Category Archives: Free Pattern

Darling Children’s Mittens

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Size Large, with Autumn Heather as Main Color
Size Medium, with Aurora Heather as Main Color

With my abundance of Knit Pick Palette fingerling weight yarn I went to work on a children’s mitten pattern that nicely fits small hands. I have plenty of left over yarn from all the mitten-making so this seemed like a good thing to work out as a use for small amounts of yarn.

Since children have such different sized hands I simply could not say “age 4” and have that make scenes. My grand baby that is 2 years old has bigger hands than his sister that is 3 1/2 years old. I went ahead and knitted all the sizes and measured them, that way you can take a measurement of a child’s hand and pick the right size in the pattern for them.

Here’s the FREE pattern. Enjoy!

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Busy with Stranded Knitting

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When I’m designing mittens I usually try to make a pleasant balance of the stranded “busy” part of the design and the plain knitting. For me personally, plain knitting is less fun even though it sometimes looks best. For Wild Flower Mittens I let myself go with the stranded part and did almost the whole design with pattern. Here’s the pattern for FREE. Get Busy!

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Big Cuff Mittens

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I can’t seem to get away from knitting mittens. Sure, I make other things, but I always seem to come to the mitten. I started this pattern by making the large pair, then I worked out the other sizes. The colors from the small pair turned out to be my favorite so I’m using the midnight blue ones as my “cover shot”. The funny thing about this pattern is that I designed it all with paper and pencil instead of using the computer. We were staying outside of Durango, Colorado and I didn’t have internet. I normally use an online graphing site, stitchfiddle.com, to design my colorwork patterns. Since I didn’t have a connection for several weeks I ended up making with 4-stitch repeat pattern on paper. So old fashioned!

Here’s the pattern for FREE!

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It’s time for Toasty Mittens

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It’s not really cold out yet, but there’s a slight chill in the morning. It’s not time to wear mittens, but it is time to start knitting them! Here’s my latest free knitting pattern called Toasty.

It’s a charted pattern worked with 2 colors. It’s best for the knitter who knows how to read charts. I used Knit Picks Palette yarn which is my favorite for mittens. Of course they will have to be hand washed since they are 100% wool. If you are making these for someone who won’t hand wash, you could substitute a superwash wool.

Enjoy!

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Spring Seeding Mittens

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During the last few months I’ve been doing a lot of stranded color work. I’ve been very interested in seeding patterns and have designed a few mittens where the seeding isn’t just on the palm in the traditional way. With Spring Seeding I have made the mitten the same on both sides thus creating a mitten set that doesn’t have a left or a right side. Here’s the FREE pattern for you to enjoy:

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Carmelita Mittens

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Happy New Year! Today I’m posting my newest pattern: Carmelita Mittens. They are named after my daughter Carmelita Jacobina. I’ve been doing a lot of stranded color work over the last few months. Mostly I’ve focused on sharp edge designs—think diamonds and zig zags. Then I was struck with the idea of doing more rounded edges in the design and worked my way into floral patterns. If you are interested in making these mittens I’ve written up the pattern. It’s free—Enjoy!

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Basic Toddler Socks

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Free Pattern – Basic Toddler Socks

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Staying at home has allowed for plenty of time to finish this pattern. I made several versions of this sock before I got it just the way I want it. My little grand-baby will have plenty of wool socks. I was hoping she could model them for my pattern but alas, I can not see her for a while. If anyone knits these, please post on Ravelry.

When it comes to patterns for socks, there are plenty sized for babies or kids but few are designed just for toddlers. Rather than making big baby socks or small kid socks, I designed a sock just for the little feet of toddlers. Measure your toddler’s foot from heal to toe and pick a size on the chart. You can make them a little longer or shorter as needed, just start the toe decrease ½ inch before the desired length.

The pattern calls for a sock yarn that is about 14 w.p.i. Since you only need a relatively small amount of yarn, this is a good project for remnants. Most people want a washable yarn for their toddler’s socks. However, I wouldn’t hesitate to use handspun yarn as long as the person doing the washing understands how to care for the fiber used. Since the required yardage is so scant this pattern is great for handspun yarn. 

The skill level of this pattern is Intermediate.  It’s best done by someone who knows how to knit, purl, do simple decreases, and knit in the round with double pointed needles. At the end you have to do a kitchener stitch to close the toe. I think it would work great for someone making their first pair of socks!  

Enjoy!