Melissa Nikle

Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads

Knitting: Sleeveless Top
This is a beginner lace pattern with a simple 4 row repeat for a fun summer knit. Sizes range from 30 inches to 66 inches with a recommended 2 inches of positive ease for better drape.
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
This summer top is a great way to use up two single skeins of fingering yarn with a simple lace pattern along the neckline.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This pattern uses stranded color work and has a cupcake, an ice cream cone and a popsicle for a little bit of summer during those cold winter months.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
The Drop Stitch Braid Mitt is the partner to the matching Hat and is a quick knit with a worked flat cuff and a worked in the round body.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
A matching set with the Love Heart Mitts
Knitting: Cowl
This capelet is knit flat with stranded color work with short row shaping for the hood. There are 3 different body lengths, 7 inches, 12 inches, and 14 inches that are recommended based on size, but can be used interchangeably.
Knitting: Earwarmers
This pattern is for either a headband or a hat with a stranded color work flower pattern. It uses about 150-175 yds of worsted weight yarn in two colors with a gauge of 16 stitches by 20 rows.
Knitting: Earwarmers
Pumpkin Season is upon us so get ready for the fall weather with a cute pumpkin headband to keep your ears from getting chilly.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This pattern uses a technique of dropping stitches and picking up multiple rows as if they are one stitch to create a braided texture. the sizes range from a baby size, 16 inches or 12 mos, to adult size, 24 inches.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Hearts and diamonds are the best pair for a pair of hands, or a single hand, I’m not one to judge.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Anyone driving through Appalachia has seen or heard of the Shenandoah River curling through the Blue Ridge Mountains though the twists and turns aren’t quite as dramatic as this hat.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Double Cross Cowl is a companion to the Double Cross Hat and comes in two sizes, 26 or 28 inches circumference.
Knitting: Earwarmers
Stained Glass Ear Warmers are an easy stash busting piece for a multi color effect or done in solids for a more classic look. With a simple six stitch square chart it is easy to remember and knits up quickly.
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
Representing Camp Campbell’s colors this crop top is simple enough to finish while you’re away at summer camp. The sizes range from 28 inches to 60 inches but larger sizes can be requested. Camp Campbell prides itself on inclusion.
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
This fun summer crop top has a fairly easy colorwork chart and icord straps. The sizes range from a 28 inch bust to a 60 inch bust. Larger sizes can be requested but have not been tested.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This is a spiral color work hat meant to mimic the look of the hypnotist tool from cartoons. With slightly offset stripes that evenly decrease at the crown.
Knitting: Sleeveless Top
The Blue Ridge mountains remind me of home, the different blues that change with the weather or time of day. They were constant and even on foggy days you knew they were watching over you.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
I wanted to try something different with this pattern and made a bit of a non conventional design to swap between the stripe colors. To get the proper gauge use the chart for the gauge swatch, it’s only half the number of rows but the tension will better represent the gauge.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This pattern is a simple intro into color work with a very intuitive design for a beginner to understand. The pattern has three size options, the small is about 20 inches, the medium is about 23 inches, and the largest is about 25 inches around.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The suggested yarns are listed as worsted weight but are closer to a dk weight. Worsted creates a tighter fabric for a winter hat but they are the same sizes as long as the gauge matches.