cover scarf, but you can use any fiber you like. Want a lighter, summer accessory? Use linen or cotton. Even silk blends will look fantastic here. O...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Finally, an IRS you can love! Irresistible Reversible Socks:
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Diamond Swirl was the alternate mystery pattern in the CBD KAL in April. We learned the TaaT technique. Some us converted and others of us remained loyal to our DPNs. You can knit these any way you want---even toe up, if you prefer. Choose two highly contrasting sock yarns and, for interest, reverse colors on each sock. Several did this to grea...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This slip-stitch sock is so fun, fast, and easy to knit. Change the needle size and/or add sts to increase the size. Add rounds to make the sock taller. We worked Mermaid Tails as one of the KAL patterns in the CBD group in April. We learned the TaaT technique, but these work up on DPNs (still my fave!) and you can do them toe-up, if you prefer...
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Lace is my new love. Who knew??? Prelude: The Tam is designed as a beret, but by adding pattern repeats and blocking it differently, you can easily make this a slouchy beanie. Because it’s lace, this is a stylish tam that can be worn year-round. I knitted mine with wool, but you can use cotton or bamboo to create a more summery fabric. I recomm...
Knitting: Accessories - Other
We have waited a long time for this one, and InfiniCATS is finally here! In May, we worked the much anticipated InfiniCATS MKAL (mystery knit-along, for the uninitiated) in the Colorworks by Debi group on Ravelry. We offered a choice of projects including a hat, cowl/scarf, socks, pillow, and felted bag. Some of our talented participants were i...
Knitting: Scarf
This delicate, light, lace pattern works beautifully to create a summery scarflette accessory. You can use cotton, wool or blends. (I used Merino on the cover project). Once blocked, the piece flows and waves, naturally and beautifully. Wear it as shown, or tie it in the front, or shape it any other way you desire. You can knit it as long as or...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Fern Lace Wedge is a wedge-shaped shawlette that can be worked in any gauge and knit to virtually any size. You can use wool or wool blends, silk, or cotton…whatever you desire, and you can use whatever needle size you want---the larger the needle, the drapier the wedge. Dramatic increases occur on one side only, creating a curve that allows th...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Easter snuk up so fast that I am having to publish this pattern before it’s even been knit to give you time to make your socks before Easter. The pattern contains all the colors of the season, and it features bunnies with fluffy bunny tails and flowers and decorated egg motifs. It might be spring, but we still need cozy feet!Once the socks have...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
You know I am a colorwork girl at heart. But, I am now venturing into heretofore uncharted territory. I am doing lace! This is my debut lace sock pattern. It is, by necessity, easy. It features the Sweet Tomato Heel (STH) so there are no heel flaps or gussets to interfere with the lacework as you knit through the instep. The socks also hold a s...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Like the Winter Cathedral Hat, these warm, wooly, stranded socks comprise several shades of blue against a winter-white background to create a richly colorful design with the illusion of depth The pattern features an easy colorwork design and the Sweet Tomato Heel (STH) that allows the colorwork pattern to continue, uninterrupted through the in...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Sweet transitions is the perfect name for this mitt pattern because it is not as heavy as a winter mitt. It is created using a simple slip-stitch pattern that is airy and perfect for the seasonal transition from winter to spring. Also Transitions is an apt name because these mitts can change from a fingerless glove to a mitten by using my conve...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Spring is here! The birds have come home! What better way to celebrate than by knitting and wearing Tweet Feet socks?
Knitting: Cozy - Other
This is a great gift idea, and it’s a great way to use leftover yarn (perhaps from having knit the Top of the Mornin’ socks!) This wine cozy works up fast, and with a mock button band and collar, it really looks like a festive sweater for your gift of wine. Party on!
Knitting: Cowl
January and February of 2015 were brutal winter months for a good portion of the US. It was a great time for knitting and wearing this super cowl. In my Ravelry group, Colorworks by Debi, (CBD), we knitted our mystery cowls. The cowl is super-tall, allowing it to be pulled up and worn as a wind-shielding hood. Or it can be folded down, exposing...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
“Spring is in the Air”“…It has been a long winter, but Spring is finally here! Still, even now, we need socks to go with our jeans. This is the final pattern in the Socks for Jeans series, #7: Spring is in the Air. The pattern features an easy colorwork design, the Sweet Tomato Heel (STH) that allows the colorwork pattern to continue, uninterru...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Like the Tessellating Diamonds Mitts pattern, the slouchy hat pattern uses four colors (not all at once!) to create a subtle diamond design with a background of stripes. The hat works equally well for men and women. Depending on how you pair up your color choices, you can make the stripes stand out, or you can make the diamonds prominent. Use t...
Knitting: Slippers
Snuggle your feet in warm wooly felted slippers. These are stranded, so they use double strands of yarn, and they felt up beautifully. The fabric, after felting, is dense, helping the slipper hold its shape. They are comfortable and toasty-warm. The pattern is worked on large needles, and the project works up quite fast. The cover slippers are ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
It’s almost Spring, and that means St. Paddy’s Day (or as my husband, Andrew the terrible punner, says, St. Peddy’s Day. Socks. Peds, get it? He’s the worst!) Despite the bad puns, the socks are lovely. They work up fast and because they are stranded, there’s extra wooly-warm stitches. The pattern is written for adult and teen sizes, but it can...
Knitting: Cozy - Other
Happy Valentine’s Day! Before you cozy up with a lovely bottle of wine, present it to your Valentine wearing a handknit romantic wine bottle sweater. I didn’t think of this until this morning, so time is short this year. Still, I knitted it and wrote up the pattern in 6 hours. There’s still time for you to knit yours!
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful mitts feature a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. The pocket is large enough to hold cash, credit card, metro card, keys, tissue, Chapstick, hand warmers, or even treats for when you walk Fido! Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. Top can be unf...
Knitting: Cowl
Black and gold—a timeless, classic color combination. Couple it with a gently-textured, subtle plaid pattern as I have done here, and you have a beautiful pattern that can work forever. Using my Edge of Night design, I created this cowl pattern, and it is part of a collection of great accessories that can dress up an outfit, or work as the perf...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Black and gold—a timeless, classic color combination. Couple it with a gently-textured, subtle plaid pattern as I have done here, and you have a beautiful pattern that can work forever. Using my Edge of Night design, I created this sock pattern, and it is part of a collection of great accessories that can dress up an outfit, or work as the per...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful mitts feature the Edge of Night design with the original colors. But they can be knit in any two contrasting colors. They have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. Top can be unfolded to cover fingers, or fold...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Black and gold—a timeless, classic color combination. Couple it with a gently-textured, subtle plaid pattern as I have done here, and you have a beautiful pattern that can work forever. Using my Edge of Night design, I created a collection of great accessories that can dress up an outfit, or work as the perfect accessory for casual wear. This i...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
How romantic is this! And you can knit yours in time for Valentine’s Day. Debbie, from Knit Bin, and I have partnered up to bring you a series of warm, wooly socks to go with jeans. We are releasing one pattern a month for several months--enough to stock your sock drawer with the perfect socks to go with jeans. This release is Socks for Jeans #...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
An ornate, swirly, baroque design reminiscent of Versailles. With glass beads for added added effect, these mitts coordinate with my VERSAILLES hat. Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful mitts feature a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. The pocket is large enough to hold cash, credit card,...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful mitts feature the yin and yang and can be knit in any two contrasting colors. They have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. Top can be unfolded to cover fingers, or folded down to cover pocket and expose thos...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
It all started with Musica: The Hat. The hat was followed by the mitts and socks. These were also popular, so I designed the cowl and then the felted bag and purse. And, finally, the sweater. You still wanted more. Many of you said you wanted Musica without the piano keys—for string players. I gave you the hat. You wanted more. So, now you have...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Debbie, from Knit Bin, and I have partnered up to bring you a series of warm, wooly socks to go with jeans. We will release one pattern a month for several months--enough to stock your sock drawer with the perfect socks to go with jeans. This release is Socks for Jeans #2: Chocolate Parfait. The pattern features an easy colorwor...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
It all started with Musica: The Hat. The hat was followed by the mitts and socks. These were also popular, so I designed the cowl and then the felted bag and purse. And, finally, the sweater. You still wanted more! Many of you said you wanted Musica without the piano keys—for string players. So, now you have it: Musica Guitars! This pattern giv...
Knitting: Scarf, Cowl
St. Petersburg is a luscious, silk-blend cowl with a design reminiscent of the architecture of old Russia. Because it has a buttoned closure, it can be buttoned and worn as a cowl, twisted and then buttoned for a moebius cowl, wrapped around the neck twice before buttoning to be worn as a neck warmer, or left unbuttoned and worn as a scarf. It ...
Knitting: Cowl
The Subtly Stranded Silk Sampler is a perfect project for the beginning strander. Because the color changes occur every 2-3 sts, no floating is required. You simply need to take care to keep your tension comfortably loose and even to avoid puckering. It is also a fun project for the seasoned strander. The hardtwist Merino/Silk blend in this co...
Knitting: Pullover
Calling this pattern”easy” is an understatement. It doesn’t get any easier than this! Alternating between garter and stockinette in an elongated checkerboard design behind fine stripes, the knitter creates an irresistibly subtle, finely-textured fabric. The body of Five Easy Pieces gives the illusion of colorwork, but it comprises only two knit...
Knitting: Containers
We are taking a break in the Colorworks by Debi Ravelry group this month. Rather than work a full-out KAL, as we usually do, we are working on several small, last-minute gift projects. The holidays are coming up fast. It’s a busy time of year. But there’s still time to knit a few stocking stuffers, and earbud pouches are the perfect gift. Tired...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
A special surprise in this sock! Debbie, from Knit Bin, and I have partnered up to bring you a series of warm, wooly socks to go with jeans. We will release one pattern a month for several months--enough to stock your sock drawer with the perfect socks to go with jeans. This release is Socks for Jeans #4: The Ripple Effect. Using colors befitti...
Knitting: Scarf, Cowl
Colorwork’s easy answer to Fox Paws. I wanted to create a complex-looking, textured, colorful and warm winter cowl. But I wanted it to be easy, and I wanted it to work up fast. So, I designed Marguerite. This cowl, when unbuttoned, can be worn as a scarf. I chose a palette of colors that is seasonal, but you, the knitter, can choose your own co...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Recently, I released the long-requested Musica Sweater pattern. It was well received, so I decided to go back and update the Musica sock pattern, using the same colors and motifs I used in the sweater. Here is the result. I give you Musica: The Sock 20124. For fun, I included a treble clef on the sole of the sock. The pattern allows for multipl...
Knitting: Pullover
It all started with Musica: The Hat. The hat was followed by the mitts and socks. These were also popular, so I designed the cowl and then the felted bag and purse. All of the Musica patterns can be found in my Ravelry store. Music lovers wanted more, so finally, after months of pondering, I came up with Musica: The Sweater. The pattern is gend...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Don’t we all just love the sweet simplicity of a fine gingham-check fabric? Now you can knit it. This adorable shawlette has wonderful drape. The subtle color shading results in a traditional gingham check pattern that works the perfect accessory. The instructions include steeks, so the stranding can be knitted in-the-round. No purling…just fun...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
In 2012, I published the first version of my Deck the Halls fingerless mitts. I also freshened up the look leaving you, the knitter, the option to choose your own colors. Stick with the original, classic holiday colors or change it up with a lovely blue to make it wearable all winter long.Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful mitts fea...
Knitting: Beret, Tam, Beanie, Toque, Stocking
In 2012, I published the first version of my Deck the Halls hat. Now, I have expanded the pattern to include child, teen and adult sizes as well as variations on the style. Now Deck the Halls is more than a hat. It can be a tam and a stocking cap, too. I also freshened up the look leaving you, the knitter, the option to choose your own colors. ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Debbie, from Knit Bin, and I have partnered up to bring you a series of warm, wooly socks to go with jeans. We will release one pattern a month for several months--enough to stock your sock drawer with the perfect socks to go with jeans. This release is Socks for Jeans #3: Casual Fridays. The pattern features an easy colorwork design, the Sweet...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Tis the season! It’s time to start knitting your holiday socks for the whole family. This is an updated and newer version of my Holly Socks, a variation of my Deck the Halls motif. You can achieve virtually every size by following one of the two charts and changing up needle sizes. These classically designed, stranded socks are fun to knit, and...
Knitting: Cowl
ARGOS PANOPTES was a mythological, hundred-eyed giant. When Argos was slain, Hera immortalized him by placing his hundred eyes on the tail of her sacred peacock. Here, Argos comprises two cowls in one! Actually, there are two, individual cowls knitted here: one is a solid stockinette, in-the-round cowl, and its mate is an easy-to-knit colorwork...
Knitting: Cowl
Two, two, two cowls in one! Actually, there are two, individual cowls knitted here. One is a solid stockinette, in-the-round cowl, and its mate is a reversible plaid cowl that has a button closure. The closure allows it to link through the solid cowl before buttoning to be worn as a couple. Or, unbutton, detach, and wear them separately. Either...
Knitting: Cowl
Stephen Colbert fans will understand this pattern’s name. The Superbowl people would have sued The Colbert Report for copyright infringement if they used the term “Superbowl” without permission. So, the brilliant people at “The Report” came up with this great alternative, and it lined up with my designing the owl hat. Turns out knitters are cra...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
We have so much fun in our Colorworks by Debi Ravelry group, as we work our KALs and MKALS each month. In September, we knitted Autumn Splendor as a hat or a cozy—individual choice. The knitters guessed what the theme was as their designs developed, and they offered great ideas for the pattern name. In the end, I chose Autumn Splendor, which is...
Knitting: Coffee / Tea Pot
We have so much fun in our Colorworks by Debi Ravelry group, as we work our KALs and MKALS each month. In September, we knitted Autumn Splendor as a hat or a cozy—individual choice. The knitters guessed what the theme was as their designs developed, and they offered great ideas for the pattern name. In the end, I chose Autumn Splendor, which is...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
If you are as crazy for plaid as I am, you will love this sock. Great fun to knit, and could anything look better with jeans than this? Debbie, from Knit Bin, and I have partnered up to bring you a series of warm, wooly socks to go with jeans. We will release one pattern a month for several months--enough to stock your sock drawer with the perf...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
When you buy the yummy BlueMoon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock yarn to knit your favorite stranded socks, like Argylish or Team Spirit Socks, you will receive enough yarn to knit two pairs. But, if you only want one pair of socks, what are you going to do with all that luscious Socks That Rock yarn that’s left? Why not knit a Socks That Rock Yer No...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I designed my Diamonds on the Soles of Her Socks pattern, and Denise said, “Wow. I’d like to see that design as a hat.” So, that’s what she got. And I named the pattern for her and her wonderful idea. She used the same colors as I used in the sock pattern, but she suggested the hat would look great in holiday colors, too. She’s right. It would ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Another sock using BlueMoon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock!! Whether you’re a football fan, a soccer fan, a basketball fan or a fan of your school team, this pattern is for you. Choose your team or school colors, and knit socks to show your team spirit. This is an easy-to-work colorwork design, perfect for first-time stranders and fun for stranding...
Knitting: Scarf, Cowl, Beanie, Toque, Stocking, Pillow / Cushion, Mid-calf Socks
What is InfiniCHRISTMAS?
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Sock knitters everywhere love working with BlueMoon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock yarn. The hardtwist in the wool yields fantastic stitch definition, which is ideal for colorwork.With the delightfully large palette of colors from which to choose, you can knit Argylish with subtle contrast (Use two shades from the same color family. Pictured above ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
With a grateful nod to Paul Simon, I call these socks Diamonds on the Soles of Her Socks. If you are new to color-work, this is a great first-time pattern. It works up fast, and it has an easy colorwork design. I use the Sweet Tomato Heel for an adjustable and great fit. No heel flaps or gussets! And the colorwork can continue, uninterrupted, t...
Knitting: Cowl
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Knitting: Pet Clothing
Winter is coming and doggie needs a sweater. Tired of struggling to get paws through armholes? My design eliminates the struggle. Knitted flat with button bands, you simply wrap the bands around doggies body, from under his chest up around his back, and then button on top. Voila! No fuss no muss. The instructions are written for a small dog swe...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Swirly is an easy-to-work stranded sock pattern. It adjusts simply to make virtually any sock size. In the pattern, I am including instructions for three sizes: Child’s medium, Teen/woman’s medium, and man’s medium. But merely by adding stitches and rounds per established pattern, you can tweak the sizing to fit your family’s needs perfectly. A...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Debbie, from Knit Bin, and I have partnered up to bring you a series of warm, wooly socks to go with jeans. We will release one pattern a month for several months--enough to stock your sock drawer with the perfect socks to go with jeans. The first release is Socks for Jeans #1: Denim Dreams. The pattern features an easy colorwork design, the Sw...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Made in America Yarns produces Wayfarer, a sock-weight yarn with a super hardtwist that is just perfect for knitting colorwork socks. It is sturdy, yet merino-soft at the same time. The colors are vibrant, and the skeins are generous enough to yield two pairs of HEMMINGWAY. You can knit his & hers socks, or mother & daughter socks. The ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Sometimes, for me, the most difficult aspect of designing is naming the pattern. This design started out as a doodle on scrap paper. As I kept drawing, the design grew more complex….what I ended up with was this pattern that looks like windmills to me. I was awake for hours thinking of a good name. at one point, when I was waaaay too tired, I t...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful mitts feature fluttering butterflies and have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. Top can be unfolded to cover fingers, or folded down to cover pocket and expose those texting fingers. Layer over gloves for e...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Mid-calf Socks
Dream in Color sent me two skeins of their wonderful Starry sock yarn. Starry is the glitzy sister of Smooshy. One can be subbed easily for the other. Want sparkle? Use Starry. Want warm, wonderful wool without the glitz? Use Smooshy. Using only one skein each of two contrasting colors, you can knit both a hat and a pair of socks. So, you can b...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Littl;e girls and big girls alike are enamored of butterflies. These whimsical socks are at once warm and pretty. Choose any colors you like for your butterflies. This sock runs smaller than my other patterns (not sure why…maybe the Chroma? Go up a needle size or use Palette for the background for a looser-fitting sock. Add antennae after you’v...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Mid-calf Socks
Colorsong gave me two luscious skeins of Fleece Artist Sea Wool and said “Design!” So, I did. Using only one skein each of two contrasting colors, you can knit both a hat and a pair of socks. Colorsong PHASES: Head to Toe is a fun, easy gender-neutral colorwork pattern, and it works up fast. So, you can be clothed in this lovely fiber from head...
Knitting: Pillow / Cushion
Sometimes, knitters request a specific design. Curatorofknits on Ravelry wanted a chevron pillow. So, I designed it and she knitted it and gave me the pics for the pattern. It turned out great. Chevrons are fun and easy colorwwrk motifs. and they are timeless. Thank you, Curatorofknits. I like your work, and I like this pillow. I hope others wi...
Knitting: Pullover
The Retro Hippie Hoodie is a 21st-century take on the hemp Baja sweatshirts of the 1960s. These comfy, simply-constructed hoodies have been called drug rugs by the new generation. This hand-knit version knits up fast, is easily constructed in large, flat pieces, and is worked sideways. Because the hoodie is loosely shaped, sizing is easily adju...
Knitting: Scarf
Looking for something that resembles complex colorwork but is super easy? This cowl-like scarf is knitted just in garter stitch, and then contrasting trim is woven in adding texture and interest and fringe taboot!You can weave any design you like-- add as many or as few woven strands as you desire. I wove 5 strands across the top to add stabili...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
If you are as crazy for paisley as I am, you will love this shawlette. The shawlette is covered with paisleys, going every which way, creating a lovely all-over design. Each motif contains two beads, a red one and a silver one, sitting like little jewels in the center of each paisley. Knit it in the colors shown, or use your imagination and cre...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Taking a break from my usual colorwork designing, I created a mock cable mitt worked in the round. Easy and fun to knit, gently textured. The fabric created is stunning. As with most of my mitts, there is a secret pocket hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Top can be unfolded to cover fingers, or folded down to cover pock...
Knitting: Cowl
Monochromacity is the perfect colorwork design. It worked well as a hat, as socks, as mitts and now as a cowl. It’s a great way to get your stranding feet wet, as it is an easy-to-work design. You can choose any colors, and you can choose to knit it any length. The best patterns are those that allow you, the knitter, to make all the creative de...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Oh, for the love of paisley! We did the pillows. Then we did the cowl, and now we have paisley socks. We are crazy for paisley! I love paisley because you can mix up color in wonderful ways, make them less flashy, for a more classic, subdued look, or work up in neons for a wild paisley presence. Paisley is timeless. It just never gets old. Dupl...
Knitting: Cowl
Are you crazy for paisley? Achieve a great double-knit look without the work! This pattern scratches so many knitting itches! It is worked in the round, is versatile, and it employs an easy-to-follow colorwork design. Paisley, Please can be knitted any length, and because it has a buttoned closure, it can be buttoned and worn as a cowl, twisted...
Knitting: Pillow / Cushion
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
So, I love red and black together, and I started knitting nested squares, but I got off-track with the design. Rather than go back and reknit, I decided to just keep going. It morphed into a design I really like. Cubist roses, of a sort. These are squares gone awry--interrupted from their squareness. These socks are a little bigger than I usual...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Pattern has been updated to omit tassels, which are a choking hazard. Also, do not use wool. Use baby-friendly lighter weight yarns.
Knitting: Cowl
These yummy, vivid colors worked up so beautifully. The design is not representational, but still I see red and green cabbage, thus the name “Cruciferous Cowl.” The crocheted edging closes the cowl in lieu of grafting, adding to the curly-leafy look. Knit this in the short version or the long, CC makes for a wonderful accessory as well as a war...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
When I first knitted this hat, I went crazy stranding. I don’t know why I did so many 3-strand rounds in the original, but I changed the chart somewhat for this pattern to make for an easier knit. But it It still screams “Painted Desert!”
Knitting: Earflap Hat
Our 22-year old daughter only recently began knitting, and she has taken to it like the proverbial duck to water. For her third-ever project, she wanted to knit a Fair Isle hat for a friend’s brand new baby boy. She wanted it to match Wesley’s Daddy’s hat. And she did it! I am so proud of her! Earflaps and all!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Orit said, “What does a persona have to do to get a pattern named after her?” I said she need but ask. Orit is a sock knitter, so this is an appropriate pattern for her. Especially appropriate because Orit means “little light” in Hebrew, and these socks are the color of little flames. The size is easily adjustable by merely changing the needle ...
Knitting: Vest
ERRATA: Under Instructions for cast on, it says to determine number of inches desired for back x3. The x3 should be x6. CHART row 21, there should be no purl sts. All knit sts.
Knitting: Cuffs
Sometimes you don’t want to wear a complete sweater. You have leg warmers, so why not arm warmers? Fall Out is a lovely design, which we’ve already worked up as a hat, socks, mitts and a shawl. Now arm warmers. My guess is that this idea was born from a sock leg, and the knitter just never turned the heel. many great ideas are born accidentally...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Op art, short for “optical art,” is a dynamic form of art that employs visual trickery. It came to life in the 1960s. The most highly recognizable pieces were painted in black and white, comprised lines and geometric shapes, and they convey the idea of movement. The eye perceives motion, and the brain sees what is not actually on the canvas. Th...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Jackson Pollack is easily the most readily known painter of the Abstract Expressionism art movement. The movement focused on the busy and the chaotic. The works were action-filled, abstract, and emotionally intense. With their all-over fields of color, Pollock’s drip paintings are among his most highly recognizable works. Rather than stand at a...
Knitting: Cowl
Futurism was an early 20th-century art movement. It centered its ideas on the then-modern ideas of what the future held. It concentrated on concepts of youth, violence and industrialized city life. It highlighted futuristic technologies of the day like high-speed modes of travel: cars and planes.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Named after the Pointillism period in the art field, this pattern is one of the best ways to show off color, either by contrast or shading. So versatile. A great way to get started with colorwork. Wonderful knit for newbies and colorwork pros alike. As always, you are the artist. Choose your own palette of colors and have fun!
Knitting: Pullover
Piet Mondrian, a 20th-century Dutch painter, evolved a nonrepresentational form of art he called Neoplasticism. His work comprised grids of horizontal and vertical black lines on a white background with blocks of the three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. One of his most recognized pieces, a slight deviation from the above description, is...
Knitting: Tote
ubism . Cubist paintings were not concerned with three-dimensional, realistic representations of their subjects. Rather, objects were depicted on a single, flat plane, with all “faces,” or surfaces, simultaneously visible. Historically, the term “Cubism” seems to have derived from Matisse’s description of the elements of a 1907 Braque painting ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Remember the 60s? You don’t? Then you were probably there, tuned in, turned on and dropped out. What if they gave a war and nobody came? The counterculture spawned a whole new way of thinking. Good times, these were! Now, with the readily available neon yarns, we can replicate some of the great colors and moods of the Psychedelic 60s. No better...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Pop Art, an art movement from the 1960s, employed popular cultural and/or commercial images removed from their intended context. Andy Warhol was the preeminent pop artist, and he famously used Campbell’s Soup can images in some of his work. Thus, as a tip of my hat to Mr. Warhol, I give you Pop Top.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Our May MAL in the Ravelry group, ColorworksbyDebi, comprised a fun, magical mystery sock. We offered three, separate colorways, but as always, my colorowrk knitters launched with their own wonderful ideas of color. The design is frilly and fairy-like. And, because they are stranded, the socks are as warm as they are enchanting. The pattern uti...
Knitting: Legwarmers
These versatile leg warmers can be worn inside out or outside in, upside down or downside up. There is no wrong way to wear them. You can knit them any size and any colors. A great way to use up leftover sock yarns.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
All that I’m sayin’ is…Give peace a chance. What if they gave a war and nobody came? Make love not war. If you remember any of these meaningful slogans from the 60s, this is the pattern you’ve been waiting for. But, even if you’re too young to remember, peace never goes out of style. We all yearn for it, regardless of age. So, here you go! Now ...
Knitting: Cowl
This sweet, two-sided cowl offers a finely textured design on the front, and a silky, tonal stockinette on the back. Inji Kismet Fibers stars Carree, and Carree’s choice of bases are nothing short of luxurious. The silk blends in these yarns have a wonderful sheen, making the cowl shimmer and shine. The cowl has wonderful drape and feels great ...
Knitting: Cowl
Why “The Black Cow”? Our local knitting group, Croton Gab and Knit, meets three times a week at the local coffee shop in town. It’s The Black Cow, and it’s THE place to be!. Wendy P. suggested I design a cowl based on the carpet in “The Cow.” So I did. The cowl is reversible, and it has a zippered pocket to hold valuables. You can knit this as ...
Knitting: Pullover
This tunic is the easiest you will ever knit. And it’s very basic stranded colorwork, for a denser, but oh-so-drapey fabric. This EZ-PZ design is absolutely versatile; the sleeves can be knit any length, ¼, ½, ¾ or full-length. The body is knit in one rectangular piece, and you the knitter can determine the width and length. As far as the desig...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
All that I’m sayin’ is…Give peace a second chance. Tammy Blondon had this idea, so we have another take on my “peace hat.” What if they gave a war and nobody came? Make love not war. If you remember any of these meaningful slogans from the 60s, this is the pattern you’ve been waiting for. But, even if you’re too young to remember, peace never g...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
One of the most famous skylines in America, St. Louis Boasts its famous Gateway arch. As well it should! Knit the hat if you live in St. Louis or if you know someone who does. even if you just get to visit it now and then, you’ll want this hat. Choose any colors you want,. and this one’s a keeper!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful, fairytale-looking mitts have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. Top can be unfolded to cover fingers, or folded down to cover pocket and expose those texting fingers. Layer over gloves for extra warmth and ...
Knitting: Scarf
Busy Bee! is a lively, vibrant and warm scarf. It employs the bee stitch for a deeply textured finish. Because the piece is worked on large needles, the drape is fantastic and the scarf works up fast. The color gradients in Chroma Fingering work especially well with the pattern. You will enjoy wearing it year-round!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
All that I’m sayin’ is…Give peace a chance. What if they gave a war and nobody came? Make love not war. If you remember any of these meaningful slogans from the 60s, this is the pattern you’ve been waiting for. But, even if you’re too young to remember, peace never goes out of style. We all yearn for it, regardless of age. So, here you go! Peac...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Who can say she ever has enough handmade wool socks? Here’s a pattern that uses two of my favorite KnitPicks colorways: Raspberry Heather and Asphalt Heather. But that’s just me. You can choose your own colors, of course! A mosaic-like tiling is accented by a chain link pattern running down the outside of each sock. Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato He...
Knitting: Purse / Handbag
There seems to be no end to the possibilities for MUSICA. Now we give you the felted, zippered purse to go with the MUSICA felted tote. You may choose to line this little gem or not. Your choice. Works up fast, and it’s fun to make.
Knitting: Scarf
I am naming this pattern “Let it Roll,” because that’s what stockinette wants to do. I have fought curling edges forever, and I decided to let them do what they naturally want to do. The edges turn under only slightly after blocking, giving this piece a charming, feminine look. You can work more of the stranded for a larger neck opening, allowi...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
You liked Step into Spring socks, and you like the Think Spring hat. Now I give you the Springtime stranded shawl. Add depth and dimension to the explosion of springtime colors in this shawl. By purling the Grape Hyacinths, and by adding beads to the centers of the blue flowers, you create texture and shimmer that makes this shawl beautifully s...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Leila requested a snowboarder hat, and when Leila asks, I respond! She graciously test-knitted and photographed the hat on her favorite snowboarding aficionado. Is there a snowboarder on your list of giftees? Here’s your chance!
Knitting: Headband
Petra loves headbands. She is a great model, and she does most of my photography. And she’s drop-dead beautiful. Petra encouraged me to publish this design, even though it isn’t colorwork. Here’s to you, Petra! If you’re looking for something warm, pretty, fast and easy to knit, this one’s for you!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Tropical Sunset is the easiest shawl you’ll ever knit! Using KnitPicks Chroma Fingering for the background and a solid Palette yarn for the design, this knits up so fast, you’ll be amazed. It’s EZ-PZ. Cover shows the shawlette, but the pattern includes a chart for the full-size version. Change up the colors, and you might not have a tropical su...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Am I right? The design in this hat so closely resembles a Peregrine falcon’s feather markings, you’ll need to watch out that one doesn’t land on your head and do a mating dance! The hat is a fast, easy knit, and it can be worn by men and women. Thank you to my beautiful friend, Petra for modeling!
Knitting: Tote
We decided to try something new in my ColorworksByDebi Ravelry group to kick off our 2014 KALS. So, using my Argylish stranded chart, we knitted bags and felted them. What fun! Then many wanted to see some of my other designs made into felted bags. cpainter on Ravelry requested kitties. She has test knit and photographed the cover bag. Isn’t it...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Aphasia is so named because I am at a loss for words to describe this stunning, self-reflexive pattern. I was going for something hypnotic--an optical illusion of sorts. I got mania, I think! I love it. So much fun to knit, I actually knitted both of them! I will be working this into mitts and a hat, too, I believe. Of course, the knitter can m...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Stephen Colbert fans will understand this pattern’s name. The Superbowl people would have sued The Colbert Report for copyright infringement if they used the term “Superbowl” without permission. So, the brilliant people at “The Report” came up with this great alternative, and it lined up with my designing the owl hat. It reminded me of the Olym...
Knitting: Tote
We decided to try something new in my ColorworksByDebi Ravelry group to kick off our 2014 KALS. So, using my Argylish stranded chart, we knitted bags and felted them. What fun! Then many wanted to see some of my other designs made into felted bags. Susan asked for my Musica hat pattern, so I designed this bag based on that pattern. And Fran jum...
Knitting: Tote
We decided to try something new in my ColorworksByDebi Ravelry group to kick off our 2014 KALS. So, using my Argylish stranded chart, we knitted bags and felted them. What fun! Then many wanted to see some of my other designs made into felted bags. So, Leila interpreted my Superb Owl hat pattern and converted it to a bag. I have taken a few lib...
Knitting: Cowl
My final design for the 2014 Ravellenic Games. This stranded cowl is so much fun to knit and, because it is lined with pieces of an old sweatshirt, it is warm and ecologically pleasing. This pattern is great because the knitter can decide how many motifs to knit, so the length choice is hers. Knit it with stitches untwisted for a cowl that can ...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Candied violets…yummy. That’s what these mitts look like to me…so soft and feminine. The pattern includes sizes for teen and woman med. Fun to knit. So yummy, you’ll want to eat them…well, maybe that’s just me…Now you see it--now you don’t! These terrific mitts have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your han...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Candied violets…yummy. That’s what these socks look like to me…so soft and feminine. The pattern includes sizes for child, teen and woman: s,m, and l. so all the ladies in the family can have a pair. Cute little violet can be added to the heel for extra flair. Fun to knit. So yummy, you’ll want to eat them…well, maybe that’s just me…
Knitting: Cowl
Another design for the 2014 Ravellenic Games. This stranded cowl is so much fun to knit and, because it is lined with pieces of an old sweatshirt, it is warm and ecologically pleasing. This pattern is great because the knitter can decide how many motifs to knit, so the length choice is hers. I twisted mine to make it a moebius. But, you can avo...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
There’s still time to knit these for that special someone. Quick knit and perfect for February 14th. But anytime is a great time to say I love you. Pattern contains instructions for a hidden pocket where you can secret valuables. Layer over gloves for extra warmth. Fast and fun. Say I love you without any calories!!!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
You love petit fours, but oh, those pesky calories. Now you can have your cake and knit it, too1 No calories, 100% fiber goodness! Two sizes, each achieved by a specific needle size. Great for him or her, because everyone loves Petit Fours! Use #1 needle for med or #3 needle for lg. Features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel with links to her tuto...
Knitting: Legwarmers
Designed and knit during the Sochi 2014 Winter Games for Team Tomasello in the 2014 Ravellenic Games. Calf shaping for a great, slouchy,comfortable fit. Includes instructions for child and adult sizes. Love, love love these!!!
Knitting: Baby Blanket
My friend Lesley and her family have waited so long for their baby girl. And now, at long last, she’s here. Welcome, Sarafina Catherine! I can’t wait to hold you! You and your big brother are so loved! This baby wrap is a treasure. Knit it in your favorite colors for baby, and line it in something soft (This will protect fingers and toes from g...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Plaid lovers rejoice!!! Your mitts have arrived. Pattern includes instructions for an added, hidden pocket to secure cash, metro card or other valuables. The plaid colors are only limited by the knitter’s imagination. Mamofsteel used one of my fave combos, and the chart shows how to create a gingham look as well. As with all my mitts, you can e...
Knitting: Cowl
The beauty of this beauty is multifaceted. First, it is knit in the round (no purling!). Second, it is reversible, showing a different pattern on each side. Third, because it is stranded and knit it the round, it is four-times as thick with warm, cozy wool comfort than an ordinary cowl would be. Its versatility is also a plus. The knitter can d...
Knitting: Cowl
Knit this warm cowl in any fingering-weight yarn. I used sock yarn. It has plenty of body and plenty of drape. It is washable. Knit it any length and add a zipper for closing to wear as a long cowl, twisted and zipped for a moebius cowl, doubled and zipped for a cozy neck warmer, or unzipped for a scarf. Works up fast and easy, looks great, but...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Stephen Colbert fans will understand this pattern’s name. The Superbowl people would have sued The Colbert Report for copyright infringement if they used the term “Superbowl” without permission. So, the brilliant people at “The Report” came up with this great alternative, and it lined up with my designing the owl hat. It reminded me of the Olym...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Anchors Aweigh! Whether you’re a Navy person, a leisure-boating fan, or just like anything maritime, this pattern is for you. Great colors and wonderful, nautical motifs. Thank you for modeling, Michael, you salty old sailor, you!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Kiss me, I’m wearing an Irish hat! You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy knitting and wearing this great seasonal hat. Shamrocks and green galore. The only thing missing is the pot o’ gold. But, maybe this will be your lucky hat!
Knitting: Headband
No, “headband” is not spelled incorrectly. It is a “hideband”! Why “hideband”? Because this headband contains a secret pocket for your valuables. The pocket necessitates an extra layer of wool for added warmth and texture. Now you see it…now you don’t! Easy, warm and convenient. For a real hoot, try using buttons for the eyes in lieu of the kni...
Knitting: Headband
No, “headband” is not spelled incorrectly. It is a “hideband”! Why “hideband”? Because this headband contains a secret pocket for your valuables. The pocket necessitates an extra layer of wool for added warmth and texture. Now you see it…now you don’t! Easy, warm and convenient. You loved the NY Skyline as a hat, and you’ll love the hideband, t...
Knitting: Headband
No, “headband” is not spelled incorrectly. It is a “hideband”! Why “hideband”? Because this headband contains a secret pocket for your valuables. The pocket necessitates an extra layer of wool for added warmth and texture. Now you see it…now you don’t! Easy, warm and convenient. You loved Proud as a Peacock as a hat, and you’ll love the hideban...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
We love our four-legged pals so much, we knit garments for them and for us with our furry little friends on them! Now, as requested by you die-hard Scottie fans, your hat! The plaid is so nice, you can knit it sans pup, if you prefer. Either way, this hat is a winner!
Knitting: Cowl
Achieve a great double-sided musical look without any purling. This pattern scratches so many knitting itches! It is worked in the round, is versatile, and it employs an easy-to-follow colorwork design. The Musicowl can be knitted short or long, and it is stranded for double warmth. But, because it’s two-sided, you have four fine layers of cozy...
Knitting: Cowl
This scarf/cowl is so easy, you can practically knit it in your sleep. Thus, its name. The piece can be knitted any length. (Cover cowl is 38” in circumference, and it measures about 7” wide.) And because it has a buttoned closure, it can be buttoned and worn as a cowl, twisted and then buttoned for a moebius cowl or left unbuttoned and worn as...
Knitting: Tote
We decided to try something new in my ColorworksByDebi Ravelry group to kick off our 2014 KALS. So, using my Argylish stranded chart, we knitted bags and felted them. What fun! Thank you to all who participated. We had so many lovely bags, with several different color combos and various sizes. Check them out!
Knitting: Headband
Kitty lovers everywhere: No, “headband” is not spelled incorrectly. It is a “hideband”! Why “hideband”? Because this headband contains a secret pocket for your valuables. The pocket necessitates an extra layer of wool for added warmth and texture. Now you see it…now you don’t! Easy, warm and convenient. I love this!!! You will, too!
Knitting: Headband
No, “headband” is not spelled incorrectly. It is a “hideband”! Why “hideband”? Because this headband contains a secret pocket for your valuables. The pocket necessitates an extra layer of wool for added warmth and texture. Now you see it…now you don’t! Easy, warm and convenient. I love this!!! You will, too!
Knitting: Headband
We all know a comedian or someone who tends toward the dramatic. Knit this for your favorite little actor. Unique. Knitted with 3 layers of fine wool for cozy, classic warmth. Fun to knit. Fun to wear.
Knitting: Headband
You love Brilliant Twilight the hat, but you don’t look awesome in hats? Me, too! Voila! The perfect solution. Brilliant Twilight: The headband. Lined with an extra layer of finely-knitted wool for warmth and comfort, you’ll want one of these even if you do look amazing in hats!
Knitting: Headband
So, when you want wool but you don’t want hat-head, a headband is the perfect solution. This is stranded, so you get three comfy layers of warm wool comfort. Covers ears. Keeps your hair picture perfect! Pattern has two sizes. If you want it a little larger still, just up the needle size! Everyone loves music. You know someone who wants this he...
Knitting: Headband
So, when you want wool but you don’t want hat-head, a headband is the perfect solution. This is stranded, so you get three comfy layers of warm wool comfort. Covers ears. Keeps your hair picture perfect! Pattern has two sizes. If you want it a little larger still, just up the needle size!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Introducing the new and improved Kitty Mitts! No more scary cat! Now, these sweet mitts contain lots and lots of cuter, cuddlier, softer and friendlier kitties. If you aren’t already a cat lover, you soon will be! Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful-looking mitts have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Introducing the new and improved Cats in the Hat! No more scary cat! Now, this sweet hat contains lots and lots of cuter, cuddlier, softer and friendlier kitties. If you aren’t already a cat lover, you soon will be! The hat can be worn as a beanie or a tam, depending on how slouchy you knit it. Gorgeous!
Knitting: Cowl
Moo! Cow enthusiasts the world over will be wondering, “Where has this COWL been all my life?” Easy, fast and fun. For kids and grown-ups alike. Make as long as you want by simply adding chart repeats. Want it chunkier? Just go up a needle size and use heavier yarn. Couldn’t be easier!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Ahhh…remember the 60s? No? You don’t? Well then, this pattern is for you! Inspired by the ravatar of Ravelry’s Raribear, this retro shawlette is so colorful, you can’t forget it! To make a full-sized shawl, you need only add more colorful repeats. Peace!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Zowie! These socks are eye-openers. Neons are definitely in, and nothing sets them off like solid black. I used KnitPicks Palette Black, but I used an Indie Dyer’s neon green (You could also use Knit Picks Palette Macaw, though it isn’t quite “neon.” These socks knit up quite fast, and they are stranded for extra wooly warmth. They feature the ...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
I live in Croton on Hudson, NY. Home of the fierce Croton Tigers (Go Tigers!) If you are a fan, or if you just like tigers, these mitts will work for you, too! Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful-looking mitts have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra w...
Knitting: Beret, Tam
This lovely hat was inspired by the famous and beautiful Rose Window in the Notre Dame Cathedral. StitchJones has added sparkles to her variegated yarn to reflect the light as does the Rose Window. Wear it as a beanie, or block and slouch for a tam (as seen in cover pic.) Either way, this unique design is sure to be a classic!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, pronounced (Chick SENT me high), is a famous psychologist who expounded on the concept of “flow.” Flow” is achieved when one is blissfully immersed in a task to the extent that she loses all sense of time. It is an emotionally fulfilling state of being. I get flow when I knit this slip-stitch pattern. I am so blissfully...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, pronounced (Chick SENT me high), is a famous psychologist who expounded on the concept of “flow.” Flow” is achieved when one is blissfully immersed in a task to the extent that she loses all sense of time. It is an emotionally fulfilling state of being. I get flow when I knit this slip-stitch pattern. I am so blissfully...
Knitting: Cowl
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, pronounced (Chick SENT me high), is a famous psychologist who expounded on the concept of “flow.” Flow is achieved when one is blissfully immersed in a task to the extent that she loses all sense of time. It is an emotionally fulfilling state of being. I get flow when I knit this slip-stitch pattern. I am so blissfully ...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Argyle, but not quite…almost argyle…argylish! Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful-looking mitts have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. Top can be unfolded to cover fingers, or folded down to cover pocket and expose those texting fingers. Laye...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
ARGOS PANOPTES was a mythological, hundred-eyed giant. When Argos was slain, Hera immortalized him by placing his hundred eyes on the tail of her sacred peacock. Argos, the shawlette is a stranded piece that can eb made larger for a full-sized shawl…just keep the body pattern going before adding the edging color. The pattern calls for a #9 need...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
StitchJones’ Bollywood Merino is the loveliest variegated I have ever worked with. The colors are vivid, and paired with KP Palette Black, it yields a stunning, stained glass-like design. Sharon, the StitchJones,dyer, reminds us that when using a hand-dyed black yarn, steaming to block and subsequent dry cleaning is strongly recommended as oppo...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Tis the season when we start thinking of the holidays. We need to think about gifts, and we need to start thinking about staying warm as winter approaches. Deck the Halls is a great, easy-to-knit colorwork pattern. It works up fast because it is knitted on a large needle. You will want to knit at least two. One for your bff and one for yourself!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, pronounced (Chick SENT me high), is a famous psychologist who expounded on the concept of “flow.” Flow” is achieved when one is blissfully immersed in a task to the extent that she loses all sense of time. It is an emotionally fulfilling state of being. I get flow when I knit this slip-stitch pattern. I am so blissfully...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, pronounced (Chick SENT me high), is a famous psychologist who expounded on the concept of “flow.” Flow” is achieved when one is blissfully immersed in a task to the extent that she loses a sense of time. It is an emotionally fulfilling state of being. I get flow when I knit this slip-stitch shawl. I am so, blissfully ha...
Knitting: Cowl
Achieve a great double-knit look without the work! This pattern scratches so many knitting itches! It is worked in the round, is versatile, and it employs an easy-to-follow colorwork design. Hannah can be knitted any length, and because it has a buttoned closure, it can be buttoned and worn as a cowl, twisted and then buttoned for a moebius cow...
Knitting: Christmas Stocking
This unique pattern was designed for the Colorworks By Debi Ravelry group August/September MAL. What a great project. Personalize by knitting names on top, add a vikkel braid, and add beads and/or duplicate stitches, if desired. Lined so the ample-sized stocking will hold lots of holiday goodies. Make a couple of them! or more! Thank you Fran (...
Knitting: Beret, Tam
After I read that The Fiber Factor’s 5th challenge was to be “Wearable Art! “ but before I saw what the powers that be had in mind, my head was already off and running in a different direction. I took a surreal approach to this challenge and produced Time Tam, inspired by Salvador Dalí’s famous painting, Time and the Persistence of Memory. The ...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Great for summer; light, versatile and an EZ-PZ knit, Perfect if you’re new to colorwork. Work in cotton or wool. Change the colors and fiber and change the season. Make it your own. You’re the artist!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A welcome and long-awaited addition to our litter of doggie hat designs! What an adorable little pup the Llhasa is! Knit yours with a pink bow, a blue bow or no bow. Choose your background colors. Any way you go, if you or someone you know loves a Llhasa, you must knit this hat!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Falling leaves and autumn colors make this shawl perfect for those not-quite hot and not-quite cold days and evenings of Fall. Knitted in the round, the back floats are done frequently and neatly making the project as lovely on the inside as it is on the outside.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Sometimes it’s fun to mix things up a little. Who says you must knit a project all in a single style, stitch, color scheme or even yarn weight? You can mix and match (or not) to your heart’s content. Maybe you were told that blue, gray and brown shouldn’t be put together. Or maybe green and orange with a red or rose? Why not? If you like it, it...
Knitting: Baby Blanket
Is there anything sweeter than a brand new baby? When we see a sleeping infant all cuddled up in a handmade blanket, we feel love. We can create the feeling ourselves by making a colorwork baby wrap. Worked in the round, this piece is lined in fleece for warmth as well as to prevent tiny fingers and toes from getting caught in the stranded floa...
Knitting: Accessories - Other
We all have umbrellas lying around for those miserable, rainy days. How often have you wished for a sunbrella that wouldn’t look ridiculous? Carrying a black umbrella to shield us from the strong
Knitting: Throw
We don’t always knit projects to be worn. Sometimes we just want a warm, cozy lap blanket. Who doesn’t? We can knit anything and call it a blanket. But, with Geometry Rules, we knit a stranded blanket in the round, making it doubly warm, unique, and stylishly attractive. It’s so attractive, in fact, that folded to a triangular shape, it can als...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
When you view the calming cool snowflake shawl, how does it make you feel? Science has firmly established that color can affect mood. Would the same feeling result if you made the shawl using hot pink and orange yarn? Probably not. So, choose your colors and generate a mood. Then cuddle up with this wooly snowflake any way you want! It is a bea...
Knitting: Cape
Saxony is stranded in the round, employing steeks and five wedges. This produced a cute, cape-like piece that comes together at a point in the front and lies straight across the back. Saxony is one of my favorite designs. I love it in the classic colors I originally designed it with, as seen below. I also love it in neutrals, burgundy shades or...
Knitting: Cowl
Ginko is such a lovely leaf design, and it works up beautifully when knitted. In this cowl design, I have employed my texturing technique that produces a mock ribbing--no purling required to get this lush, rich texture. The length of the cowl is up to you, the knitter. It is two-sided and extra warm.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Smoke and Mirrors is an elegant shawl that can be worn for evening dress or, more casually, with jeans. It is versatile and, while I chose a sparkly hard-twist black Merino for the background and a misty gray fingering wool for the smoke, the color choice is up to the knitter. I can see this in lovely aquas and blues, looking fresh and watery. ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I love cables, and I love colorwork. So, I combined two of my favorite knitting elements and designed my Lazy Cables Hat for the best of both worlds! Fun, fun, fun!
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
We loved The Hermitage hat, and now you can knit matching mittens and/or fingerless gloves to go with! Life is grand!
Knitting: Cowl
Miss Babs yarn is squishy, soft and perfect for winter accessories. And now, with Hues, she offers smaller skeins that you can mix and match for just the right blends and just the right amounts of wool. Magnus was specifically designed using Hues, and Hues is the perfect yarn for this cowl. Use the colors shown or choose your own. Make sure the...
Knitting: Cowl
Argylish is Argyle, but not quite. My take a on a classic design that works up beautifully and easily with two colors. The back looks as nice as the front. Because this is so easy, the knitter can choose the length and width she desires. I have included instructions for a 6.5” tall, 36” around cowl. Perfectly light, lush and warm with Miss Bab’...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is a lovely, two-color pattern that can be blocked and worn as a beanie, cap or tam. The great knitters in my Colorworks By Debi group on Ravelry worked this as the July MAL. It was fun watching the design emerge, and it was especially fun for me to note the guesses by the knitters as to what they thought the design would be: aliens, snowm...
Knitting: Cowl
The Versatile Kenzie Kowl is my Fiber Factor submission for the third challenge: Blank Slate. I love Kenzie! This yarn is all about soft, comfy texture. Achieve a great double-thick cowl that highlights the soft plush nature of the wool and its deep texture. I can submit only 3 photos, but I found at least a dozen different ways to wear the Ken...
Knitting: Needle Holder
Remember this one CBD KALers? A fast easy, warm-weather project that you’ll use all year. This is a great first-time colorwork project, and if you’re new to steeking, it’s a great project for cutting your steeking teeth on.
Knitting: Pullover
Reflections is my entry for The Fiber Factor’s Swatch-along second challenge, “Color Inside the Box”:
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
If you love mountains and you love purple, this is the hat for you. Looks great on men and women alike. Stranded wool for extra warmth.
Knitting: Drawstring Bag
This sturdy, strong project bag can be knitted in two sizes: small for small projects like socks, or larger for larger projects. Cathy is named after one of my local knitting pals who is always knitting a neat pair of socks. I think of her when I think of this. The pattern was used in my Ravelry group mystery kal for May. It features a picot ed...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
What a cool idea! The bar code knitted here is the actual bar code for the date knitted. The pattern contains information to personalize your own hat, or you can use the chart written as a generic bar code. Unique, easy, fast and warm!
Knitting: Scarf
Sometimes you just want to dress up. Something with beautiful, light-as-a-feather, lacy, drape adds the perfect elegant touch for daytime or evening. Knitted with a wonderfully soft and sparkly Merino wool, this scarf is deceptively easy to make, works up fast, and is the perfect accessory for almost any outfit and mood. Wear loose, wrapped, wr...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Use coupon code BOSTON and get this pattern free for a limited time.The recent bombing horror at the Boston Marathon has prompted many small businesses to donate portions of their sales to The One Fund Boston, which was set up to benefit victims of the bombing. Dirty Water DyeWorks www.DirtyWaterDyeWorks.com has created two, exclusive colorways...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Desert Sunset knits the beauty of the American Southwest. Again, as with some of my other landscape designs, you are free to make your cacti grow uniquely. Make your clouds and sunset flow as you will. The chart serves as a guideline. You are the artist! Colors rule in this great hat.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Jeanette knits cables and shawls. And I tease her that everything she knits, she knits twice. If she makes a boo-boo, she frogs. In working up the design, I had to frog this a couple times. I also used “Jeanette” colors, and I made it a triangle. So, the name Jeanette fits. The shawlette can be made big or small, depending on what you want. It ...
Knitting: Cowl
I am a colorwork kind of gal, but I decided to design a little lace for a change of pace. I like this a lot. It works with only one skein (more if you want it longer). EZ-PZ is the rule. Buttons and unbuttons so you can twist or not to your liking. Definitely a stash-buster and a 1-2 day knit. Looks like a fairytale in this ayrn, but you can su...
Knitting: Cowl
My husband saw me knitting this cowl and said, “That reminds me of those licorice candies we had as kids.” I agreed, so he looked up the name of those candies. They are “All sorts.” Dumb name. So I thought they looked like black-eyed Peeps (those marshmallow things you get at Easter). Also lame. Then, I was knitting at our local coffee shop and...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Now you see it--now you don’t! These great-looking ladybug mitts have secret pockets that are hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. And beads are added for extra flair. Top can be unfolded and pulled shut to cover fingers, or folded down to cover pocket and expose those texting fi...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Kaleidoscope of Color is my entry into The Fiber Factor’s first challenge, “Knit Your Life.” I am NOT one of the contestants in the real contest, but TFF has kindly opened the way for followers like me to swatch-along and enter designs of their own that meet the contest criteria. My design, which can be a wrap, a throw or a baby blanket, was in...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Colorwork is fascinating. It is also deceptively simple. It looks complex, but it is easier than it looks. No purling, no YOs…just knit, round and round until you end up with a gorgeous shawl full of drape and color ( or a lap blanket!). Because the colors are floated often, the back looks as nice as the front. This shawl worked up quite fast b...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Pine trees, mountains with snowy tips, sun and gorgeous, wide sky…is this Alaska? Is this Colorado? It’s up to you. The sample hat differs slightly from the chart because mountains and trees have minds of their own and defy being regulated on a chart. The chart is a guideline. You can vary yours, too! Make it completely your own. This one will ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
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Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Beware! This looks easier than it is! You strand with only two colors, but it is so easy to get caught up in the illusion as you knit! worth the extra concentration! Any two contrasting colors make this a beautiful hat…look for the matching sock pattern, too (Tessellated Socks).
Knitting: Thigh-high
Mai Tais are popular, refreshing drinks. They bring joy to the hearts of those who imbibe. Likewise, Mai Dai socks are popular and fun to knit from beginning (by choosing your own hand-dyed-to-order yarns from the Galloping Jester, LLC) to end. Background is knitted using Jennifer’s dyed-for-you Moonbeam—with sparkles! And the main color—also y...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Hats - Other
Mai Tais are popular, refreshing drinks. They bring joy to the hearts of those who imbibe. The Mai Dai Slouch Hat, like the Mai Dai socks are popular and fun to knit from beginning (by choosing your own hand-dyed-to-order yarns from the Galloping Jester, LLC) to end. Background is knitted using Jennifer’s dyed-for-you Moonbeam—with sparkles! An...
Knitting: Scarf, Cowl
Achieve a great double-knit look without the work! This pattern scratches so many knitting itches! It is worked in the round, is versatile, employs an easy-to-follow colorwork design, can be knitted any length, can be a cowl, a moebius cowl or a scarf. And, it is deceptively easy to knit!
Knitting: Mittens, Gloves, Fingerless Gloves, Convertible Gloves
Now you see it--now you don’t! These wonderful-looking mitts have a secret pocket that is hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. Top can be unfolded and pulled shut to cover fingers, or folded down to cover pocket and expose those texting fingers. Layer over gloves for extra warmth...
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Ever notice how some people look great in hats, and then there’s me? I have never worn one of my hats because I look ridiculous in them. I recently designed Monochromacity as a tam. And it’s such a flattering style, I decided to rechart some of my other popular designs as tams, and this one is Pisanka (Polish meaning ornamented egg). any two co...
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Ever notice how some people look great in hats, and then there’s me? I have never worn one of my hats because I look ridiculous. BUT, I just designed a style even I find flattering. The classic tam! I am taking some of my most favorited designs and making tam patterns. First is Monochromacity. As with the socks, cowl and hat, you choose your ow...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
I decided to dye my own yarn for this project: thus its name. I used KP’s Bare palette and koolaid for dying, but you can use Palette (Macaw and Tomato) if you aren’t feeling all that adventurous! Layer the mitts over gloves for a great look. Features two pockets that are hidden for valuables. Drawstring at top closes to make mittens. Cozy with...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Deep Fall has a beauty all its own. Bare trees and stiff, chilly breezes that clear away the remaining leaves remind us of the coming winter months. It’s all good because we will be able to curl up and get cozy with wool! As with my Brilliant Twilight pattern, you needn’t feel confined to the chart when knitting your branches. Be free, as the b...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Rhinebeck introduced me to Shelridge Farm Soft Touch Ultra. And I love it! Perfect yarn for colorowrk, and I created this design over the weekend to show it off! I used two contrasting shades of green, but you can choose from Shelride Farm’s large variety of colors. I will be creating a sock and hat pattern using the Shadow and Light design. It...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Now you see it--now you don’t! These “cool”-looking mitts have secret pockets that are hidden to protect your valuables while you use your hands. Stranding adds extra wool for extra warmth. Top can be unfolded and pulled shut to cover fingers, or folded down to cover pocket and expose those texting fingers. Layer over gloves for a nifty look. S...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Firmament means the heavens, and that’s the name for this design as a hat. As the bottom, the sock pattern becomes Fundament, of course! Again, Lisa Souza’s smooth and crisp Merino wool makes this a joy to knit and creates a sock with a wonderful feel. You might want to add some nylon when knitting the heel and toe for extra wearing as this woo...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The vibrant colors as worked up in Firmament look like the beginnings of the universe; thus its fitting name. The crisp,clean look and feel of Lisa Souza’a Hardtwist Petite Merino works perfectly with this design. It makes the pattern pop, and it’s a joy to work with. You must try this one!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Is there anything more beautiful and inspiring than Autumn leaves changing color and falling this time of year? As the days get chillier, you’ll be needing wool socks so you can be warm as you walk out and about, enjoying the season. This pattern contains sizes for men and women, and it has the option to knit a leaf into the heel. See also Fall...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Is there anything more beautiful and inspiring than Autumn leaves changing color and falling this time of year? As the days get chillier, you’ll be needing warm mitts so you can be warm as you walk out and about, enjoying the season. This pattern has ribbing to fold down so your fingers are free to text, or it can fold up and be drawn closed to...
Knitting: Cowl
Is there anything more beautiful and inspiring than Autumn leaves changing color and falling this time of year? As the days get chillier, you’ll be needing warm hats, socks and mitts so you can be warm as you walk out and about, enjoying the season. And a matching neck warmer, of course!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Is there anything more beautiful and inspiring than Autumn leaves changing color and falling this time of year? As the days get chillier, you’ll be needing a wool hat so you can be warm as you walk out and about, enjoying the season. This pattern coordinates with my FALL OUT: The Socks pattern, also in my Ravelry store.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Believe it or not, this is the same design as my four-color Stranded Christmas stocking. But, using only two contrasting colors, the chart and repeats flow so fast. Always amazing how color choices alone can completely change the appearance of a pattern! Infinite possibilities! The socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel, and Cat’s easy-to...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Brrrr! Winter is cold! But this icy-looking hat is doubly warm stranded wool. Matching Arctic Ice sock pattern is also available. You’ll love knitting this hat. Change the color scheme and change the whole mood, but still you’ll have a comfy-cozy wool hat to wear and show off!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Brrrr! Winter is cold! But these icy-looking socks are doubly warm stranded wool. matching Arctic ice hat pattern is also available. The socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet tomato Heel, and Cat’s tutorials are linked int he pattern. You’ll love knitting these socks. Change the color scheme and change the whole mood, but still you’ll have comfy-coz...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
My Glad Plaid Hat is a four-stranded design, meaning most rounds involve knitting with four strands of wool. Following my easy technique (demonstrated in a referenced YouTube tutorial), you can produce gorgeous, extra cushy and warm wool hats. I am a plaid-lover from way back. Are you???
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
What a beautiful wild cat the Iberian Lynx is! I designed this sock (for him and for her)to match my Iberian Lynx hat, and I named both in honor of the beautiful lynx. The color combination in this cat (and hat) are beautiful and timeless!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
It’s that time of year when we start knitting in preparation for the annual appearance of ghosts, goblins and Jack-o-Lanterns. Fun, easy, stranded knit hat. Pattern written to include sizes for adults, teens and children. Candy corn, anyone? Sock features Cat Bordhi’s sweet Tomato heel. No more heel flaps or gussets. great fitting heel. (Cat’s ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This pattern made a stunning hat, and now it can make stunning socks for him and her. Needle size is instrumental in sizing for this pattern. Socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel (Cat’s easy-to-follow tutorials and instructions are linked in my pattern). You will love the fit of this sock, and with no gussets or heel flaps, it’s a joy t...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
If you’re passionate about purple, this will sock will scratch that itch! Knitted with rich and varying shades of purple, this sock oozes passion. Featuring Cat Bordhi’s Sweet tomato Heel (Cat’s complete, easy-to-follow tutorials included in pattern). Even if purple is not your passion, this design lends itself to other color fancies. Go green,...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
DNA stands for the National Dyslexia Association. Haha! Seriously, every science geek knows right away that this is DNA, the code of life. You can knit DNA any color you want, but to me DNA is electric blue with black and silver. My sock pattern matches; knit them both and be a geek from head to toe!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Like the Crossword Hat, the Crossword Sock is designed for the puzzle lover in you. Because the pattern employs only two colors, and the pattern is easy to follow, this is a great choice for a first-time colorworker. The pattern contains instructions and links for Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel, an innovative new way to do short rows. No more g...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Do you have a passion for purple? Then this is the pattern for you! So rich in color. Add rounds for a really slouchy look. Matching socks are not far behind!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Forest for the trees is a great winter hat, and now it’s great winter socks. Pattern includes instructions for both men and women’s sizes. No more heel flaps or gussets. Features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel for a perfect fir.(Cat’s complete, easy-to-follow instructions and tutorial are linked in the pattern.)
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
TRELLIS: The Socks, like the hat, mitt, and cowl is aptly named because this versatile design calls to mind climbing vines on a garden fence. Features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel (links to Cat’s easy-to-follow instructions and tutorial in pattern) Fun to knit, the design changes mood depending on color choice. Love it! Knit matching cowl, mi...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
TRELLIS: The Mitt, like the hat and cowl is aptly named because this versatile design calls to mind climbing vines on a garden fence. Layer over gloves for extra warmth and a great look! Fun to knit, easy to follow, the design changes mood depending on color choice. Love it! Knit matching cowl and hat for a complete set!
Knitting: Cowl
Like TRELLIS: The Hat, TRELLIS: The Cowl is aptly named because this versatile design calls to mind climbing vines on a garden fence. Fun to knit, easy to follow, the design changes mood depending on color choice. Love it! Match with a hat and mitts for a complete set. also included are photos and specs for knitting this as a double-knit, 2-sid...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Aptly named TRELLIS, this versatile design calls to mind climbing vines on a garden fence. Fun to knit, easy to follow, the design changes mood depending on color choice. Love it!
Knitting: Earrings
Want something festive to add to your holiday outfit? Looking for a quick-knit, handmade gift for a special someone? Fair isle Earrings. Fun to make. Fun to wear, and fun to give. Make a few pair. start a trend! Pattern contains charts for two different earring patterns.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
DNA stands for the National Dyslexia Association. haha! Seriously, every science geek knows right away that this is DNA, the code of life. You can knit DNA any color you want, but to me DNA is electric blue with black and silver. My sock pattern employs Cat Bordhi’s elegant, perfectly fitting, Sweet Tomato Heel. And Cat’s complete, easy-to-foll...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
You have MUSICA: The Hat, and now you can knit matching mitts! Note (pun intended) the G clef on the thumb! And, for a little extra “bling,” I added a Vikkel braid between cuff and mitt body (tutorial linked in pattern). Swap needle and/or wool sizes to adjust mitt size. EZ-PZ.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Midnight Lace is my newest sock design. The intricate colorwork pattern flows into the heel wedge, and on the top of the foot, continues for a swirl or two into the toe. The sock features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel, and my pattern includes links to all of Cat’s clear instructions and to her easy-to-follow tutorial.
Knitting: Tote
Just what we all need…another project bag. And that wasn’t sarcasm! Knit yourself a knitter’s knitting bag in my ever-popular POINTILLISM design. Outside displays some of our fave knitting terms, this bag features a full lining, end pockets for needles, scissors and extras, and a key loop so your keys don’t get lost among the goodies. Wooden ha...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Stranded wool socks are not only beautiful, but also they are extra-cushy and extra-warm. Plus, they are great fun to knit! My socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel, and my patterns include her complete instructions and video tutorial for knitting this wonderful heel. No more heel flaps or gussets, and a perfect fit!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Kids of ALL ages love a carousel! Merry-Go-Round is a fun hat sporting a carousel canopy on top, beads are added to saddles. You can almost hear the calliope music playing as the carousel turns round and round…
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Believe it or not, this is the same design as my 4-color Stranded Christmas stocking. But, with only 2 colors, the chart and repeats flow so fast. Always amazing how color choices alone can completely change the appearance of a pattern! Imagine this hat in pink and white for a little girl? Or baby blue and white for a boy? Red and green for Chr...
Knitting: Christmas Stocking
This gorgeous design contains charts and instructions for both a 2-colored stocking and a 4-colored stocking. I employ a wonderful technique for working with four strands in a round, and I include my YouTube demonstration tutorial. The oversized stocking can be stuffed full of holiday goodies…even a puppy!!!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
It’s an election year! Celebrate America’s wonderful two-party political system by knitting the hat you want. I knitted the Democrat donkey, and the cover photo reflects my choice, but the pattern contains instructions and charts for both the donkey and the elephant. The race is on!
Knitting: Convertible Gloves
The perfect solution for keeping fingers cozy warm while still being able to text! My mitt design has a removable mitten cap that tucks neatly into its own pocket. No buttons! Holiday colors are featured here, but you can choose any two contrasting colors to make the perfect mitt.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Read Books is a hat for reading lovers and knitters alike. Easy-to-follow pattern features stacks of colorful books waiting to be read. As always, the thrill is making the colors your own…masculinize the hat by adding a gray background and subdued book-spine colors, perhaps. Fun, fun, fun!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Like my Brilliant Twilightpattern, Moonrise features bare, leafless tree branches. I had to regulate the branches for the purpose of charting the pattern. But let yourself go with them. They grow wild in nature, so you should feel free to stray from the chart. Lots of subtle late evening color changes. Twinkling stars and a waxing (waning?) moo...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect and 20th-century industrial designer remembered for his simple, sweeping, arching structural curves. I endeavored to capture the Saarinen-style curves in this pattern named in his honor. (Pattern top dec differ from photo)
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
‘Tis the season….It’s not too early to start working on those holiday gifts. I chose the featured colors and silver beads, but I see this knitted with a Burgundy and Seafoam on Eggshell…with gold beads. So many possibilities! Features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel (Cat’s complete instructions and tutorials are linked in my pattern.) See the ma...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Jan entered a contest on the Sock Bunny Knit and Fit Podcast group, and she suggested I design a sock pattern featuring books. So, in honor of her, I give you Jan’s Books: the Sock! Featuring Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel (Cat’s complete tutorials and instructions are linked in the pattern.) Watch for the hat pattern---coming soon!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The thermometer is telling us winter is closing in, and the calender is reminding us that the holidays are approaching with lightening speed. Now is the perfect time to knit the perfect winter hat. The snowman’s scarf is duplicate stitched on after the hat is knitted, and there is fringe, too. Knit one for you and one for a friend!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
’Tis the season….It’s not too early to start working on those holiday gifts. I chose the featured colors and silver beads, but I see this knitted with a Burgundy and Seafoam on Eggshell…with gold beads. So, if you knit those colors, be sure to share a pic!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Election 2012 Hat features “OBAMA 2012,” “Obama/Biden,” or
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Election 2012 socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel (Cat’s complete instructions are linked in the pattern). OBAMA ‘12 stitched just below the ribbing, or, if you choose, words can be replaced with the blue/white star motif. Election hat coming soon!
Knitting: Brooch
Braided icord…great way to use leftover yarns. about 2.5 inches in diameter. Either use as a tree ornament or use as a decorative pin. Easy and fun, fast knit!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I first designed this pattern for a proud Dad and his newborn son. I have since written the pattern for sons of all ages, so the Classic Fair Isle design can be made to fit any head, infant through adult. Change the colors and *voila!** you have mother/daughter hats, or matching hats for the whole family!!!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Now, cabled socks for the knitter who prefers colorwork to actually knitting cables. The best of both worlds! The expression of design through color is fantastic, and you, the knitter, are always at liberty to determine the colors! Features cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel (Cat’s complete instructions and tutorials are linked in the pattern.)
Knitting: Cowl
I love plaids. I love designing with color, and I love wool. So, stir them all together, and what do you get? A warm, wool cowl featuring a timeless gingham-checked plaid that you can knit as long as you want, and in any colors you want! Does life get any better than this???
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Cute small children love cute little teddy bears. This sweet pattern can be easily adapted for color preferences. Matching hat pattern is posted so your adorable little one can have teddy bears head to toe!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Cute little babies and cute small children love cute little teddy bears. This sweet pattern can be easily adapted for color preferences. Matching sock pattern is in test knit now and will be coming soon!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Alison asked for a hat and or socks featuring bumblebees. I thought that was a great idea, so I designed this child’s hat in honor of Alison ADULT SIZE ALSO INCLUDED IN PATTERN. Thanks for a great idea, Alison! Socks coming soon!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Even in the cold of winter, what child doesn’t love an ice cream cone? This is a fave for little girls and boys alike. Change the background colors to suit your own little ice cream fan!
Knitting: Pullover
Those of you who know me know I am not a fan of the purl stitch. So, I decided to face my purl demons by designing this easy, 8-paneled, boat-neck, 3/4-length sleeve, summer cotton tunic. While I still prefer to do colorwork in the round, I am more than a little pleased with the outcome. I think you will love this design. Versatile with classic...
Knitting: Mittens
Popular POINTILLISM is now a mitten. Pattern includes instructions to fit children, teens and adults. Go crazy with colorwork. These are a pleasure to work.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
For those of you familiar with Kimberley from the Sock Bunny’s Podcast, you recognize John John. For those of you unfamiliar, check it out! Join the Sock Bunny Podcast group and have a listen to a really fun podcast. http://www.ravelry.com/groups/sockbunny-knit-and-fit-podcast
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Another warm, wonderful, wool sock and a chance to go crazy with color. Features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel (complete instructions and tutorial links in pattern). Blocks in socks is a fast, easy knit. Can be adapted to fit most any size, but has complete instructions for women and men’s sizes.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
For Basset lovers, this is the perfect hat. The cover hat was knitted by, and photo by, Bassetslave, a basset lover herself! She chose not to do a corrugated rib, but the pattern calls for one. As always, you choose to do what you prefer!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Back to basics with this Fair Isle design. Simple. Timeless. A perfect pattern for those new to stranding and/or new to chart reading. My husband says I need more “guy hat” patterns. So, here you go, Sweetie!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is a four-stranded knitting design (meaning on some rounds, you knit four strands in the rounds rather than the usual two. See my YouTube tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVczfDl18Oo ) If a snow leopard got mixed up in a beehive, don’t you think it would look something like this???
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Due to the ridiculous motions against Ravelry by the USOC - the United States Olympic Committee, I think maybe we could use the Colbert Bump to draw attention to the matter. We need to invoke the higher power of Stephen! I am offering this pattern for free to anyone willing to knit it up and send it to Stephen (info in pattern.) He can sell the...
Knitting: Hats - Other
A great, textured hat featuring the classic Greek key and ginko leaf. I love this one. I think you will, too!!! You tube tutorials explain my frequent float technique.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Hard hat! Get it? Bricks? They’re hard? Ivy league? Ivy? OK…well, it’s still a fun one to knit…you can embroider whatever suits you on yours…graffiti, flowers, let your imagination go wild. It’s all about fun. Oh, and pics. It’s about showing me pics!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Escher-like Illusion tessellation knit into socks that go great with jeans. Pattern includes instructions for men’s sock as well as women’s. Change colors to your personal liking. Make them bigger, smaller…whatever you want! Features Cat Bordhi’s sweet Tomato Heel, Her instructions included in pattern).
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
Brilliant Twilight the Hat, the Sock, and now the Mitten/Glove. As much fun to knit as it is to look at! Thank you, Shelly, for test-knitting this one!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Manly design for the manly man. Or, add beads and wear it yourself! Patten designed to slouch, but remove a motif and have a beanie-sized hat. You can do whatever you want!
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
The Saxony design is beautiful as a hat, as socks, and now as mittens and fingerless gloves. The color scheme featured in the pattern is classic, but you can choose your own color combination to make a lovely pair of Saxony mittens all your own!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Saxony? Soxany?? I love this design. I have made the hat, now socks, and gloves/mittens are in the works. This is a great pattern---so versatile. Add motif repeats and create knee socks, if you wish. Delete pattern repeats and make a child’s sock. Works up great with most any color combos. AND, it’s a fun, easy, stranded pattern to follow.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
What a beautiful wild cat the Iberian Lynx is! I designed this hat in its honor. The color combination in this cat (and hat) are beautiful and timeless!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I first used this design in my Floral Project Bag, but then Etha thought it would make a nice hat, so she knit one up for me and, darned if she wasn’t right again! Thanks, Etha!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The rambling ivy and pretty little flowers remind me of an English garden. Thus, this hat’s name. Here ya’ go, Nancy!
Knitting: Cowl
You are going to LOVE this method for knitting with 4 strands in a round. This cowlette pattern is versatile: You can make it as long and as tall as you want, simply by adding repeats.
Knitting: Tote
This summery, cheerful plaid project bag is knitted with four strands in some rounds! I have included nifty, easy-to-follow instructions and a video tutorial to show you how easily the four-stranded method is accomplished. This will be a pattern included in my upcoming eBook, FOUR-STRANDED KNITTING: It’s Easier Than You Think.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Four-stranded knitting! Wonderful, new designs are made by adding a 4th color to a round. I explain and demonstrate a nifty method for knitting with 4 strands in one round. Love it!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
August 2011 gave us Irene. As I sat and waited for her to arrive, here in Croton, I knitted this hat. The hat is bright and happy. Irene was not. Bejeweled with pretty glass beads, AI warms the artistic spirit as well as the body on a cold winter day.
Knitting: Hats - Other
Robbie asked for it? Robbie got it! Here’s your Gnome Parade, or as Etha says, “Gnome Invasion!” These cute little garden gnomes can easily be gnitted into a slouch or stocking hat by simply adding additional rounds of parading gnomes!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Does this look like those Candied Violets atop gorgeous wedding cakes? I think so! A fast, easy knit. I wrote it up with new-to-stranded knitters in mind.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Saxony. One of my first designs that has proven to be very popular with men and women. I have changed the top designs since I knitted this first one (pictured on cover), but I have included both top charts in the pattern. Knit extra repeats if you want a slouch hat! Change up colors…It’s yours to play with!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
See the mice? See the cats lying in wait---ready to pounce on their prey! Knit for child or adult…both sizes are included in the pattern.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A lovely blend of the rich colors of fine grapes and grape leaves…reminiscent of a fine wine, this basic, versatile design can be worn dressed up or with jeans. It’s your call!
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves
Ribbit! The happy little frogs spy the flies. Their eyes track their prey! Can be knit as Keep on Textin’ Fingerless Gloves or Mittens. These are wool, so they’re warm. They’re also fun!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Tessellations frequently appeared in the art of M. C. Escher. They are created by repeating a geometric shape with no overlaps and no gaps. From the Latin for “tile” or “clay,” tessellations have been used throughout history in mosaics. And now, you can knit your own!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
PATTERN CALLS FOR 6 ROUNDS OF RIBBING. I SUGGEST 11-13 ROUNDS FOR A SLOUCHIER, SNUGGLIER FIT.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A tessellated pattern, with easy colorwork for newbie stranders. Pattern contains two hat top designs.
Knitting: Purse / Handbag
Do we ever have enough Knitting project bags?? If you want to think cheery, springtime thoughts, here’s the pattern for you! You can almost smell the flowers and swat away bees!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Pattern has instructions for adult men and women. It complements my MONOCHROMACITY hat pattern. Endless possibilities. These socks are a blast to knit. Color combos are limited only by your imagination. The pattern contains instructions and links for Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel, an innovative new way to do short rows. No more gussets (unless...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I see this as medieval. A mosaic, maybe, or a knight’s shield. Fun and easy for newbie color-knitters!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
They’re smart. They’re friendly. They’re stately and elegant. And they’re always stylish. Now, so are you with a poodle hat!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Sometimes called “Wigglebutts,” Cocker Spaniels are among the happiest and friendliest of breeds. And, they’re gorgeous!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
An ornate, swirly, baroque design reminiscent of Versailles. With glass beads for added effect.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Etha is a spectacular knitter, and her Golden Retriever, Phoebe, is a gorgeous hat model. This hat features four different Goldens doing what they do best: playing and making us smile!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Perfect wool gloves for warmth without getting in the way of texting! Pocket on one glove safely holds cash, credit card, Metrocard, or whatever you need to “squirrel” away! Can be knitted with ribbing in lieu of picot edge for the guys!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Knitters often think “frog” with dread. But not this cute little fly-lovin’ fella! Etha improved my design with her own color ideas. As always, thank you, Etha!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Put your feet up, sip some coffee, and knit your coffee socks (to go with your coffee hat and your coffee life)! Features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel (Instructions included in pattern, as well as on Cat’s STH Group page.).
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
My design based on an opulent, elegant ceiling at The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Features Gold glass beads. Fun to knit! Can you see this as a sweater? Socks? Handbag? Me, too!
Knitting: Pullover
Looking for something to knit in the summer? Maybe it’s time to put away the wool for a bit and try FIONA. This is an easy, breezy summer cotton/linen blend tunic featuring boat neck, 3/4-length, off shoulder sleeves, picot edging and my Pointillism design, for just a little bit of stranding. It is simply constructed, and it can be easily resiz...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A knitted hat for knitting knitters! Handbag pattern to follow soon.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Teacher’s Socks are knitted employing the same basic long division used in the teacher’s hat. Features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato heel (her instructions included with the pattern, or find them on her STH group page).
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
You asked for chickens? You got chickens! Pattern can be knit with a red background, or more natural as seen here. Etha always puts a nice touch to my patterns when she knits them. She added feed for the hens! So cute!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Well, why didn’t I think of this before??? What could be more fun for your favorite teacher?or your fave math nerd? Long division, yet!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
It’s all about Plaids! And Pockets! And socks! Pattern contains instructions for 3 separate designs in 2 sizes each! These socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel. Her clear, concise instructions are linked in the pattern, or go to her Sweet Tomato Heel group for info.
Knitting: Hats - Other
This is a fun-to-knit, versatile pattern. You can choose any combo of colors to create the plaid of your choice, and you can make it a slouch simply by adding more rounds. Plaid socks are not far behind. Stay tuned!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Boston Terrier fans, here’s your hat! Stranded knitted, wool hat.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Ladybugs in your socks! Now, don’t that beat all?! Fun to knit..can be made larger or smaller quite easily! Includes woman’s and child sizes, and the socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel! Or knit them with a heel flap and gussets…your choice!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Designed for Chloe at her Mom’s request. This hat is a little girl’s dream…butterflies and rainbows. So much fun. Thank you, Chloe and Mom!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
A sock for the little monster-loving child. Matching hat will be available soon. The socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel! Or knit them with a heel flap and gussets…your choice!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
You saw Cats in the Hat. Now you have Cats in the Socks! Kitty and background colors? Your choice, of course!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
A Classic Fair Isle pattern suitable for man or woman. Made with rich deep green and navy with cream. Features Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel for comfort and perfect fit. Or knit them with a heel flap and gussets…your choice!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
No doubt my BRILLIANT TWILIGHT hat pattern is the most popular, so I designed and wrote up this pattern for BRILLIANT TWILIGHT: The Sock. Hope you all like it!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A Hat within a Hat within a Hat within a Hat within a Hat!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I designed this hat for Diane Thomsen, KnitaBulls on Ravelry and podcast. You can choose the background color, of course. I would go lighter than the hat I knitted.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
My Ravelry group contains a thread called “What would you LIKE to see?” Etha responded with a pattern idea she wanted me to do…and this is the hat, named after her. Please join the group and ask for a pattern. When I design your suggestion, I’ll name it after you!
Knitting: Pullover, Beanie, Toque
A Fair Isle sweater for baby. The beauty of this pattern is that by changing the color scheme, you can make it what you want. Pattern contains 3 sizes.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
I designed this mid-calf sock to complement my Snowman hat. The scarf is duplicate stitched on after the socks are knitted, and there’s even fringe!
Knitting: Hats - Other
This plaid design is based on the Fibonacci number sequence, where the first two numbers are 0 and 1, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two. The Fibonacci sequence is named after Leonardo of Pisa, who was known as Fibonacci, and his sequence is the basis for many natural designs and the golden ratio.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
My Ravelry group contains a thread called “What would you LIKE to see?” Please join the group and ask for a pattern. When I design your suggestion, I’ll name it after you!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Designed to look like those gorgeous Peacock feathers we all love, this hat has beads in it!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Make this dog and background any colors you want…just remember dogs’ tongues are generally pink!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
What goes together better than coffee and knitting? Hat features some optional duplicate stitching. Easy pattern for the newbie colorworker.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Well, we all know what this is…and it’s fit for a specific audience, I think.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
These slouch socks are a blast to knit. Color combos are limited only by your imagination. The socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel! Or knit them with a heel flap and gussets…your choice!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Aptly named, the pattern features a design reminiscent of cathedral arches. Cold as winter, but snuggly warm.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A bird in the hat is worth….well, here you have several birds in the hat! Priceless! This is so much fun to knit. And, as a time saver, you can use a variegated green wool for the background and knit your birds any colors you’d like! I think I’ll re-knit this and have me some bluebirds next time!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Layer the mitts over gloves for a great look. Features two pockets that are hidden for valuables. Drawstring at top closes to make mittens. Cozy with two strands of wool. Plus it’s fun to knit! Mine are Black diamonds, but change up the colors to make jewels of your very own!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is a popular pattern--my first--and I loved designing it. Feel free to express your own creativity when knitting the tree branches! I had to make them regular for the chart pattern, but they needn’t be. Let them grow free and wild, as they do in “real life.” Share pics! We want to see your take on this popular pattern!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
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Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Deck the halls---or heads---with holly! Start knitting Christmas hats for the whole family. Easy colorwork, fun to knit. Matching sock pattern available very soon.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Ho! Ho! Ho! Knit these along with the Deck the Halls hat, and you’ll be decked out for the holidays from head to toe! Such a fun knit, I think I have to make matching mitts, too! these socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel, and Cat’s easy-to-follow instructions and tutorials are linked in the pattern.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This design, along with its sister, Emma’s Storm II, are named for Emma (oddly enough) who suggested I design a storm-themed hat. Thank you for a great idea, Emma. I hope you like them!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This design, along with its sister, Emma’s Storm I, are named for Emma (oddly enough) who suggested I design a storm-themed hat. Thank you for a great idea, Emma. I hope you like them!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Colorwork and shawls…the perfect combination. This shawl is striking in contrast and design. At once, bold and feminine. Choose bold black against reds, or muted blues and greens. You are the director of your own masterpiece. Above all, have fun! It’s all in the doing…
Knitting: Baby Blanket
This adorable baby blanket was designed for my dear friend, Jeanette, who is about to become a first-time grandmother. Baby Gingold’s Mom likes bright colors rather than the old-timey baby blues and pinks. With that in mind, I created the Gingold Baby Wrap. It is lined with fleece to protect baby’s tiny fingers and toes. Of course, if you prefe...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I designed this stranded colorwork pattern in honor of German-born, American artist Josef Albers (1888–1976). Albers is probably most well-known for his series of oil paintings on Masonite entitled Homage to the Square. The hat, like Albers’ paintings, features colorful, nested squares that virtually pop out at you.
Knitting: Tote
Just what we all need…another project bag. And that wasn’t sarcasm! Knit yourself a knitting-themed knitter’s knitting bag. Outside displays some of our fave knitting terms, this bag features a full lining, end pockets for needles, scissors and extras, and a key loop so your keys don’t get lost among the goodies. Wooden handles and a sturdy bo...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Ok, chem students…can you tell me what this chemical formula represents? A great hat for the budding scientist, or teacher.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Thank you to all the participants of our Ravelry group’s first-ever Mystery KAL. Our group is PatchworksByDebi, and we love colorwork! The knitters played along, knitting the 168-sts, non-repeating, mystery design. It was fun to read the guesses as the pattern developed. “I see a duck!” “I see a pond!” “No, I see a spaceship.” “I see a submarin...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
“Follow your bliss,” the wise Joseph Campbell famously directed. Well, I do. And I did. And the result, this time, is an enchanting, flowing, lightly-beaded, colorwork shawl. Choose your own colors and beads and make this happy, whimsical, dramatic, thoughtful…but stunning however you knit it! DECEPTIVELY EASY! Watch my Youtube that explains ho...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
For people who love the city that never sleeps. Perhaps the most recognizable skyline in the world. New York, New York!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Hats - Other
Bernadette wrote, “How about Penguins?” So, I give you cute, cold little penguins with googly eyes. Pattern contains instructions for both child and adult sizes. No winter wardrobe is complete without this one!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This hat features the yin and yang and can be knitted with any two contrasting colors. It complements my PERFECT BALANCE sock pattern.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
These socks are a blast to knit.Like my PERFECT BALANCE hat pattern, you can use any two contrasting colors you choose. The socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel! Or knit them with a heel flap and gussets…your choice!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
These socks are a blast to knit. Color combos are limited only by your imagination. The socks feature Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel! Or knit them with a heel flap and gussets…your choice!
Knitting: Stocking
It’s not too early to start thinking Christmas! And it’s not too late to learn a new technique for knitting with multiple colors in a round! I think you will love this four-stranded method I explain (includes link to video tutorial)
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I first designed these hats for two of may favorite little girls in the whole wide world, Suzie and Kathy. One was called “Sweet heart” and the other “Suzie Q.” They were popular, so I decided to make them mother/daughter hats, and now they are combined into the one SWEETHEARTS pattern.
Knitting: Scarf, Cowl, Mittens, Fingerless Gloves, Beanie, Toque
Hat, Mitts and Cowl/Scarf all in one pattern! A wonderful, classic, extra cushy and warm stranded knit hat design. Plus fingerless “keep on textin’” mitts with a secret pocket knit in to hide valuables. And the cowl/scarf? Well! You can achieve a great double-knit look without the work! This pattern scratches so many knitting itches! It is work...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
1+1 = 2, and colorwork + shawl pattern = fabulous!!! WendyP (named for my friend who introduced me to stranded knitting, and to whom I will be eternally grateful) is my first colorwork shawl. It can be knitted as big (or small) as you like. Knit fewer rounds and make a lovely shawlette. As always, with colorwork, the sky is the limit--well, not...
