Mini Mystery Knit-A-Long wk2

I hope you've been enjoying the 2 part mini mystery knit-a-long! 

I've updated the pattern on ravelry with the remaining half of the pattern so now you can find out what you've been making! When you click on "free Ravelry download" it will give you a choice of two files to download... wk 1 is still there for those that still want to start the mini mystery knit-a-long & the new file called MM KaL wk1 2.pdf which contains both wk 1 & wk 2. Click here to download pattern files from Ravelry now.

I won't post any photos on here yet as I know quite a few of you are working through week one and I don't want to spoil the surprise... but next week I will post photos of the ones i've finished!

A mini mystery Knit-A-Long

Only 2 more weeks are left of my intermediate knitters class at the Firefly Makery so I thought it would be fun to finish with a mini mystery KAL (knit a long). 

It's a small knitted in the round project that uses a few cables & some other mystery stitches or techniques :) 

You can join in the fun for the 2 part mini mystery knit-a-long right away by downloading part one of the free pattern on Ravelry... Just click here to go to the pattern page on ravelry 

Part 2 of my FREE mini mystery knit-a-long pdf will be uploaded to ravelry next week wednesday 7th May 2014!

Emily Ocker's Circular cast on

This week my intermediate knitters class was a challenging one for my students! They were learning how to do Emily Ocker's circular cast on. If you haven't tried it yet - It's a fantastic cast on for starting any of those in the round patterns that start from the center out or top down like hats or circular shawls but it can be quite tricky until you get the hang of it!

I knew the cast on and learning how to do increases in the round would be difficult for everyone to get to grips with so I designed a small stash busting pattern for a center out circular coaster. It's only 12 rounds long - so just long enough to learn the techniques and get some instant gratification from finishing a quick project! 

Click here to download the FREE pattern from Ravelry and give it a go! 

P.S. If you fancy trying a top down simple adult hat that uses this cast on instead - I have FREE hat pattern here on Ravelry too :)

Free pdf pattern - my stitch sampler neck warmer

Just popping on to let you all know I've just uploaded the pdf of the pattern I designed for my beginner knitters class onto www.ravelry.com (click here to download it from ravelry)

I decided to make it a FREE pattern so you can all enjoy making them & It uses just one ball of Baby's first super bulky cotton/acrylic so it knits up fast!

Even though it's supposed to be spring here in Nova Scotia we still have plenty of snow so a neck warmer is still needed for a while yet unfortunately.. So have fun knitting & send some of your warm spring weather our way if you have it!