Knitting Pattern for Queen of Hearts Dishcloth

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Another of my knitting patterns, Queen of hearts dishcloth was published by Knitpicks.
The pictured sample is done in their Dishie Multi cotton yarn. The pattern is free.

Queen of Hearts Dishcloth

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Knitting Pattern for Candy Corn Dishcloth

Candy Corn Dishcloth

My latest collaboration with Knitpicks is a fun and fast dishcloth pattern named Candy Corn.
Worked in garter stitch, with simple decreases and slipped stitch for a neat edge.

The pattern is free and available to download from Knitpicks Website:

Candy Corn Dishcloth

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Food KAL

In the past few weeks I was busy picking up fruits and vegetables from our garden and preserve them for the winter. Even though our plum trees produced only two plums, we are having some yellow raspberries and alpine strawberries to snack on and we still are having an abundance of cucumbers. I have been pickling them at least twice a week.
Our friends and family might be receiving homemade pickles as their Christmas presents.

Dog approves

I cannot really share the recipe for my pickling liquid as it seems to be every time slightly different. I am following the recipe my mom gave me when we started to do our own pickling.
She said: "I use water, vinegar, pickling salt, a bit of sugar, spices (All Spice, Black Peppercorn, Bay Leaves, Cinnamon, Clove), try how it tastes and add what you think is needed. In the jar put some mustard seeds, fresh dill, sliced onions, garlic, peppers, carrots and cucumbers. Fill the jars with liquid close the top and boil in a pot with a kitchen towel on the bottom for about twenty minutes."
We have been using her recipe for some time, experimenting with variety of flavors, adding hot peppers to some jars, etc. Each batch that I make tastes slightly different, and that is what I enjoy about it - the unpredictability of what it will taste like when we open a new jar of our pickles.

Apples

I was also thinking about the next KAL for my group on Ravelry. I decided that we should knit anything that is food related. Aprons, dishcloths, knitted food, knitted parts of a food chain...…
The Food related KAL will run from now until the end of October, when I will pick the grand prize winner and some more winners to win other things as well.

To start the KAL I am offering  a 25% discount on many of my food related knitting patterns. The coupon code is valid until September 25th midnight EST.

Bowls

Use the coupon code Food to receive the discount.

Joint the fun and a chance to win my group Stana's critters etc on Ravelry.

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Knitting Pattern for Apple Dishloth

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Another of my dishcloth pattern was published by Knitpicks.

The pattern is free, and you can get the pattern on Knitpicks website, here is the link to the pattern:

Apple Dishcloth


I was working on this pattern last fall. Sometimes it takes a while from the time I work on a pattern before it is finally published.  Here is the sample I knitted while I was working on the pattern.

Apple dishcloth

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June and three new knitting patterns

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Strawberry Twist is another dishcloth pattern that I have created for Knitpicks.
The pattern is free and available to download on Knitpicks' website, link here: Pattern
or you can visit my Ravelry store and the link to free pattern is there as well.

Strawberries

This time of year I am rather busy in the garden. Everything has to be planted, seeds need to sowed, cared for, and it all takes time that has to be taken away from my knitting time. That is the reason why it takes me longer to post new knitting patterns.  Also knitting and designing  for third parties takes priority over the independent designing. But this week I have managed to publish two knitting patterns for hats.

Rayas Hat is knit in bulky weight yarn in two colors. The slipped stitch pattern allows you to work only with one color per round. The color combination is endless. To purchase visit my Ravelry store, or click on this button:

Rayas Hat

Neva Hat is another bulky weight yarn project. The pattern is completely reversible.
To purchase visit my Ravelry store or click on this button:

 

Neva Hat

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Knitting Pattern for Something Fishy

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Something Fishy is another dishcloth I have created for Knitpicks.
It is a fun and fast knit, in garter stitch with some increases and decreases to create the fish shape. A perfect washcloth for bath time or to have few more helpers for the cleaning choirs around the house.

The pattern link to my Ravelry store is here:

Something Fishy

Or you can go directly to the Knitpicks website:

Something Fishy

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Knitting Pattern for Foggy Paths Dishcloth

Foggy Paths Dishcloth photo by Knitpicks

Sometimes I write patterns for third parties. This Foggy Paths Dishcloth is one of them.
It was published by Knitpicks as a part of their free dishcloth series on their website.

The pattern link to my Ravelry store is here:

Foggy Paths Dishcloth

Or you can go directly to Knitpicks website:

Foggy Paths Dishcloth


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Knitting Pattern for Snowman and Sassy Coal Dishcloth

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A sweet snowman or a sassy coal dishcloth? Which one will you knit first?

My knitting pattern for this adorable duo is available free on Knitpicks website:
Link here

or in my store on Ravelry:

Snowman and Sassy Coal Dishcloth



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Knitting Pattern for Deadline Morning Eyeball Coaster or Dishcloth

We all have those mornings, when we wake up and know that we didn't get enough sleep the night before. The reasons may vary from person to person, even from day to day....

• Late night drinking and having too much fun with friends
• Brand new baby in the house
• Procrastination and leaving to do the homework at the last minute
• Deadline at work and not enough time to finish during the workday
• Life

 For the last few weeks I had few of those days myself. Deadline knitting for a third party. A homework for my class to finish. Then one day I decided to address the issue and instead of stressing out about everything I just started to knit for fun and created the red eye/ normal eye coaster. It did not help with my deadline knitting or with finishing my homework, but I had fun knitting the coaster. And now I can pick the side that suits me and have a funky coaster to put down my first, or second, or third cup of coffee and try to deal with whatever needs to be done first.

Deadline Morning Eyeball Coaster

Eyeball Dishcloth and Coaster

Deadline Morning Eyeball 

The pattern is now available in my Ravelry store or you can purchase it by clicking on this button:

And if you wish to knit some of the eyeballs in the jar, my pattern is free on Knitpicks website, link to the pattern is here:

Knitted Eyeballs

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Work in Progress III.

My last few posts were all about knitting patterns that were published.
This post should be about the projects that are still work in progress...

Najin

Najin, the toy mystery KAL started with clue 1 last week. Today I have released second clue, there are two more clues waiting to be released in the next two weeks before the final pattern will be available.
The pattern is available in my Ravelry store.
If you would like to join the fun, it's happening right now in my Ravelry group Stana's critters etc.

Eyeball Coaster

In the past few weeks I have been super busy with work that will be published by a third party. It's fun and exciting, but in a  way it's also stressful with all those deadlines that comes from third party publishing. Yesterday, I just needed a break from it all, and started to knit something just for fun. I finished today and wrote up the pattern. It's being test knitted at the moment and will be available at the beginning of next month, just in time for others to knit before Halloween.

Voyager Sweater

It seems appropriate to finish this blog post with a note about my project named Voyager Sweater. I had to set it aside due to all of the contracted work, but I am slowly getting some work done on the pattern and grading, and hope to have it ready for test knit pretty soon. During my visit at home I have found an old image of me in my first ever finished knitted project - a sweater that I knitted when I was I think 14 years old.  Ever since I finished that first sweater (it was knit, with three colors intarsia, and I have made up the pattern and calculated the entire project by myself) I couldn't stop knitting sweaters. I made so many of them it's impossible to count, and then one day I just stopped. During those years I  have knitted many other projects, even few baby sweaters for my friend's babies, but I have not made a single sweater for myself. Last year when I went to Rhinebeck I think I found my long lost passion for knitting sweaters. I have decided to knit and also write up the pattern. The knitting part, including photography is done, now it's just the less fun part, sitting in front of the computer and write up the pattern in seven different sizes. It's rather tedious work, but it will be eventually done. 

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Knitting Pattern for Watermelon Coasters and Dishcloth

Watermelon

The pattern for Watermelon coasters and dishcloth is available to purchase in my Ravelry Store or by clicking on this button:



I have posted a picture tutorial for attaching the fabric to the back of the knitted piece.

link to tutorial

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Work in progress II

Cabled Cowl 

Since last week, I managed to finish the cabled cowl in Malabrigo Rastita yarn. I am very happy with the cowl how it turned out.
This is the pattern I have used:
Gradient Cable Cowl

My next project to work on is a hat named Neva. I picked the yarn and then we had few days of summer heat.

Neva Hat - WIP

So instead on working on the hat, I got distracted and made these - a watermelon coaster and dishcloth.
I still have one more size to finish, and I would like to add fabric layer to the large coaster and the small glass coaster.

Watermelon Coaster and Dishcloth

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Knitting Pattern for Blank Square Dishcloth

Blank Square

Start with a Blank Square, the dishcloth that helps you clean the mess.  The squares are knitted in one piece, with I-cord attached all around. The colors to choose are endless, just use your imagination.

Yardage:
70 - 80 yards / 64 - 74 meters main color
20 - 30 yards / 18 - 27 meters contrast color
 
To download PDF file with the pattern click on the link below or visit my Ravelry store.
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Blank Square One

Blank Square Two

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Knitting Patterns for House of Clubs and Black Diamond

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Knitting pattern for House of Clubs is third in the series of dishcloth patterns available on Knitpicks website for free.
 

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Black Diamond is the fourth pattern to complete the series of dishcloth patterns.

Deck of Card

Here you have picture of all four of the dishcloths together, and I am sure you can spot the mistake I have made when creating these patterns.

Here are the links to the other two patterns. All available to download for free on Knitpicks website.
Ace of Spades
Queen of Hearts

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Knitting Pattern for Ace of Spades

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Knitting pattern for Ace of Spades, worked flat in double moss stitch.

Using less than one skein of Knitpicks Shine Worsted (60% Pima Cotton and 40% Modal, natural beech wood fiber) in black color.

The pattern is free:

Ace of Spades

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Knitting Pattern for Queen of Hearts

Every once in a while I get to work with new (to me) yarn. For this dishcloth pattern I have used KnitPicks Shine Worsted Yarn (60% Pima Cotton and 40% Modal, natural beech wood fiber).
I loved the way the yarn felt in my hands  and how easily I could work with it.

In time for the day when love is in the air my pattern is available to download for free on Knitpicks website:

Queen of Hearts Dishcloth

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