A big and intricate washcloth, far better suited to a bubble bath with champagne and candles than for scrubbing mud off your shoes.
Or what I plan to do when I knit it, which is frame it and admire it forever.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
cotton DK weight straight needlesPopularity: 30% [?]
Every baby critter needs warmth and love, but premature babies need it most of all.
Here’s a sweet spiral baby hat to hug tiny heads.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
DK weight double point sport weightPopularity: 49% [?]
Bitty baby bootiesocks. In a word, squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
But seriously. Future heirlooms, these two sock patterns are beautiful baby gifts for them, and a little practice in Fair Isle for you. And so cute. I can hardly stand it.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
double point merino worsted weightPopularity: 38% [?]
Colors in combination and a comforting cuddle.
You can’t beat a blanket. Ever.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
acrylic bulky weight straight needlesPopularity: 22% [?]
This stole is a study in delicacy. Even the sturdy version would float in the wind.
Difficulty level: Advanced
bulky weight circular needles merinoPopularity: 35% [?]
A fascinating and shamelessly gorgeous example of knitted wire jewelry. I had no idea such a thing was even possible. It’s a choker, and it’s a work of art.
It may not actually be an “advanced” pattern, but I’m so stunned I assume it must be hard to make something quite that fantastic.
Difficulty level: Advanced
straight needles wirePopularity: 25% [?]
I love a good cozy, so I’ve seen a few for personal electronics lately. I haven’t made one yet, but I’m working myself up for it. You don’t want to rush these things, right?
Anyway, when I saw the words “iPod Sock” on this pattern, I thought I knew what to expect. I was wrong. It’s just so much better than that.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles double point fingering weightPopularity: 37% [?]
Feet are not necessarily beautiful. I mean, just think about what they go through in a day. But in these socks, feet can be gorgeous.
Even mine.
Difficulty level: Advanced
double point fingering weightPopularity: 24% [?]
To my ear, the name of this pattern sounds like a piece of men’s athletic equipment. But there’s no denying that the ballband is one of the grand-daddies of washcloth knitting.
Heck, this fabric is absorbent enough to soak up grand-daddies, if you happen to have a flood of them.
Difficulty level: Easy
cotton worsted weightPopularity: 36% [?]
I have a confession to make: I have never, in the whole course of my life, finished a baby gift on time. I have delivered gifts late, and I’ve delivered them incomplete. (Bad knitiquette, I know. But I darned in the ends, if that helps!)
With this hat pattern, though, it’s all possible again. With this hat pattern, I may even be finished my gift… early.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles double point sport weight worsted weightPopularity: 48% [?]
I crocheted a Super Bulky blanket once. It took only one day. (Sober. I was in college, so it’s only fair that I calculate sobriety into it. If I was drinking, I suppose it probably would have taken two days. Had tequila been involved, I’d probably still be working on it.)
But my point is… and I do have one… Super Bulky is powerful stuff.
Difficulty level: Beginner
straight needles super bulky weightPopularity: 27% [?]
In knitting mythology there are few monsters so threatening as The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater. (Unless you want to get rid of him. In which case, knit away.)
There is no Curse of the Boyfriend Scarf, however. Especially with this scarf.
Difficulty level: Beginner
straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 27% [?]
A pretty little washcloth. And perfect for knitters like me, it’s actually designed not to be square. Hurray!
Difficulty level: Easy
cotton straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 30% [?]
A straightforward and forgiving project for beginners to colour work. Be careful using the washing machine for fulling any project, though, as the plumbing might not be so straightforward or forgiving.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
double point wool worsted weightPopularity: 29% [?]
An embossed washcloth, perfect for scrubbing mud off little faces or dabbing away little tears.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
cotton straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 20% [?]
An extraordinary stash buster, and the best way I’ve ever seen to keep drink rings off the coffee table.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
double point stash yarn worsted weightPopularity: 21% [?]
The name of this pattern got my attention. Is it possible? The Perfect Sweater?
Is this the end of the Gorilla Sweater we have all come to fear?
Difficulty level: Intermediate
straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 18% [?]
It’s the circle of life, isn’t it? When I was a kid, I never appreciated a little hand-knitted hat. And now I’m sulking because my head is too big for one.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles worsted weightPopularity: 25% [?]
Inspired by Brooke Nelson’s Column of Leaves design, these fingerless gloves make up the third part of a fantastic set. For the other pieces, visit Brooke’s Column of Leaves Scarf and Brooke’s Column of Leaves Hat.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
double point wool worsted weightPopularity: 20% [?]
In the grocery store, I’m not big on chicken feet.
In these socks, though, I’m fanatical.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles double point fingering weightPopularity: 12% [?]
