This pattern is for a top-down linen lace vest, knitted flat in one piece with some unusual techniques to accomplish the feat of not having to cut your yarn. Stitch pattern adapted from “250 Japanese Knitting Stitches: The Original Pattern Bible” by Hitomi Shida, stitch #004.

This is a top-down, seamless lace pullover, knitted in DK weight yarn. It is knit flat until joined in the front for the body, then worked in the round, with set-in sleeve stitches picked up and worked in the round, shaping sleeve cap with short-rows.

This is a pattern for a top-down V-neck raglan lace pullover sweater knit seamlessly, beginning with back neck and increasing to chest size. Sleeve stitches are placed on hold, and knitting continued down to hem. Directions are given for a pullover in worsted weight yarn.

Orchid Damask is a circular-yoked sweater worked from the top down, featuring a colorwork yoke and a lace hem that mirrors the orchid yoke design. It can be worked with short, ¾, or long sleeves, and incorporates short rows to elevate the back neckline for best fit. The lace is optional but fun to work if you enjoy complex lace!

This pattern is for a short-row, garter-stitch cowl knit sideways, in two colors, and joined with grafting or 3-needle bindoff when it is big enough to go around your head.

This short-row garter stitch shawl is knit flat sideways and uses German Short Rows to create “leaves”, while slipped stitches make the i-cord top edge.

Tulips Cardigan is a top-down, v-neck seamless raglan allover lace sweater worked in one piece from a collar strip and increased to desired size. Sleeve stitches are placed on hold, and sweater worked to hem with increases for hips. Sleeves can be any length desired, and end with a gathered cuff. You can use a zipper closure, or add buttonholes...

This top-down seamless cardigan starts with just a few stitches at the back of the neck and grows into any size you wish. It can be theoretically worked with any gauge of yarn and to any desired size with a little bit of calculations, but here I have sized it for Noro Kureyon, a long color repeat yarn. The basic sweater at worsted gauge is desc...

This pattern is a recipe for making a top-down, seamless, bias-knit cardigan.

A top-down, V-neck raglan sweater, knit seamlessly in Worsted-weight cotton yarn, starting with back neck and increasing to chest size. Then stitches for sleeves are placed on hold, and sweater is worked in the round down to hem, with optional hip shaping.

This is the worsted-weight version of Flying Geese, a top-down v-neck raglan lace sweater knit seamlessly, beginning with back neck and increasing to chest size. Sleeve stitches are placed on hold, and knitting continued down to hem. Directions are given for pullover version or cardigan version, in worsted weight yarn.

This simple lace sweater can be knit as a pullover or cardigan, in chest sizes 32”-60”. The lace pattern, with a gentle undulation that makes wonderful use of striped or gradation yarns, is reminiscent of the traditional quilting pattern “Flying Geese”.

This simple pattern works up in a flash! Using a chunky yarn and size 10.5 ( 6.5mm) needles, cast on provisionally, work sideways in garter stitch until most of the yarn is used up, then graft ends together. A 3-needle bindoff also works but grafting is less obvious.

A complex leaf-motif lace vest, knitted bottom-up, as one continuous piece in one size, which could vary depending on your personal gauge. Stitch pattern inspired by and adapted from “Knitting Patterns Book 250” by Hitomi Shida, pg. 105; stitch # 213

This pattern is a “choose your own adventure” recipe, which is based on your body measurements and your chosen yarn’s gauge. It can be any color you like!

This vest pattern is for experienced lace knitters looking for a challenging and satisfying lace garment to knit.

This is a top-down hat in two sizes. The adult size fits heads 18-21 inches, and the child size 16-19 inches. You can adjust the brim size to your liking, and the stretchiness of the hat will fit a range of sizes comfortably!

A one-skein, one-piece foldover lace cowl, worked in the round on a 24 inch needle, this lace pattern is tricky but rewarding!

This pattern is for experienced lace knitters looking for a challenging and satisfying lace garment to knit.

This fun cowl is worked from the top down, in the round, in a chevron pattern, switching yarn every two rounds. The neck portion folds over for extra warmth.

This top-down, seamless,striped, zippered cardigan begins with a ribbed tab at the back neck, then is knit downwards from there in a Chevron Pattern with Raglan shaping. After splitting off sleeve stitches, the body continues in a gently A-line shape. The sleeves are knit down in the round, and a zipper closes it all smoothly.

This is a bottom-up, v-neck lace vest with shoulder seams worked by 3-needle bindoff. The vest is worked in one piece without cutting yarn by means of single crochet down the side of the armholes, as explained in the pattern.

Westborough is a center-out stockinette lace sweater with sideways garter lace edging with short-row corners, and lace sleeves.

This mobius cowl is designed for one skein of A Hundred Ravens Aesir yarn, a springy, sport-weight superwash merino. The tone on tone colors work best to show off the lace, but have fun with it!. The lace pattern is mostly reversible until the edging, and it is an enjoyable pattern to knit.

Vestborough is a center-out stockinette lace vest with i-cord armholes and sideways garter lace edging with short-row corners.

This is a top-down, inside-out,seamless raglan circular sweater, which begins with a modified raglan construction to the middle of the lower back, then stitches are picked up around the yoke and back to create the circle. You can customize the size in two ways; you first select the raglan portion to correspond with your upper chest size, then b...

This is a stash-busting pattern for making your own custom circular shrug to your measurements using whatever yarn you wish. Pattern gives easy formulas for fitting and calculating sweater dimensions to match your yarn, starting from a gauge swatch.

This pattern is for a custom-fitted to your measurements, seamless, top down lace sweater which can be cardigan or pullover, short, medium or long sleeved. The pattern was the result of a collaboration with BadCat Designs, and the Winter 2011 BadCat KAL, so BadCat engineered the lace itself and I designed the sweater to utilize her charts. Swea...

This is a top down, seamless raglan vest in an easy lace pattern. The pattern is 11 pages, with lace charts and directions including photos and is given in 8 sizes.

This is a 3- page pattern for two cowl options. Version 1 uses Big Wool and size 13 needles,cowl is approx 6 inches tall and 24 inches around, and Version 2 uses doubled worsted weight yarn, approximately 200 yards, or 2 balls of some yummy worsted weight yarns, and is 7 inches tall and approximately 28 inches around at widest point. In my samp...

A top-down,circular-yoked, seamless, fitted sweater with short sleeves and short-row shaping. Can be done in a variety of yarns that knit to the gauge of 18 sts to 4 inches. Charted yoke and lace detail at hem, although the lace is closed by knitting into the back of the yos on plain rows to provide texture rather than holiness if desired. Name...

This pattern is for a top-down, raglan, cabled sweater with braid cable neckline ,knit all in one piece without seams. Construction is challenging and advanced, with reliance on charts, for those who want to make something a little off the beaten path.

The perfect summer cover-up!

This is a V-neck cardigan sweater knit bottom-up in one piece to armpits, with short sleeves knit in the round to armpits, then all are joined on one circular needle and yoke is knit in one piece decreasing to back of neck. Everything is charted. Waist and sleeve shaping is accomplished by changing needle sizes. Different yarns and gauges will ...

A top-down,simultaneous set-in sleeve, shawl-collared cardigan with reversible cable edge. This is a close-fitting sweater and lots of fun to knit as it magically appears. You can try it on as you go for customized fit. I put a zipper in mine, but you could use buttons if you want.

This is a pattern for a top-down, seamless knit hat that is then felted. It is ingeniously cast on with DPNs in a square, and knit down towards the brim. Lots of fun to make, and very easy to customize.