Hello, everyone! I’m pleased to announce that the Garden Cowl is now available as an individual pattern on the Knit Equals Joy website and in my Payhip and Etsy shops!
I had so much fun designing this cowl! The elements really wanted to play together – stripes, abstract diamonds, a flower, a big color block section – and each side of the fabric is the reverse of the other (using positive/negative space to create the design). Bold colors wanted to play along, too. And it’s really fun to me how Bridget’s test knit worked beautifully with just two colors – a solid and a beautiful variegated. The colors in that variegated yarn (Malabrigo Rios in Liquidambar) just shimmer and sing!
Use the coupon code LOVESPRING for 20% off through April 10th. The discount is good on the website as well as on Payhip and Etsy. Pattern purchase includes the pattern in both English and Spanish.
Pattern details, including yarn requirements for either a 6-color cowl or a 2-color cowl, are here.
Colorwork is so much fun! This cowl is just the thing to keep you entertained and to provide you with a lovely accessory when done.
I’m thrilled to announce that this year’s pumpkin pattern is now live! It’s called It’s Fall, Y’all.
It’s Fall, Y’all features chevrons – made simply, through the use of increases and decreases. The fabric is created by holding a fingering weight yarn together with a mohair yarn, which produces a shimmery fabric with a soft halo. You can make two shapes/sizes with this pattern, a short pumpkin and a tall one.
You can purchase the pattern here Buy Now or find it in the Pattern tab or Pumpkin-A-Long Patterns tab at the top of the webpage.
I’m so happy with the way this pattern turned out. I hope you will enjoy it!
Speaking of pumpkins. come knit some pumpkins with us during the third annual Pumpkin-A-Long (PAL)!
Discount through October 15, 2020 using coupon code PALpumpkins here on the website or my Payhip store.
If on Instagram, use the tags #pumpkinalong2020 and #knitequalsjoy.
If you’re not on Instagram, email your finished pumpkin pictures to me at knitequalsjoy@gmail.com.
Prizes.
Post this picture to your Instagram feed if you would like to announce your pumpkin love!
If you are local, join the PAL at Wild Knits Salem! In collaboration with Holly, we are offering a special discount on the patterns to the LYS patrons. I’m so excited that this is happening locally this year!
If you are an LYS owner or indie dyer, contact me at knitequalsjoy@gmail.com if you’re interested in joining the PAL and/or offering the pattern to your customers.
Have a wonderful weekend! Please share your pumpkins on IG, and tag me @knitequalsjoy so I can see your wonderful Autumnal creations. The happiest of Falls to all of you.
I’m thrilled to announce the release of the Little Ethereal Sweater Pattern. This children’s sweater is written for newborn through size 8-10 years. This cute little sweater is so much fun to knit! And of course, choosing your yarn and colors is half the fun.
I used Amanda Hope Yarn Aussie Extra Fine in the colorways Lisa’s Purple and Princess. The colors worked together perfectly, and the yarn is a delight to work with. I love the finished sweater!
My friend Marcela Chang from Chile translated the pattern into Spanish. The purchase of the pattern includes two PDFs, one in English and one in Spanish.
I’m offering the pattern at a steep discount this weekend here on the website (click on “Patterns” above) and on Payhip. Use the coupon code INTRO40 for 40% off– coupon expires 9/14/2020. However, if you miss that discount, the pattern is still on sale with a 25% discount here and on Payhip with the coupon code HELLO25 through 9/30/2020.
The Pumpkin-a-Long (PAL) is starting shortly, and I will post again soon about it. As usual, there will be prizes (!) and a new pattern for this year. Stay tuned!!!
Plaid Pumpkin
I hope that you will stay well, and if you are here in the West, that you are staying safe from the wildfires. Our kids were evacuated from their honeymoon because of the wildfires…they will have stories to tell, but they are safe and sound, and I am very grateful.
During the month of May, enjoy $1 off your purchase in my Knit Equals Joy shop on Etsy. This coupon is applied to your cart at purchase, so if you’d like to use it for multiple patterns (please do!), I would suggest purchasing them one at a time. Use the code MAYJOY at checkout.
DOWNLOAD THE FREE PATTERN PDF THROUGH JUNE 30, 2020. This special offer has now expired.
You can read more about this pattern here: Gnome Spa Cloth Pattern Page or find it in the website’s pattern menu.
Wee Pumpkin
DOWNLOAD THE FREE PATTERN PDF THROUGH JUNE 30, 2020. This special offer has now expired.
You can read more about this pattern here: Wee Pumpkin Pattern Page or find it in the website’s pattern menu.
I hope you enjoy these patterns!
Knit Equals Joy Pattern Sale on Etsy – sale has ended
For the month of April 2020, enjoy $1 off your purchase in my Knit Equals Joy shop on Etsy. This coupon is applied to your cart at purchase, so if you’d like to use it for multiple patterns (please do!), I would suggest purchasing them one at a time. Use the code APRILJOY at checkout.
A few of the patterns you’ll find in my Etsy shop
Click on the photo above or here to go to my Etsy shop.
Ethereal Sweater is light as air, soft as breath, and a joy to knit and wear. The design features a rolled neckline, stranded stripes and a slipped stitch pattern in the two-color yoke, a split hem, and textured two-color cuffs. It is knit top-down and seamless in fingering weight yarn, and can be tried on as you go along.
The pattern is written for 9 sizes ranging from 28-62 inches (71-157 cm), with several inches of positive ease added so that the finished sweater measures 31.5-68.5 inches (80-174 cm).
Skills Needed: Working with two colors, stretchy/flexible cast on, backward loop cast on, working in the round, slipping stitches, m1 and kfb increases, ssk and k2tog decreases, knitting through the back loop.
Like all of my patterns, Ethereal has been test knit and tech edited.
My second Ethereal in progress, knit in Dragonfly Fibers Pixie in Captain Nemo and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
I love that this sweater lends itself to each knitter’s own creativity with yarn and color! Some knitters have used stash yarn in more than one color for the contrasting color. Some have modified the pattern by making short sleeves. Each time I see a new Ethereal, I think: “This is my favorite!” (shh…just don’t tell the others.)
Here are some lovely sweaters by some lovely knitters. At the bottom of the page are some swatches I’ve made of the pattern stitch so that you can see how it looks in different yarns.
by Annetteby Katrinby Dee, photo by Lindsay Newton Photographyby Claudia
We are having a knit-a-long, but this post is getting pretty wordy, so more about that in a future post. However, if you want to find out about it sooner, search for and follow #etherealkal on Instagram. Pictures of the beautiful yarny prizes to come, as well.
Good Monday evening to you all! I am so thrilled to let you know that the Bold Sweater is now available.
Bold is a comfy cropped sweater with fun texture detail on the extra-long cuffs, knit top-down with the stockinette side out. The jumbo cables are reversible, which means that if you weave the ends in carefully, you will have a completely reversible garment. It knits up quickly on large needles in Aran weight yarn, making this sweater a joy to make and to wear.
The sweater is written with a couple of inches of positive ease. Actual measurements are 34.25, 38.25, 42.25, 48.25, and 52.25 inches (87, 97, 107, 123, and 133 cm) at bust.
The cable is a 24 round repeat and the sweater ends with a round 24 of the cable, so plan on extra yarn if you want to make a longer sweater.
This pattern is currently free – through the end of July 2019.
Lindsay Newton PhotographyLindsay Newton Photography
The original name of this pattern was Bold…with undertones of chocolate…because that’s how I like my coffee (and the cables remind me of the swirls in my coffee). But it works for beer, too. Coffee or beer…you decide.
Thank you for your support and I wish you a most excellent week!
I am so pleased to introduce my newest design, Willow. I designed this poncho as a sort of “shoulder hug” to keep my shoulders and upper arms warm but leave my hands and arms free. I also wanted dramatic cables and a pretty edging.
I used baa ram ewe Dovestone Natural Chunky, a light and lofty single ply yarn, which showed the cables amazingly. The cables truly popped using the Dovestone.
This poncho is pretty easy to knit if you have done cabling before. If you haven’t done cables, this is a good one to learn them on.
Probably the most daunting part is constructing the poncho, but I made a little conceptual model that you can actually cut out and tape together to see where to make the two short seams. It’s sort of like paper dolls! I don’t know whether anyone will want to use the model, but I found myself referring to it when seaming my own poncho.
Sometimes seams can be scary, so I put together a tutorial (some written instructions and a 3-minute video just with music, no speaking) here: Cabled Poncho Seam. There’s also a link to the tutorial in the pattern.
Finally, the pattern is 20% off through this Friday, March 22, 11:59 pm (PST), no coupon code needed.
I know that some of you share with me an affection for the button tins that our mothers or grandmothers created over time, clipping serviceable buttons from garments that had reached the end of their usable life and saving those buttons for future use. Some of you may have been fortunate, as was I, to inherit these tins. I have memories of sorting through Mom’s button tins, and Grandma’s before her, as a child. These days, I use the buttons to decorate some of my hand-knits.
After releasing the Whimsy Tree pattern, I had the idea of making a second tree using natural, undyed yarn, and decorating it with white, silver, and gold buttons from Mom’s and Grandma’s button tins. I am so happy with the result.
I’m going to offer the 25% off introductory discount through the end of 2018, no coupon code necessary. You can find the pattern here: Whimsy Tree.
The Indie Design Gift-a-Long on Ravelry is nearing the last week of this year’s GAL. I was fortunate to have been interviewed by Stana D. Sortor (Fifinka on Ravelry). Her website is Stana’s Critters, Etc. Here’s one of her adorable designs, Chameleon Leon:
Chameleon Leon, design and photo by Stana D. Sortor
