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These patterns are for personal use only, which means you can't sell what you make with them.  However, you are welcome to make as many as you like, either for yourself or to give away.


Free Knitting Patterns

Neck a little chilly, yarn supply a little low?  This reversible scarflet will solve both your problems.

Fingerless gloves or all-out mittens striking your fancy?  I slaved over these ones so you won't have to.

Somebody giving you the cold shoulder?  You need this superfast shawl pattern.  Which is now available in French, thanks to translation by my talented friend Louise from Biscotte et Cie!

Are you the sort of person who likes a matching hat and scarf?  Did you just knit the superfast shawl pattern listed above?  Then this is the hat for you.  It's also the hat for you if you need a fast present for a woman of whose head circumference you are not entirely certain.

Get cold feet at yoga or pilates? Just find out a friend who does has a birthday in three days?  Sit down and cast on these panic-friendly Yoga Socks.

Worried?  Agitated?  Got cold hands?  Try my Meditation Mittens.


Want to knit a practical unisex gift with a powerful dose of luck in it?  Look no farther than this easy reversible scarf.

Longing for a 1920s cloche of your very own, or thinking about knitting a chemo cap for a loved one or local hospital? One reversible hat coming right up!

Swooning over self-striping yarn and wondering how to wear it on your head? Here's idea #1,
... and here's idea #2.
Need the instructions for hat # 2 in French? Many thanks to Biscotte & Cie for the translation.

Got an ugly hat you want to dress up, or one cold pair of ears, or a Sonja Henie costume to complete?

Need a hat in a hurry?  Four hours fast enough for ya?


Need a really luscious hat in a hurry?  It costs a little more, but it's worth it.


Other Knitting Bits

The dreaded Kitchener Stitch got you stumped?  I kept figuring it out and forgetting it; then I wrote this.

Buried in knitting needles of all shapes and sizes?  Get organized with this exciting craft project.


Got more questions?  Check out my blog for links and tips.