I imagined trying to get a cat into a sweater, and it would be kind of like squeezing a water balloon into a sock. If the water balloon was heavily armed. And pissed off at you.
But it would be so worth it, once the wounds healed.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles double point stash yarnPopularity: 41% [?]
The yummiest-looking zero-calorie cake ever.
Although probably a bit woolly, if you dug in your fork.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
acrylic stash yarn straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 55% [?]
I don’t know what I like best about this pattern.
Is it the lunatic idea of knitting a Doctor Who Dalek? Or is it that absolutely appalling pun?
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles double point stash yarn worsted weightPopularity: 52% [?]
Got lots of bits in your yarn stash and tired of making small projects?
Why not branch out into stashghans?
Difficulty level: Easy
circular needles stash yarn worsted weightPopularity: 58% [?]
A radical but perfectly wonderful felted bag shaped like a giant piece of shrimp sushi.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 71% [?]
There’s only one thing to say about this knitted candyman, really.
Sweeeeeeeeeet.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 74% [?]
Kicky Mary Jane slippers.
One of the more feminine and interesting slipper patterns that I’ve ever found.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
cotton straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 76% [?]
Everything you’re doing will seem wrong. But it isn’t. For knitters like me, that’s very refreshing.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 67% [?]
Chronic dishcloth knitters - like I intend to be, whenever I manage to get started - end up with a lot of extra cotton in their stash. Whatever to do with it all?
When Abigail puts it like this, it’s obvious, really. Tribbles.
Difficulty level: Easy
cotton stash yarn straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 65% [?]
I am firmly of the opinion that you can knit a cozy for anything. iPods, filing cabinets, Volkswagens… it’s just a question of gauge, really.
But unless you’re taking your Volkswagen to bed with you, this is the cozy you’ll want to knit first.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 59% [?]
The range of items that can be knitted up doesn’t usually surprise me. Anything is possible.
But a stake for killing vampires Slayer-style? That’s a new one even for me.
Difficulty level: Easy
circular needles DK weightPopularity: 57% [?]
A large and snuggly shawl full of color and texture.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles worsted weight YakPopularity: 53% [?]
Wear a warm hug around your neck.
Suddenly it’s comfortable to eat ice cream all year round.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
bulky weight circular needlesPopularity: 42% [?]
For people who never watched the television series Firefly, obscure references to an enormous thug of a man wearing an orange pompom hat his mother knitted for him won’t mean much.
For people who did watch Firefly, I think the script said it best: “A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he’s not afraid of anything.”
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 44% [?]
When you’re talking about an Etch-a-Sketch, straight up and down is king. But with sproingy scarves, diagonal is the way to go.
Difficulty level: Easy
alpaca straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 43% [?]
Knitted food is a specialized art form that most of us wouldn’t even dream of. Hannah’s very good at knitted food, and these are some very sweet peas.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
sport weight straight needlesPopularity: 39% [?]
I have officially lived long enough to see styles from my youth come back around. Whenever I see young fashionistas in leggings, I want to point and shriek, “1982! 1982!” Legwarmers, however, I’m thrilled to see coming back.
Let’s get physical.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles double point wool worsted weightPopularity: 51% [?]
I wouldn’t want to play favorites or anything… but this knitted womb is possibly the most fantastic thing ever. No, scratch that. I’m not typing breathlessly enough, and I need some exclamation points, too.
Thisknittedwombispossiblythemostfantasticthingever!!! Right on.
Difficulty level: Advanced
bulky weight double point woolPopularity: 45% [?]
A fantastically textured scarf with enough cables to hoist the Earth.
I’m too afraid to attempt one myself, but if anybody wants to be my friend, I’m prepared to supply cookies.
Difficulty level: Advanced
merino sport weightPopularity: 44% [?]
Silvanus: Ancient Roman forest spirit. Silvanus bag: Modern British knit design.
Celebrate the end of harvest in grand, green style.
Difficulty level: Advanced
straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 43% [?]
