Saturday, Pattern Day #5
Saturday, June 30th, 2007Tags: Saturday Pattern Day
First, a question about the format of these posts: do you prefer patterns to be loosely tossed together (like I did for the first three posts), or should I save patterns up until I can post them in larger groups (like I’ve done this week and last)?
If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.
This Saturday, Pattern Day is a more sombre one than most. Famed knitter Annie Modesitt‘s husband has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a type of blood cancer. She’s offering a pattern for download, “Red Carpet Convertible,” and accepting donations of $4.50 + whatever extra you’d be willing to give. The proceeds from the pattern will pay for travel costs, daycare, etc. while her husband is at the clinic where he’s receiving his stem cell transplant. It’s a beautiful pattern, and certainly worth at least $4.50. Emphasis on at least!
- Babies!
- Tetris Baby Blanket
- Child’s Cowboy Hat. Example here.
- An example of a Quickie Baby Sweater is here.
- For baby sports fans, knit an England Football Jumper.
- Saartje’s booties are all over the blogosphere here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here (plus 50%). Love!
- Here’s a baby jacket and socks from DROPS Design, with a finished example here and one in progress here.
- Bags
- I’m likin’ this Felted laptop sleeve with apples on it. I’d knit one in rainbow colours, because for some reason I’m getting really nostalgic for the times when Apple was full of geeks and the Macintosh was the next big thing and everything was beige and Steve Jobs had been fired. Stupid Steve Jobs. I hope they bring back the old logo at some point to surprise everyone.
- I love the Intricate Stag Bag (PDF here), one of the bonus free web projects from the new issue of Knitscene. I feel like I should take it out on the hunt. Not that I ever do much hunting, of course… Small varmints, mostly.
I love, love, love pattern day! I prefer them all tossed together, like the first 3 posts. I like exploring through all of them. Thanks for posting these.
Comment by ElisaJune 30, 2007 @ 7:57 pm