If you’re looking for economical homemade gifts for your family, consider knitting or crocheting a pair of moccasin slippers for everyone on your gift list. These two free patterns work up fairly quickly, and contain stitch counts for a variety of sizes.
Free patterns to knit or crochet small Christmas jingle bell ornaments or mini wreath ornaments for the Christmas tree.
Vintage knitting patterns don’t often feature color photos, but these two free knitting patterns, published in 1922, have both a color plate and black-and-white photo of the finished articles.
Free knitting pattern to make a fancy beaded scarf, in a light, lacy zigzag pattern, that can be made with or without beading.
Antique knitting patterns hold a fascination for me because they pass on the creativity of one generation for use by another; this antique scarf is a case in point. Originally published as a Beehive booklet in 1915, this knitted scarf features a fancy pattern that you should find relatively easy to accomplish.
Of course, you [...]
This Peek A Blue Knitted Washcloth Pattern, featuring a blue dog motif, caught my eye at the LilKnitofThisandThat blog of designer Melanie Thompson. She has released the pattern under a creative commons license, so I was able to add it to our free knitting pattern section.
Melanie has other free knitting patterns available on this [...]
The stylish flap-front knitted bag shown at left is knitted in mosaic stitch, using variegated yarn. It’s just one of several bags and purses that you can make from free patterns at AllFreeCrafts, so I thought I would collect them all in one place for easy access.
The knitted straw bag, shown at right, is just like the [...]
Vintage or antique knitting patterns are a direct link with the past, offering us an intriguing way to recreate the valued artistic crafts and fashions of previous generations. But vintage knitting patterns also pose a challenge to today’s knitters who must find a way to convert obscure, antique yarns and needles to modern equivalents. If a gauge is given, the [...]
Here’s a lovely knitting pattern to make a felted cat bed for the cat, or cat lover, in your life.
Step-by-step photos show the various stages of the knitting pattern, as well as how to block the cat bed after washing several times to felt it.
You’ll also find a link to a two-page gallery of pampered cats looking very [...]
I’ve recently been exploring, with great enjoyment, the Creative Commons site. Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that offers ”a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators. We have built upon the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach.”
It’s a concept that is worth exploring. You can [...]