Category Archives: free patterns

Go Your Own Way Socks – Free Pattern!

Toe up? Top down? Undecided? No matter whether you are a seasoned sock knitter or simply want to start and knit your very first pair, this lovely free pattern is sure to become your go-to pattern! With simple and clear instructions, this design includes both ways of knitting socks so you can truly go your own way. Go Your Own Way Socks - Free Pattern

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Dishcloth Remix: Dishcloth to Bread Cloth

Have you seen our new book 52 Weeks of Dishcloths: A Knit Picks Kitchen Spectacular? It's also available in an ebook, and contains our ever-popular dishcloth patterns from each week of 2014. In our blog series, "Dishcloth Remix", we're featuring new ways to use these dishcloths, to make fun and functional items you'll treasure. In our last "Dishcloth Remix", Hannah's Chance of Rain dishcloth became an adorable Cloud Case pencil or needle case. This week, Kim's Lacey Spa Cloth becomes a bread cloth, for housing your warm loaf or other baked goods, and the pattern is so simple!

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Crafting for Kids: Needle Felted Hearts (with Tutorial)!

Would you like the kids in your child's class to receive a super special treat this Valentine's Day? Are you looking for a fun craft to do with your kids this Saturday? Do you want to incorporate some fiber fun into your Valentine's Day, no matter what age you are? Here's a cute and super simple craft that can be done with kids or for kids, or by kids of all ages:)! Since it involves needles, this felting project is suitable for the slightly older child, and supervision is essential. These needle felted hearts are easy to make, adorable to wear or give, and are sure to make your Valentine smile. To make this project, you'll need:

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Ugly Sweaters have come to Knit Picks!

The Ugly Sweater seems to be the rage these days and Knit Picks was up for the challenge! Let me introduce you to The Best of the Worst Ugly Sweaters 2014, a free eBook pattern download, now available just in time to be the hit at your next holiday party!  All the sweater patterns use Wool of the Andes Worsted. (some of the optional items use Wool of the Andes Sport and Palette.)

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Free Dishcloth Pattern: Woven Lines

I'm particularly excited about the free dishcloth pattern this week!  I was thinking about a scarf pattern I did several years ago, a two color striped scarf where each color was 1 row - to achieve this, you slid the project back & forth on circular needles to pick up the working yarn. I started playing around with some Dishie one day, trying to recreate it (I can't find the pattern anywhere, though this one is similar), playing with different stitch patterns, and I really loved how it looked in seed stitch.  So here's the Woven Lines Dishcloth!

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Some Pig Dishcloth

I had so much fun making Bear With Me that I knew I had to come up with another animal dishcloth. After some sketching and experimentation, I settled on an adorable pig.

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