Sonja Launspach Kunstwerk Designs
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eBooks available as Ravelry Downloads
Perfect for the person loves the sea and the graceful dolphin. Dancing dolphin hat pattern comes in two sizes: medium and large. Inspired by images of dolphins in Polynesian art, this hat and mitten pattern incorporates negative ease for a snug warm fit that lets you carry the dolphin’s delightful playfulness into a cold winter day.
Inca hat and mittens are worked using traditional colorwork techniques. Both have a two color ribbing. The two cats face each other on the mittens. Incan textiles from Peru were the inspiration for the motif designs in this set. Each pattern contains charts, photos, and written instructions.
Designed with a lining for warmth and a snug fit, River Dreams hat is a quick, easy knit.
Winter Arabesque Hat and Cowl are a good way to keep away the cold winter wind. Winter Arabesque Hat has a slightly slouchy look. Bands of motifs in three colors complement the corrugated ribbing. The hat pattern comes in 4 sizes. The pattern comes with charts for each size, photos, and written instructions.
Drive the winter doldrums away with Winter Blumen Hat and Cowl set. Bright flowers, geometric patterns, and glittering beads are all designed to light up the winter season.
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Let the geometry of stars and flowers encircle you. Pick a season, imagine a flower, see the colors. Create your own vision.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
The beautiful prairie. A circle of roses. A border of flowers. Wear a colorful landscape inspired by the motifs from Huichol shoulder capes, La Pradera Linda gives a new twist to this traditional fair isle styled hat. Rich turquoise, shades of pink and green bring the tropics into your winter’s day.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Be the owner of stars and water. Inspired by the motifs from Huichol shoulder capes, Nakawé tam gives a new twist to this traditional fair isle styled hat. Rich turquoise, corals, and burnt sienna colors bring a bit of the tropics into your winter’s day.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Happy cats keep your hands snug and cozy. Kusi cat mitts, knitted with half fingers and a ribbed cuff, warm your hands and brighten your mood no matter the weather.
Knitting: Cowl
Drive the winter doldrums away with Winter Blumen Cowl pattern. Bright flowers, geometric patterns, and glittering beads are all designed to light up the winter season.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Drive the winter doldrums away with Winter Blumen Hat pattern. Bright flowers, geometric patterns, and glittering beads are all designed to light up the winter season.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Perfect for the person loves the sea and the graceful dolphin. Dancing dolphin mitts pattern comes in three sizes: small, medium and large. Inspired by images of dolphins in Polynesian art, this mitt pattern incorporates negative ease for a snug warm fit that lets you carry the dolphin’s delightful playfulness into a cold winter day. The patter...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Brighten those dark winter days with wildflower knitted mitts. The cheerful designs carry you right back into spring. Featuring penstemon and harebells motifs, the mitts, knitted with half fingers and a ribbed cuff, warm your hands and brighten your mood no matter the weather.
Knitting: Vest
Journey to the New World. Kunter Wasi Vest knitting pattern puts a new twist on an old tradition. Here, Fair Isle knitting meets Andean design in a stylish yet practical vest pattern. Whimsical creatures from ancient textiles delight the eye in this fusion of cultures. The vest pattern has instructions for knitting three different sizes, 39” (B...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
A blue sky, a sun-drenched field of colorful wildflowers. When you wear shooting star knitted mitts, those bright flowers will keep you company fall into winter. Featuring shooting star and Mexican cone flower motifs, the mitts, knit with half fingers and a ribbed cuff, warm your hands and brighten your mood no matter the weather.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This sock pattern was designed for the Canadian Crazy Train Sock Caper.
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Pattern designed for the 2016 Canadian Crazy Train Sock Race.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Come celebrate those crisp fall days by jumping into a pile of leaves with Mabon Leaves socks. Maple leaves in vertical panels and reversed horizontal borders give the socks their cheery autumnal look. The pattern includes easy to follow written instructions with charts for sizes small, medium and large.
Knitting: Mittens
Perfect for the person loves the sea and the graceful dolphin. Dancing dolphin mittens pattern comes in three sizes: small, medium and large. Inspired by images of dolphins in Polynesian art, this mitten pattern incorporates negative ease for a snug warm fit that lets you carry the dolphin’s delightful playfulness into a cold winter day. The pa...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Perfect for the person loves the sea and the graceful dolphin. Dancing dolphin hat pattern comes in two sizes: medium and large. Inspired by images of dolphins in Polynesian art, this hat pattern incorporates negative ease for a snug warm fit that lets you carry the dolphin’s delightful playfulness into a cold winter day.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Inspired by my favorite quilting pattern, I designed Flying Geese socks for the knitter who is also a quilter (or anyone who likes quilting patterns). The socks are worked cuff down using traditional stranded techniques.
Knitting: Cowl
Winter Arabesque Cowl is a good way to keep away the cold winter wind. The pattern comes with charts, photos, and written instructions.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The pattern is available in English and German
Knitting: Mittens
Seljuk mittens have a central star motif, a charted cuff bounded by two Latvian braids and a peasant thumb. The design on the front of the mitten is inspired by early Turkish textiles. The pattern has charts for two sizes, photos and written instructions. It includes instructions for the Latvian braid and a two color cast on.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The River Dream motif for this hat was inspired by the intricate geometric patterns from the shamanic textiles of the Indians in the Amazon basin of Peru. I wanted to capture a design that reflected both the river and the dreams and songs that give rise to the textile designs. The variegated blue yarn adds depth to the design.
Knitting: Mittens
The River Dream motif for these mittens was inspired by the intricate geometric patterns from the shamanic textiles of the Indians in the Amazon basin of Peru. I wanted to capture a design that reflected both the river and the dreams and songs that give rise to the textile designs so each mitten mirrors the other. The variegated blue yarn adds ...
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Knit the traditions of two islands.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This hat was designed as a stash buster. My goal was to use up some of the worsted weight yarn I inherited from my grandmother. I used Turkish tile patterns as my inspiration. It’s a quick easy knit with a fun design.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
With sea creatures abounding, Pacific Rim socks are a fun knit. The design gives you a chance to play with colors as well use up some of the leftover yarn in your stash.The pattern is written cuff down.
Knitting: Ankle Sock
Cats in the Garden is a cuff down stranded colorwork sock with a two color ribbed heel. The socks were inspired by my cats who love the garden. The cat motif is adapted from an Incan tapestry.
Knitting: Mittens
Nazca mittens are worked in traditional colorwork stranded techniques and feature a side thumb. The motifs on these mittens were inspired by figures on a textile from the Nazca civilization of ancient Peru. The design on the front of the mitten is reversed on the back. The pattern includes charts, photos, and written instructions.
Knitting: Mittens
Celtic Medallion mittens are traditional colorwork mittens with two color ribbing and a peasant thumb. The motif designs were taken from early Pictish artwork and the Book of Kells. The combination of colors is inspired by an early celtic bowl. The pattern includes charts, photos and written instructions.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This hat is knitted using stranded colorwork techniques. It has a two color ribbing. Incan textiles from Peru were the inspiration for the motif designs on this hat. The cat and the wave pattern come from a garment panel, while the pattern on the crown was loosely adapted from a poncho. The little animal, a mythical creature, in the narrow ban...
Knitting: Mittens
nca cat mittens are traditional colorwork mittens with a two color ribbing and a peasant thumb. Incan textiles from Peru were the inspiration for the motif designs on these mittens. The cat and the border pattern come from a garment panel, while the design on the palm was loosely adapted from a poncho. The pattern includes charts, photos and w...