I will be adding all of the twist stitch star patterns as I write them.

From black and white film noir classics to big, full color blockbusters filled with tons of computer graphics and monsters, and everything in between, this collection celebrates the movies in whatever way each designer wishes.

We love movies. We knit to them, and wonder how the costumes were made. This e-book contains our garment patterns inspired by the movies, with essays.

Silvia’s Uniform came to shape in the Technicolor: Matinee and Technicolor: Movie Night projects with the help of many friends. We chose a some stitches, and followed them into a garment and accessory. I added a bag because their were so many little parts to keep together.

The Zigzaggery hat, mittens and scarf were designed together, so it’s nice to be able to buy them together. I hope you enjoy them!

My friend gave me her great-grandmother’s buttons from the 1920’s so I would do something with them. With the adjustable buttonhole of this cowl, I could have featured any of the collection, but the square shell with the circle carved in it seemed to fit the squares best.

A simple hat pattern is a treasure. Mether is crocheted from the top down so that it’s easy to try on. Choose a tight size so the ribbed fabric grips the head securely, or choose a loose size so the hat doesn’t mess up hair. Make a super long hat for a dramatically folded brim, or stop crocheting at the ever favorite metric of running out of ya...

What would Silvia of ELF’s uniform look like if she got promoted? A greatcoat? But on warm days when she wants to remove the cape, or collar, there had to be a cabled yoke, so she still looks official. And there had to be swirls at the wrist and hip. Because ELF.

Silvia of ELF is a capelet knit bottom up, with separate button band, button tabs, collar and linked buttons.

In my circle, the men I love and want to knit for want to wear plain sweaters.

Silvia Needs a Bag is a drawstring bag using

When all the men in my family picked up my swatch and said they wanted a cardigan or scarf in it, I knew I was onto something! This fabric drapes without any slots between the stitches.

Transmit is a reversible scarf. The ends flair in graduated triangular stitch. The central section has the stronger pleats of Pennant Stitch. Moonglow and Holston held together give color and texture, the garter sections have Holston alone, for a shiny contrast.

Four different juggling beanbags and a twist stitch drawstring bag to hold them.

Ebla socks are top-down with twist stitch stars in a diamond and hexagon latice, heel flap, round heel, gussets, twist stitch instep and short toe. Lattices in the round have the same problem as stripes that jog, but there are notes in the written instructions for dealing with that.

Toe up socks with hexagonally wrapped

The hat is knit in the round, decorated with interlocking twist stitch stars. The points begin in increases.

Taygeta is a cowl knit bottom up in the round. It is decorated with interlocking twist stitch stars. The points begin with increases and end with decreases.

Circles in knitting are special, and arranged in a yoke with hand dyed mini skeins, they dance.

Nicondo is a word that my daughter made up that means “Polite hello and graceful thankyou.” This scarf pattern was a collaboration between her and I, with Kari making the design decisions, and me working as patternist and sample knitter.

I loved both sides of the Almond Stitch when

Alcyone the star is one of the Pleiades.

When my neighbor Lindsey was a teen working at Rock City Coffee Roasters, they introduced the Darkstar blend. I met Lindsey during the eclipse last year, and as our kids played and she brewed us amazing coffee, I wondered what clothing item could be named Darkstar that Lindsey would wear? So I brewed coffee, space, and some of the numbers I alr...

While the (rather wonderful) e-book is still available, Apiaceae may be purchased separately now.

Arabian ogee tiles call for an Arabian endearment, so my friend Behiya suggesed habibi. This pattern is a mix of soothing-ish normality, and occasional rows of adventure. But there are charts to keep you on the right path, and satisfying chances to crow, “Look at that rib, I made it slide sideways!”

When I saw BabyLove Brand’s crochet Trellis & chevron blanket in the 2016 GAL all I wanted to do was play with Moroccan Ogees; only in knitting, and without worrying about color.

“I sing because I’m happy,

The mitts are designed to be worn with negative ease (they look silly until you wear them, actually.) The medium mitt fit my 7.5” palm circumference hand, to my surprise, my husband could also wear them, and his hand is 8.25”. I’ve suggested the size range, but take your references for snugness into consideration.

The mitts are designed to be worn with negative ease (they look silly until you wear them, actually.) The medium mitt fit my 7.5” palm circumference hand, to my surprise, my husband could also wear them, and his hand is 8.25”. I’ve suggested the size range, but take your preferences for snugness into consideration

The mittens are knit from the cuff to tip, grafting the top, and leaving the thumb for later with the thumb trick. The cuff and mitten back are decorated with Elsebeth Lavold’s continuous cables.

Zigzaggery Scarf uses a variation of Elsebeth Lavold’s continuous cable method to create a reversible cabled scarf. All that cabling with extra decorative increases and decreases makes a cushy, cosy, thick fabric, and there are pretty i-cords at the selvages too.

The hat is knit in the round from the brim up. It features continuous cables in the style developed by Elsebeth Lavold.

This afghan is knit in medallions, then sewn together using the tails of the motifs. A construction chart shows how to arrange the motifs to avoid extra ends to weave in. The pattern includes blank diagrams to color if you want to design your own colorway.

I asked my tech editor if a knit version of the crocheted Attleboro Sweater was feasible. He doubted that the angles and arches of crochet would translate. Suddenly, my ambitions fired; I would prove him wrong, and this would be easy.

One of the test knitters for the Herringbone Toque asked for a mitten. I thought the thumb was impossible. I drew sketches in my notebook to prove that it was impossible. One night when I should have been cooking

I was working on a reticule shaped bag when my teenager joked that it looked like an old fashioned fish bowl - so I should knit a fish onto it. Further punning at the dinner table named the bag. Despite it’s origin as a joke, I think it manages some dignity.

This punchy cowl switches from Hero to Mild-Mannered Alter Ego with a flick of the wrist (no telephone booth required). Designed especially to play nice with high-contrast colorful hand-dyed yarn, the Hero side features wham-bam-kapow dots; the Alter Ego conceals the yarn’s true identity with suspiciously ordinary ribbing.

The Herringbone Toque is knit sideways on the

Someone remarked that the Herringbone Parallelogram Scarf would make a lovely cowl. Once I figured out how to square the ends off for the Herrinbone Rectangular Scarf, it wasn’t too hard to chart the cowl. When my Mom saw the sample, she asked for one for Christmas - I think we are onto something here!

Like the Herringbone parallelogram Scarf the Herrinbone Rectangular Scarf is written for fingering (sport, dk, worsted) weight yarns as if they were sizes. And it is worked flat on the bias.

These mittens are worked tip down starting with a provisionally cast on rectangle. The vine is a cable stitch, with ring cable branches. You can chose from three leaves for the foliage.

As a homeschooler, I use the library heavily, but

The Knitted Library Window Watchcap is worked in the

Deceptively simple in appearance, this classically shaped skirt is knit in a miniature herringbone stitch and is well-suited for pretty, tweedy yarns.

The Holly mittens are worked tip down, beginning with a provisionally cast on strip, then adding stitches on either side and increasing rapidly. The initial strip of stitches becomes a framing oval that is drawn in at the wrist with some capped cables.

I love little projects that fit in Altoids Tins. The implied first instruction is “Eat all the Candy.“ A hand made set of tans could only get more fun if it fit in a 50g Altoid tin, and if the Tin of Tans is crocheted in #10 thread, it does!

Here is a scarf just long enough to wrap around

I wanted a simple but cool pattern to test out the process of writing a pattern, and test knitting it.