Berets are an immensely fun hat shape, full of opportunity. Babies are also fun and full of opportunity.
So why not put them together?
Difficulty level: Intermediate
wool worsted weightPopularity: 49% [?]
Shrugs are fun to wear and good to knit if your attention span is not quite up to doing an entire sweater.
Shrugs are also an excuse to bring out your summer shirts a little bit early. Say, March-ish.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles double point wool worsted weightPopularity: 46% [?]
A Norwegian-style sweater in baby size, so that you can keep your eyes on the goal.
I steek, therefore I am.
Difficulty level: Advanced
circular needles double point fingering weight woolPopularity: 54% [?]
Sometimes the urge to give yarn a spanking is just overwhelming.
It’s not a fetish if you call it “felting”.
Tips sheet here.
Difficulty level: Easy
alpaca circular needles wool worsted weight yarnPopularity: 70% [?]
A quick and easy bag, for people who never get bagged out.
An excellent pattern for gifts.
Difficulty level: Easy
bulky weight straight needles woolPopularity: 83% [?]
Hat, head warming, for the purpose of.
An intricate hat pattern by men, for men.
Difficulty level: Advanced
circular needles double point sport weight woolPopularity: 85% [?]
A beautifully patterned scarf, perfect for the most oceanic colors available in your stash.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 58% [?]
It’s always the right time of year to knit an afghan. Especially when it’s dark and cold and frankly you’d rather never get out of bed again.
Difficulty level: Easy
bulky weight circular needles straight needles woolPopularity: 69% [?]
A radical but perfectly wonderful felted bag shaped like a giant piece of shrimp sushi.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 71% [?]
Another gorgeous Santa hat, this one for grown-ups and without the fluffiness of yesterday’s.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
alpaca circular needles double point wool worsted weightPopularity: 74% [?]
A fantastic textured scarf that is perfect for him or for her.
The best gift projects are always the ones that look complicated, but aren’t really.
Difficulty level: Easy
straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 80% [?]
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% [?]
A hint of luxury, and a small project to try out some luxurious yarn.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
mohair silk sport weight straight needles woolPopularity: 66% [?]
It’s mitten season, and there’s no reason for mittens to be boring.
Difficulty level: Advanced
circular needles sport weight woolPopularity: 68% [?]
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% [?]
You can never have too many bags, and you can never have too many felted projects.
I mean, after babying your yarn and treating it like one of your own, how often do you get to bash it around afterwards?
Difficulty level: Intermediate
circular needles double point wool worsted weightPopularity: 61% [?]
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% [?]
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% [?]
Think about a felted bag. Get a picture in your mind.
Is it soft and fluffy and fringey and sparkly? No? This one is.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
bulky weight mohair straight needles woolPopularity: 45% [?]
