Elaina’s Noggin Cover

This hat was made as a gift for the daughter of my dear friend, Jon. Jon posted a picture of a pink hat on Facebook and mentioned that Elaina would look adorable in it. I happened to agree, so I thought I would make one for her. It took me a while to decide how to do the earflaps and bottom stripe. I like those to be doubled for warmth. I finally decided to start with the cord at the bottom of the earflaps, and make both of them in the round. Then I made the first stripe, and added the ear flaps. Both the ear flaps and the bottom stripe are 2 layers thick, so Elaina’s adorable little head will be nice and warm. I decided this hat is so cute that her mom needed one in her favorite colors, so I wrote the pattern for kiddos and adults. PLUS: They glow in the dark!! Check out the notes section to see how.

Knitting Love Link Party! #1

Welcome to the Knitting Love Link Party!

Oh my goodness, I am so excited to share a new feature with you!!! I know I am more crochet focused, but I REALLY love knitting as well, and I am working on increasing my knitting patterns. I have found a kindred spirit in this regard in Marie Segares of Underground Crafter. Marie and I have teamed up to bring you a knitting link party every month. So let’s get this party started!!

Welcome to our first Knitting Love Link Party! Every month, the Knitting Love Link Party will open up on the first Thursday at 1:00 a.m. Eastern and close on the last Thursday at 11:55 p.m. Eastern. Share your latest knitting projects, patterns, tutorials, tips, and WIPS, and be sure to stop by and leave comments on other projects, too!

Lace with a Twist ~ Twisted and Twirled MKAL #4

The fourth necklace in the Twisted and Twirled Knit necklace series is made with a diagonal lace stitch. It has 4 twists in it, which increases the motion of the pattern. This swirled necklace can be worked up in no time with less than 35 yards of lace weight yarn.

Lace with a Twist ~ free knit pattern by Jessie At Home

Front view of a young woman with curly hair wearing a white blouse, black pants and a classic poncho with points in the front and back. The poncho is knit with yarn that's mostly scarlet with short lines of blues and pinks. She has one hand on her hip and the other on the side of her head.

Bring More Beauty Into Your World With This Free Poncho Knitting Pattern for Beginners

Inside: Create some beauty with this free poncho knitting pattern for beginners and give your outfit a unique and stylish touch. This pattern was originally published on 8/6/2015. The most recent update was made on 12/16/2022. Scarlet is a striking and easy poncho made in banana silk yarn. There is a small amount of shaping at the shoulders to help it lay nicely. Due to the weight of the banana silk, there is little to no blocking necessary, which is always a nice … Read more

Ann Kingstone

Tonight’s round up is all knit! Our featured designer is Ann Kingstone, and her designs are beautiful. Ann has a way of bringing vintage to modern. Does that make sense? Well, however you want to describe her style, it’s lovely. She has a wonderful way with colors and textures, creating some stunning fair isle patterns and cable patterns.

Most of her patterns are for sale, but she does have a few free patterns as well if you like to test out her writing style before buying some of her patterns.

Ann also has some great books available at Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, and Amazon DE.

I have put together a collection of some of her patterns for you. Here are the names and links of each pattern, along with a little something Ann has to say about them.

Auryn ~ Twisted and Twirled MKAL #2

Auryn

Twisted and Twirled Knit Necklace #2
Free Knit Pattern
Easy Skill Level
Designed by Jessie Rayot

The second necklace in the Twisted and Twirled Knit necklace series is made with stockinette stitch in the round, this means only knit stitches!. It has 3 twists in it, and rolls in on itself for lots of twisty, twirly fun! This swirly necklace can be worked up in no time with less than 35 yards of DK weight yarn. Auryn is named after the medallion in The Neverending Story ~ because Dragonfly fibers made me think of dragons which made me think of Falkor, the Luckdragon from The Neverending Story, but I wanted a name that sounded more female, so I went with Auryn (OR~in). Aren’t you glad you asked?

The yarn used in this sample was donated by Dragonfly Fibers for the Marly Bird Designer Dinner at the summer 2015 TNNA Needlearts Trade Show.

This necklace is part of the Twisted and Twirled MKAL (Mystery Knit ALong).

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Knotty ~ Twisted and Twirled MKAL #1

Knotty
Twisted and Twirled Knit Necklace #1
Knit Pattern
Easy Skill Level
Designed by Jessie Rayot

The first necklace in the Twisted and Twirled Knit necklace series is made with a simple garter stitch in the round, this means knit and purl stitches. It has 3 twists in it, and lots of fun hanging ends. This playful necklace can be worked up quite quickly with less than 30 yards of fingering weight yarn. It can be made with or without a knot at the end for a fun little detail.

The yarn used in this sample was donated by Miss Babs for the Marly Bird Designer Dinner at the summer 2015 TNNA Needlearts Trade Show.

This necklace is part of the Twisted and Twirled MKAL (Mystery Knit ALong).

Cre8tion Crochet Round Up

It seems only fitting that the first of my summer of Designer Round Ups would feature Lorene of Cre8tion Crochet. She was the very first blogger to feature me! So, here is a fun selection of Cre8tion Crochet patterns for you to enjoy.

Lorene has been super generous and has set up a coupon code for 50% off any of her sale patterns on Ravelry from today through the end of the day on June 30th; the coupon code is “infinity”. She has also set up a giveaway for 1 free copy of one of her Rolling in the Deep Infinity Scarf pattern to 3 separate winners! The giveaway is posted at the end of this post, and it also runs to the end of day on June 30th.

Here are the names and links of each pattern. *Please note that most of these patterns are free, but there are a couple that are not.

Patriotic Party CAL/KAL ~ final week

Oh, my! It’s the final week of the Patriotic Party CAL/KAL! Time sure does fly. You can find all the links to all the patterns in the first post of the CAL/KAL. You can continue to share your creations in the Jessie At Home CAL/KAL group on Facebook, even after the CAL/KAL is over.

**I know I said there would be a CAL/KAL break over the summer, but the wonderful thing about being my own boss is I can change my mind!! I came up with an idea for a CAL/KAL that will work even for those of you who are in and out all summer, and that I will be able to make work even with my crazy summer schedule. So check back next week to learn more.**

Over the weekend I posted the last of the patterns for this CAL/KAL.

Let’s bring this CAL/KAL to a close with some photos of all the patterns in use!

Round Up of Summer Round Ups from Jessie At Home

Summer Round Up Round Up

Summer!!! I wanted to do a summer themed round up, and I couldn’t decide on a theme. So…the theme is summer round ups. That’s right, this is a round up of round ups. I’m a little kookie that way.

Welcome to the Knitting Love Link Party!

Auryn

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