Gryphon Corpus
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Knitting: Coat / Jacket
Inspired by the dwarf Balin’s coat in the first installment of the Hobbit trilogy, this jacket is luscious garden of stitch patterns fit to make its wearer the envy of the elegant Middle Earth set. Despite its over-the-top look, the pattern is relatively simple and the construction straightforward.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Hwaet! Listen! Thus begins the immortal tale of the hero Beowulf, the bard summoning the attention of his audience. And so begin these socks, which give the text of the first page of the surviving manuscript, a copy dating to around 1000 CE. The writing flows from one sock to the other, so that you may read it uninterrupted. Wondering what it s...
Knitting: Slippers
Quick and easy fishy slippers! There’s a bit of fussy picking up of sts for the fins, but it’s pretty straightforward and the felting is very forgiving of errors. No charts, nothing tricky.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The base pattern of these socks is the castle wall, embowered wherein lies the fair Sleeping Beauty, a.k.a. your delicate foot. They’re worked toe-up with a short row heel and are quite simple. Then, to protect your princess from marauders as she sleeps, you’ll embroider her castle all over with a climbing rose vine, complete with tiny knitted...