This is a pattern I designed for my son last year when he was one. I always had the intention of grading it up to adult sizes and now it’s finished! If you’re interested to test the pattern, please get in touch. The deadline is the end of November 2023.
Thanks!
It feels like forever since I last released a pattern. Having two kids, starting a business in between them and lack of sleep didn’t leave much time for design work! The good news is I am back on track and I now have ideas spilling out of me now the littles are out of the house a bit more in the daytime.
I’m really pleased with this one, the pattern was such a joy to knit and it grew really quickly. I love knitting lace and working with 4ply for hats, it’s always much warmer than you think. The pattern is made up of a series of intricate yarn overs and decreases, forming an offset stacking arch effect. Decreases are worked into the pattern in the crown, creating a star on the top.
I was swatching for this hat last year but I couldn’t work out what I was going to do with it. I really love how the pattern looks in Coopknits Socks Yeah! as the stitch definition is amazing. However one of my testers Carola (@Poachtna) worked it in a mohair blend which looks equally fantastic:
The pattern is multi-sized from teen to large adult and is worked from the bottom up in the round.
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The Constantine hat and mittens set were designed at Constantine Bay, Cornwall, while I sat knitting on the beach watching my beau surfing in the sea. I’d already got the yarn and made a few swatches, and decided on this pattern as the cables reminded me of ripples in the sand.
The hat, suitable for both men and women, is available in three different sizes; small (approx 53-56cm/21-22.5”), medium (approx 57-59cm/22.5-23.5”) and large (approx 60-62cm/23.5-24.4”) and is knitted on 5mm needles.
It knits up within a couple of days and the pattern is quite memorable, however, there is also a chart for those of you that prefer and instructions for left and right handed knitters. Without the pompom it makes a really cute beanie hat.
The mittens come in four different sizes – small (19cm/7.5” around palm), medium (20.5cm/8” around palm), large (23cm/9” around palm) and x large (25.5cm/10” around palm). Also unisex, these mitts are really cosy as the cables thicken the fabric to keep your hands snug.
Both knitting patterns are for sale individually or as a bundle here
Please see here for the hat knitting pattern and here for the mittens knitting pattern.
Good Morning! I just wanted to say a quick hello and let everyone know that my new hat knitting pattern, ZigZag, is now available! Here are a few pics:
This pattern is really easy, using just knit and purl stitches to create the ZigZag pattern that travels around the hat. The cool thing is that it is reversible, and depending which way around you wear it, the flower on the top can be more or less pronounced.
I created this knitting pattern with Erika Knight’s ‘Vintage Wool’ in shade ‘Drizzle’. This yarn is lovely to knit with, it is aran weight so knits up fast, and it is 100% British. It is available from a variety of stockists.
I wanted to make a pattern that would be interesting, yet suitable for beginners, using just a few stitches. This simple ZigZag rib is easy to pick up and looks really effective.
Please see the pattern page for more info.
Thanks to Mum for the photos!
This is a very simple beanie hat, sized to fit a toddler through to large adult. Made from 100% merino wool, it promises to keep the coldest of heads cosy!
Instructions are written for knitting flat or to work in the round. Beginning at the hem, you will work a few rows/rounds straight before beginning the crown shaping.
Rowan’s super chunky weight Drift or Big Wool makes this a really speedy knit on 10mm needles.
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**EDITED 2022**
SIZES
To fit head circumference
Age 2-10 (S: M: L)
50 (54.5: 58: 63)cm
19.5 (21.75 : 22.5: 23.5)in
Actual hat circumference
44.5 (49: 53: 58)cm
17.5 (19.25: 21: 22.75)in
Length Crown to Hem
18.5 (21.5: 22.5: 25.5)cm
7.25 (8.5: 9: 10)in
YARN
Rowan Drift (100% Merino Wool; 100g/80m/87yds)
Approx 47g (58g: 62g: 70g: 84g) of Shore (908).
Edit – Rowan Drift has been discontinued since this pattern was published. Suggested yarn substitutions (same quantity) : Rowan Big Wool (100% Merino Wool; 100g/80m/87yds) OR Rowan Big Wool Colour (100% Merino Wool; 100g/80m/ 87yds)
NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
To work flat:
1 pair 10mm (UK 000/US 15) knitting needles.
To work in the round:
1 pair 10mm (UK 000/US 15) circular needles, 40cm long
(or 80cm long, if using Magic Loop method)
A set of 10mm (UK 000/US 15) double pointed needles (DPNs) for decreasing the crown (not necessary if using Magic Loop method)
Stitch marker
TENSION
9 sts and 14 rows/rounds to 10x10cm (4x4in) in st st using 10mm needles
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