Wendy Gaal

eBooks available as Ravelry Downloads

eBook : 4 patterns

Knitting adorable hats for the CLICK for Babies program is so much fun! This free ebook contains four patterns for your charity knitting enjoyment.

Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads

Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
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Knitting: Baby Blanket
Cascading hearts set the loving theme of the Baby Sunflower Blanket. Lacy and sweet, this circular throw is the perfect size for a car seat, crib, or to snuggle around a baby in your arms. The design features a fun and unique short-row border which adds an eye-catching finish to this lovely blanket. Instructions are provided in text, as well as...
Knitting: Cardigan
It’s beach season all year ‘round for your favorite little person when you make them this cute hooded sweater! Construction starts at the bottom with a picot hem, and the body is then worked without side seams - yay! Three sections of color brighten the body and knit-in top-down sleeves, with just a few rounds or rows of stranded colorwork to a...
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque
Description: Based on a mathematical principle that dates back thousands of years, Magic Motifs are a way to convert numbers or letters into integrated design grids. This set features the secret message: Be Safe. It’s an automatic reminder each time you wear this pretty and warm set - and it’s OK to share the secret with others, too! With its w...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Portland, the City of Roses, was our host city for Sock Summit 2011! Because this event was so special for us Sock-aholics, we created this special toe-up design to capture the feeling that makes Portland such an awesome place to live or visit. Rose vine-covered columns flow up the front and back of the leg, and then join to form the bridges th...
Knitting: Gloves, Fingerless Gloves
Brighten your cold and dreary winter months with a cheerful bouquet of roses! This design begins with a provisional cast on, uses twisted sts to create an elegant, vine-encircled column, and finishes with perpendicularly knit lace edging. After knitting, the roses are added using two embroidery techniques also described in this pattern. Make th...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
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Knitting: Gloves, Headband
Description: Raise your hand if you have a pretty 100g skein of variegated sock yarn in your stash. OK everyone, put your hands down! The pattern for this set was designed to use one of those pretty skeins, plus about 25g of a contrast color (which you probably also have in your stash). To make the Earwarmer, you double up on your yarn, and kni...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
DESCRIPTION: This design celebrates the beauty of the winter sky. When it’s cold and clear, moonglow illuminates falling snowflakes to create one of nature’s most delightful light shows. Who wouldn’t want wardrobe accessories to coordinate with that?! A pair of striped side gussets add ease to the instep and integrates artistically into the coo...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
DESCRIPTION The combination of a steaming hot cuppa, a tasty baked good, and a cozy hand-knit is my idea of the perfect start to a day. With these socks, you can enjoy that feeling all day long! Based on traditional stranded colorwork construction, this whimsical design starts with the cuff, and features donut and coffee cup motifs on the leg. ...
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque
Description: The combination of a steaming hot cuppa, a tasty baked good, and a cozy hand-knit is my idea of the perfect start to a day. With this cute hat and mitten set, you can enjoy that feeling all day long! Based on traditional stranded colorwork construction, this whimsical design starts with the band, and features donut and coffee cup m...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Show the world how well colors go together when you wear Commingle. New to color work? No problem! The interplay of colors and texture in this wrap are created exclusively using slipped stitch techniques, so you only handle one color at a time. The fun starts in the center with a loooonnng toe-up style cast on, and works out rectangularly from ...
Knitting: Poncho
It’s a cozy cowl attached to an even cozier poncho - what else would you call it?! Beginning at the neck, this design uses a variety of fun stitch patterns to blend five colors into one awesome garment. Short-row shaping on the sides allows this poncho to drape evenly over the shoulders.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
It’s good to get your wires crossed every once in a while! Enjoy knitting these two-color socks that feature raised cables on a festive striped background. All color work is done using slipped stitches, so you are never working with more than one color at a time. We’ve used our favorite no-flap gusset heel, and topped this pair off with a cuff ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Sometimes it’s because you want to, and sometimes it’s because you have to. This design is a tribute to anyone who has ever cranked up the tunes and enjoyed a private dance party! Two hat dancer motif options are presented in this fun-to-knit mosaic pattern. Add a topper for extra bopping!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Description: Trails of dew drop-tipped cascading leaves adorn the legs of these gorgeous, lacy socks. Worked from the top down, this design combines a fun-to-work leaf motif with a little bit of bling to take the nature theme up a notch! A shadow-wrapped short row heel with an added mini-gusset ensures a comfortable fit and tidy looking turn. I...
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque
Description: Doing the Wave at a stadium is a fun show of team spirit whether you are part of a group of 6, 60, or 60,000! Now you can individually Do The Wave with this two-color hat and mitten set that will be the envy of your tailgate party! After tricked out corrugated ribbing, wide lacy stripes alternate with defined narrow stripes to give...
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque
Description: It’s like wearing a celebration! Children and Adults alike will catch the party spirit as confetti-like dots rain down over their head and hands. The colorwork for this set is achieved using an easier-than-it-looks slip-stitch technique, which keep the project moving along quickly! Knit this set in your favorite team’s colors and y...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Whether your hands are chilled from the winter air, or from the ice in your cocktail, these gloves will keep you warm and stylish! A perfect addition to your holiday party wardrobe or day-to-day “must-wears”, these form-fitting gloves are fun to make and even more fun to wear!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Bubbles - we just love them! Whether we are blowing giant pink ones from chewing gum, or popping the ones on that addictive packaging material that we just can’t walk away from. With these socks, you won’t have to walk away from that fun bulbous texture, because it will be on your feet! This pattern begins at the toes with an innocent lace diam...
Knitting: Baby Blanket
This easy-to-knit throw will provide stylish comfort to anyone who snuggles underneath! Starting in the center, this design uses a repeating five-round stripe pattern and five colors to create the soft fade effect. As a baby blanket, it’s perfect for all genders, and a handy size to use with a variety of baby holders and movers!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Where are the Family Jewels? Just follow the trails of traveling stitches for slowly developing suspense, interesting characters, and revelations around every turn! Originally released as Mystery Sock III, this design is no longer a surprise, but will still keep you on the edge of your favorite knitting seat while the heart-laden pattern emerge...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Here’s a fun knit with just a touch of va va va voom! These sexy little flower-adorned beauties will bring out the “Girlie” in whoever wears them. With an eye-catching faux seam up the back, these Fishnet Stocking-inspired socks feature soft mesh patterning and a pretty picot cuff.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
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Knitting: Gloves, Fingerless Gloves
Designed to match our Feelin’ Loopy Shawl, these elegant gloves are fun to make, and fun to wear! Construction starts with an I-cord and cable adorned wristband, and works up from there. Hand-shaping and a gusseted thumb create a warm and flattering fit. Make them full-fingered, or tipless - both instructions are provided.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Whether you’re feelin’ fancy, feelin’ casual, or just Feelin’ Loopy, this shawl fits the mood and the occasion! Loads of loops form the edge of this semi-circular shawl that is fun to knit, and even more fun to show off. This design features three I-cord techniques: standard I-cord which is knit-in as you work your way along the border, I-cord ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
DESCRIPTION: Your feet will enjoy a tropical vacation every time you wear these socks! Bright flowers, jungle leaves and festive flamingos adorn this cuff-down pattern that features a festive twist on traditional design. Striped side gussets add ease to the instep and integrate artistically into the coordinating striped heel gusset and sole. Th...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Hang Ten, a cuff-down pattern, features everything you need to go surfing! There’s a Long Board on the front, and a Short Board on the back, and waves flowing down each side for you to drift away in. This sock even features a tricked out Fleegle Heel so everyone can see how cute your socks are while you are paddling out.
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Kits for this pattern are available by Clicking Here. Kits are USD $22, and include choice of yarn color, pattern, and a football-themed progress marker.
Knitting: Wreath
Brighten your home with a festive cabled wreath that is as comforting as your favorite sweater. This knit cover for a styrofoam wreath features a main section of interlocking cables that are studded with festive bobble berries! Adjustable garter stitch panels flank each side of the cable, with short row shaping on the interior side to allow the...
Knitting: Toy Game
Description: Kubb is a super fun outdoor game, and knitting is super fun, so the opportunity to combine the two is pure happiness! Outfit your baseline kubbs in these hats at the beginning of the game, then remove the hats when they are knocked over and become field kubbs. As the game progresses, these hats make it easy to know the status of ea...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Description: This wrap has a modular look, without the modular work! Two colors play together seamlessly to create a pretty and interesting garment featuring jagged lace edging on one side (like the laciniated edge of a leaf), a slipped-stitch pattern in the middle, and knit-in I-cord on the other side. The best part is that only one color of y...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Lucky Charms (aka Mystery Sock IV) was originally released in a series of Seven (Lucky 7!) Clues. Embellished with the luck of clover, stars, and horseshoes, this design features a variety of techniques to keep you intrigued and perhaps even give you the opportunity to learn a new trick or two. The instructions for this toe-up design are writte...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Business in the Front - Party in the Back! This design is what happens when an innocent looking group of cables decide to mix it up when they hit the gusset! Mullet Socks are constructed from the toe up, and feature a tricked-out no-flap gusset heel. This pattern is written for three widths, and the instructions are provided in text and charts ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Who doesn’t love a mystery? Slowly developing suspense, interesting characters, and revelations around every turn! Mystery Sock I will keep you on the edge of your knitting seat with its succession of clues - and at the end you’ll know whodunit… you done it! With toe-up construction and a yarn over short-row heel, this pattern is seasonal, spar...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Mystery Sock II: Girls’ Night Out isn’t a mystery anymore, but it’s still a fun ladies sock pattern by our award-winning designer. Featured in our January 2010 Knit-along, this cuff-down project features a feminine combination of mosaic designs and stitch patterns and is guaranteed to be a rewarding project that will impress all who see it!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Description: Embroidered knitting was the featured technique for the 2016 Mystery Sock design! This beautiful cuff-down sock pattern was originally presented in a series of Seven Weekly Clues, but now it’s available as a complete pattern that will keep you entertained and amazed at how awesome your skillz are! If you haven’t given embroidered k...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Our 2018 Mystery Sock KAL has come and gone, but you can still have fun knitting the pattern!
Knitting: Slippers
Cute, comfortable, and cushy! Construction for these mirror-image slippers starts with the toe, and features a super soft double-knit sole to keep your feet extra toasty. After the sole is completed, each slipper is finished with a stylish basket weave inspired band that will gently hug your ankle like your new best friend. Add some personalize...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Description: These tropical socks will add some sunshine to your Fall and Winter! Pineapple and Lime - a favorite tropical drink combination that is as fun to knit as it is to consume! Worked from the cuff down, these festive socks feature a fit-friendly Pineapple Rib Pattern, a tricked out Lime Slice Heel Flap, and a comfortable Rounded Toe. T...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Cascading Awareness Ribbons and Lacy Hearts all tied together with Flowing Curves. This is our feminine expression of hope that one day we will no longer have to wear ribbons to support our loved ones that have been affected by disease. This is also our encouragement for those working to understand and eliminate serious afflictions.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Description: Pizza and beer is one of the world’s most famous and tasty pairings, and now you can have them all day long! These whimsical socks will add pep to your step while you work or play. Based on traditional stranded colorwork construction, this design starts with the cuff, and features pizza and beer stein motifs on the leg. A pair of s...
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque
Description: Pizza and beer is one of the world’s most famous and tasty pairings. With this cute hat and mitten set, you can enjoy them all day long! Based on traditional stranded colorwork construction, this whimsical design starts with the band, and features beer mug motifs, with integrated pizza slices flowing up the sides. Jazzy stripes acc...
Knitting: Toeless Sock
Keep your feet warm while you make your toes pretty with these fun pedicure socks! Perfect for wearing with “wet nail polish friendly” flip flops, this sock construction begins with a toe strap, and works up from there! (We’ve included solid toe instructions, too, in case your polish is already dry.) The no-flap gusset heel is a breeze to work,...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Description: Thick and cushy, this unique colorwork hat features a crown of figures reaching for the sky. Or maybe they are reaching up to the top shelf for a cookie - who knows? Either way, Reach is a fun knit that is great for men or women, and is a “Fan”-tastic personalized gift when knit in sports team colors.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This fun project is perfect for keeping you warm against those cool sea breezes. Wear this versatile garment around your head or neck as a scarf, or drape it over your shoulders as a shawlette - either way the eyelet-accented scalloped edge will accessorize you beautifully.
Knitting: Billed Hat
Here’s a cute hat with just enough brim to keep the sun out of your eyes! Constructed in the round, this hat starts with the inside of the brim, then after an easy picot turn row, moves on to the outside of the brim. The two brim layers are then joined by being knit together (no seaming!), and then the band and crown are worked. This pattern is...
Knitting: Scarf
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Knitting: Cowl
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Description: Just like the wavy lines that surround the San Diego coast, the slip-stitch pattern in this design surrounds these socks with wavy color pops! Visit your stash to find the yarn for this project - there are so many opportunities to mix or match the stripes, and to use those small balls you’ve been saving. This cuff-down sock design ...
Knitting: Gloves, Fingerless Gloves
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
ERRATA In the original release of this pattern, there is a typo on Page 7: Right Toe, Narrow Width, Round 6. The TOF directions should read: K1, R-inc, k1, p1, k7, p1, k4, L-inc, k1.
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque
This design started by purchasing a cute set of buttons, and went from there! The hat features a wide ribbed brim with a seed stitch overlap which provides a place to sew those cute buttons. The crown of the hat has a classic stranded snowflake design. The mittens feature a wide ribbed cuff and gusset thumb. The snowmen on the mittens have happ...
Knitting: Sports Equipment
Description: They’re cute, they’re cheerful, and they are quiet while you putt. Decorate your golf bag with these whimsical sock monkeys, while protecting your precious equipment from the elements. These quick knits start with a long ribbed section that is accented with stripes to indicate the club number stored within. The pattern includes ins...
Knitting: Puppet
Description: Whimsical sock monkeys naturally bring out the entertainer in anyone! Around here, they are particularly fond of lip syncing to disco music. These quick knits start with a long ribbed section that is accented with sporty stripes. The pattern then uses the shadow-wrapped short row technique to form the two-color mouth and subsequent...
Knitting: Cozy - Other
Description: Around here, we just LUV us some Sock Monkeys, and we believe that all beverages should be decorated. So bringing the two together was a no brainer! Worked in the eponymous color scheme, these koozies are easy to make, and loads of fun to use or give as gifts. The quick-knits are worked in the round, and feature attached ears, a mo...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
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Knitting: Fingerless Gloves, Stocking
Description: We just LUV us some Sock Monkeys around here, and the way our Sock Monkey Brewski yarn looks in this cute accessory set is proof! Worked in the eponymous color scheme, this set is easy to make, and loads of fun to wear. The hat features a turned up brim and a striped stocking cap drape in the back - tipped with a festive pom pom or...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Play Ball! Impress all your friends and loved ones with this pair that looks WAY more difficult to make than it actually is. Create beautiful colorwork diamonds carrying only one color at a time - no bobbins to untangle or floats to worry about. Combine any two colors - the more contrast the better. Use sports team colors to really knock this p...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
I named this design Stashbusters! because this pattern is great for using up partial skeins from your stash. Combine colors that you wouldn’t ever dream to combine – it works! Seriously. Designed specifically for variegated yarns, the simple slipped-stitch pattern on these socks yields an impressive pair to wear or give as a gift. Although desi...
Knitting: Mittens, Beanie, Toque, Earflap Hat
Description: Show your team spirit with these two-color Hat and Mitten Sets that will be the envy of your tailgate party! We’re custom dying kits for any team you want to knit for - High School, College, or Pro! The Hat pattern includes three brim options for you to choose from: a traditional Ribbed Brim, a stylish Braided Brim, or a cute Earfl...
Knitting: Cowl, Gloves
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Kits for this project are no longer available.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
An elegant three-tiered appearance is what gives the Wedding Cake Hat its name. Created with layers of tasteful cables, this fancy and fun-to-knit hat begins with a cabled band for a decorative foundation. Stitches are picked up around one side of the band, and the tiered sides of the hat are built up from there. Optional sparkly beads finish t...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Need an escape? Casting on this project is your knitting trip to Vegas! These stylish beauties feature diagonal spirals interlaced with dice motifs that take you from Snake Eyes to Sixes as you move from the cuff to the toe. And to further enhance your high rolling experience, we’ve included just the right amount of silvery Bling! to add some s...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Everyone can use a Wingman - that faithful companion who stands by your side and never lets you down. These Wingmen are great companions to any man’s wardrobe, casual or dressy. With stylish, two-color cuff, heel, and mosaic patterning, these are bound to be great conversation starters.
Knitting: Christmas Stocking, Hats - Other
Description: Two projects in one pattern - a Stocking and a Hat! Create your one of a kind stranded project by personalizing your color palette, and then choosing your favorite colorwork motifs from the library of charts included in the pattern. No two projects will be alike!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
How do you like yours? With a Twist, of course! This design is filled with twist stitches, giving it a beautiful overall cabled look - almost without the use of a cable needle! So much easier than it looks. The top-down construction creates diamonds that interlock and flow all the way to the tip of the heel, making this an awesome sock to wear ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This is the June/July 2020 MKAL pattern for the Solid Socks group! The pattern will be released here in a series of 4 Clues, on the first four Mondays in June (6/1, 6/8, 6/15, and 6/22). Join the group for some fun sock knitting!
Knitting: Washcloth / Dishcloth
Make these cute valentine cloths for the ones you love! Wrap it up with a pretty little bar of soap for a special treat, or make one for someone who you would LOVE to see do the dishes!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Designed to show what kind of fun you can have with our variegated yarns! This crazy stitch pattern creates an offset striped look that wiggles and wobbles from toe to top! It almost looks like we might have been a little bit… well… borracha when we created it! With toe-up construction and a yarn over short-row heel, this pattern is written for...
Knitting: Electronics Cozy
A sparkly butterfly adorns this phone purse design which features style, convenience, and protection. A knitted lining provides extra cushioning, and creates the casing which holds the flexible purse frame closure in place. An inset pocket on the back is the perfect size to carry earbuds. The purse is finished with a decorative beaded twisted c...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Spring always abounds when you are wearing these socks! Lacy leaves cascade down each sock from cuff to toe, creating a beautiful and comfortable garden around your feet. With a lace panel that repeats across the front and back, the resulting feminine vibe is absolutely gorgeous (and easier than it looks!) We get compliments on these socks ALL ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Our 2017 Mystery Sock KAL is over now, but you can still have fun making the project!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Cocktails for Two pattern was released in a series of six weekly clues starting on Friday, 1/31/14. These clues are now compiled into one pattern and are available as a free Ravelry Download.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Centerpiece pattern was released in a series of seven weekly clues starting beginning in January of 2015. Now you can download the entire pattern!
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Our Spring 2019 Mystery Sock KAL was so much fun! The mystery is over now, but the full pattern is available for download.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This pattern was the 2020 design for our annual Mystery Sock KAL, and was released in a series of 6 clues. It’s now available as a complete pattern for you!
Knitting: Puppet
Description: You never know when you might need to knit a football-themed sock monkey finger puppet! This little guy is a quick knit using small amounts of worsted weight yarn, and requires no seaming! His helmet and fashionable top-down raglan jersey are made from bits of fingering weight yarn, and can be customize with a touch of embroidery i...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This pattern was used for the Travelling Socks KAL at Knitters Brewing Company, which started January 1, 2012.