Skill Level: Intermediate, with enough variations to please the experienced knitter.
There are so many ways to knit beautiful socks, and these instructions walk you through a number of them. Numerous two-color knitting charts help you with the colors. And then the best sock of all: a colorful entrelac cuff.
Skill Level: Experienced. Must have a 4-harness loom and know how to warp it. Yarn Suggestion: Best with a fine to medium weight yarn. Will need approximately 2 pounds, depending on size.
Make a blanket twice as wide as your four-harness loom. You can also make fun tubes for bags and pillows.
Skill Level: Experienced. I got a little carried away on this design with lots of lace patterns, but the actual shaping is pretty easy and straight-forward. Yarn Suggestion: Best with a fine to medium weight yarn. Will need approximately 20 to 24 ounces, depending on size. Mine is great in a speckled, designer cotton.
Skill Level: Experienced. Yarn Suggestion: Best with a fine to medium weight yarn. My blouse is made with exotic spindle-spun cashmere and weighs less than 12 ounces. You may need more yarn, depending on size and weight of yarn.
Something to do with all that spindle yarn (or any kind of yarn for that matter . . .) This blouse is another "no-measure" sweater that starts at the collar and increases down through a raglan yoke.
Skill Level: Experienced. This sweater has ten different knit-purl combination stitch patterns in it. Not so hard to do, really. The experience needed for this sweater is no more than patience. Yarn Suggestion: Best with a fine to medium weight yarn. Will need approximately 20 to 24 ounces, depending on size.
Skill Level: Experienced. Once you get the hang of the lace pattern on this sweater, it is not too hard. the actual shaping is pretty easy and straight-forward. Yarn Suggestion: Best with a fine to medium weight yarn. Will need approximately 14 to 22 ounces, depending on what type of fiber you are using, size and length of sweater. Mine is made with a very fine flax, and weighs 14 ounces.
Skill Level: Experienced. Short rows shape back yoke, two-color knitting is done on front, and entrelac band on bottom. Yarn Suggestion: Best with a fine to medium weight yarn. Llama enthusiasts love to make this vest with authentic Llama yarn. Will need approximately 12 ounces, depending on size. 7 oz main color, 2 oz 2nd color, and 3 oz third color.
Skill Level: Experienced. Shaping is done knitting side to side. Yarn Suggestion: Good with any weight yarn. Will need approximately 15 to 18 ounces, depending on size.
Very popular design is a great addition to any wardrobe. Knit from side to side. Edging is added later. Variegated yarns give lovely vertical stripes to this design. Can be made on a knitting machine.