Helena Keighley

Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads

Knitting: Accessories - Other
Keep your loyal friend Henry Hoover close at hand to guard your keyring. This quick knit is a great present for friends and family.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Scarf
This hat and scarf are designed to be easy knits for when you’re on the bus or watching TV.
Knitting: Applique / Embellishment
Our loyal friend Henry Hoover can now be knitted as an accessory for your clothing or interior design. Instead of knitting a jumper, just buy a plain jumper, then knit Henry himself and stitch him on.
Knitting: Doll
Igglepiggle is a favourite character from the British children’s television program In The Night Garden…
Knitting: Applique / Embellishment
If you want to create a horse-themed jumper (or your granddaughter is begging you for one) but you don’t know how to knit jumpers, here is the solution. Simply knit the fun bit and then sew it onto a shop-bought jumper. You could also stitch it to a cushion, a blanket, your living-room curtains… or anything else you can think of!
Knitting: Toy Vehicle
These make a great first car toy for little children who aren’t old enough for metal toys.
Knitting: Animal Toy
This foal is an addition to our horse set to complete your equine family. If you haven’t knitted the horse yet, we suggest you start there.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Henry Hoover has been a loyal cleaning buddy for so long! The only flaw that this faithful friend possessed was that you couldn’t wear him on your head. Until now…
Knitting: Brooch
This could be made as oversized jewellery, as an ornament or as a 3D front to a greetings card. If you’d like a more discreet and delicate brooch, try using very thin yarn and needles to create a miniature version.
Knitting: Accessories - Other
This little rabbit makes a cute companion for your keyring. I chose sherbet colours to give it some Easter brightness. What colour will you make yours?
Knitting: Decorative - Other
This basket can be filled with flowers or chocolate and placed on your table for Easter Lunch. Or change the colour scheme and make a Christmas basket instead!
Knitting: Scarf
This scarf uses a very basic cabling stitch. It’s ideal if you’re new to cabling or if you just want to be able to knit in front of the TV without having to keep looking at the instructions. You can adjust the width and length of the scarf to any size - the pattern tells you how to do this. You can also join the ends to make a snood.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
This large holly-leaf ornament is designed to be “pointier” than most holly-leaf patterns! There are no rough edges to the leaves, just a straight seam up the back.
Knitting: Headband
This hairband is based on Nordic design and will make an unusual Christmas present. The ends are joined with elastic, so it will fit both adults and children.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
Save a tree and knit these reusable crackers to decorate your Christmas tree or mantelpiece. The pattern includes 3 designs.
Knitting: Earrings
These are super quick to knit and provide a fun accessory to match a Christmas jumper. Alternatively you could use them as home décor or to embellish a knitted hat or scarf.
Knitting: Accessories - Other
This watchful guardian will keep an eye on your keys. He’s small enough to fit in your pocket, but big enough to prevent you losing your front-door key.
Knitting: Coaster
Add a cosy touch to your cup of tea with these leaf-shaped coasters. If you prefer spring and summer colours, try making the leaves in shades of green instead.
Knitting: Headband
This is a very quick, easy knit and a great gift to make someone smile. For a simpler style, the hairband also looks good on its own without the flower.
Knitting: Doll
Create an imaginary underwater world with this pretty mermaid doll.
Knitting: Puppet
The Snowman is a free sample of our range of 30 Super-Speedy Finger Puppets, specially designed to be quick to knit and easy to assemble.
Knitting: Toys and Hobbies - Other
Knit four rattles in the shape of an elephant, giraffe, monkey and unicorn. (Who says unicorns don’t live in the jungle?)
Knitting: Decorative - Other
Knit these bows for your Christmas tree or for anywhere around the house.
Knitting: Hanging Ornament
Ever bought those little sweets for the Christmas tree and then spent the whole month picking them up when they fall off?
Knitting: Animal Toy
With this pattern you can create a cuddly dolphin to inspire a child’s imagination.
Knitting: Animal Toy
Create a world under the sea with our fish, seahorse, starfish and turtle.
Knitting: Accessories - Other
Quick and easy to make, this keyring is a great stocking-filler or gift for a friend. Knit in your own colours or add different accessories to create a unique personality for your bear.
Knitting: Ankle Sock
These socks are designed to fit newborn babies. The basic pattern is the same, but each pair has different techniques worked in to add variety to your sock drawer.
Knitting: Doll Clothes - Other
This is the Easy-Knit clothing range for the Snoo’s Knits Dress-Up Doll. The clothes are simple and relaxing to knit and you can personalise them with trimmings afterwards.
Knitting: Hot Water Bottle
Knit a cuddly hot-water-bottle cover for unicorn fans to love. Pick your favourite colours and make bedtime magical! Why not use glitter yarn for the hair to add sparkle?
Knitting: Toy Food
Knit this up as a memento of a special day, or use it as an inventive alternative to a “congratulations” card. You can personalise it with embroidery, or use just one tier as a birthday cake. It also makes a beautiful wedding cake if made entirely in white.
Knitting: Softies - Other
With his cheeky grin, Henry makes a perfect desk-ornament for the clean-freak in your life. You could fill him with pebbles to turn him into a paperweight.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
Use our free pattern to knit Baby Jesus for the centre of a Christmas scene. Check our other Snoo’s Knits patterns to find the rest of the Nativity.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
Eye-catching and easy to stitch, these nativity figures add a dash of colour and character to your festive decorations as they tell the Christmas story.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
Knit a stunning angel for your Christmas tree. Her bodice and sleeves are patterned with a cabled hearts design, and the lacework skirt is supported by a gold underskirt so that you can see snatches of gold through the eyelets. She’s finished off with quilted wings and a sparkling halo.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
These angels carry a lute, a harp, a trumpet and a drum. Knit them as standing ornaments or hang them from your Christmas tree.
Knitting: Animal Toy
This is an easy and fun pattern for a popular children’s toy. We include two sizes of monkey as well as guidance on adapting them for different colour schemes and textures.
Knitting: Doll
Knit one doll or a whole family for a child to dress up in different outfits.
Knitting: Doll Clothes - Other
Knit four beautiful outfits so your child can dress up a doll for different occasions. Run through the grass in the fairy-style spring frock, or hit the beach in our stylish vintage swimsuit. Water the garden in the patterned sun-dress, or dance at a winter’s party in our stunning snowflake-themed ballgown.
Knitting: Doll Clothes - Other
This collection provides the clothes for your doll’s daily activities. There’s a smart uniform for school and a kit for football practice, a hoodie and dungarees to relax in, and starry pyjamas for a cosy night’s sleep.
Knitting: Doll Clothes - Other
This collection provides the clothes for your doll’s daily activities. There’s a smart uniform for school and a tutu and cardigan for ballet class. The comfy dress is perfect for a few hours off before it’s time to tuck up in the cosy nightdress for bed.
Knitting: Softies - Other
Use these pyramids as toy scenery, or knit them as coloured blocks for toddlers to play with. As well as the two sizes pictured, we include an easy tool which will give you a pattern for any scale of pyramid.
Knitting: Doll
Knit a lovely princess doll for fairy-tale fans of any age. With her sparkling tiara and rose-trimmed gown, she’s ready for the ball – but her sturdy boots and warm cape mean you can take her out on all kinds of adventures.
Knitting: Animal Toy
Make a unicorn or winged horse with this carefully-sculpted pattern. The shaping is created using increases and decreases, so when you join the seams you’ll see the contours of the body appear naturally.
Knitting: Hanging Ornament
These little birds are designed to be decorative. For example, you could knit white doves to hang on Christmas trees. They can also be toys… or, by knitting a set of four birds, you could create a mobile to hang in a child’s bedroom – the fun of batting little birds above their heads will keep babies occupied for hours!
Knitting: Applique / Embellishment
Knit a flat bottle to stick on the front of a home-made congratulations card, or make several 3D bottles and string them into a garland.
Knitting: Animal Toy
This pattern provides two contoured snake toys, one wavy and one in a spiral. What colour will you make them…?
Knitting: Doll
These dolls are designed to be cute and squidgy and fun for little hands. As long as you sew them up securely, they are safe for young children. We will be using a technique to knit each doll’s body in one piece so that less sewing up is necessary at the end.
Knitting: Animal Toy
This pattern has four adaptations so that you can make different snake species, as well as two basic patterns for a wiggly snake and a spiral snake. The four species are: the coral snake, the copperhead snake, the Indian cobra and the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
Knitting: Animal Toy
This giraffe makes a good Noah’s Ark resident and is an impressive piece to show off your dexterity. It’s fun watching the coloured skin develop as you knit. However, this pattern does require some patience and concentration.
Knitting: Animal Toy
Knit a mini horse with this easy pattern accessible to beginners. You could knit one for a farmyard, a Noah’s Ark, a Cowboys-and-Indians set or as a pony friend for a knitted doll.
Knitting: Toys and Hobbies - Other
Keep a toy horse warm with one of these pretty rugs. They will fit the Snoo’s Knits horse pattern or an old-style My Little Pony. For larger horses, try knitting with chunkier wool to produce a bigger rug.
Knitting: Doll
This rider makes a good stocking-filler. It will fit the Snoo’s Knits horse pattern or a My Little Pony. For horses of other sizes, try using wool of a different weight to make the rider smaller or chunkier.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
Why are these cats square? Nobody knows.
Knitting: Toys and Hobbies - Other
Make these for a favourite toy and let your child create an imaginary stable. The saddle strap and all bridle pieces are adjustable so you can alter them to fit your toy. It’s easy to flick the reins over the head so the horse can be either ridden or led.
Knitting: Toys and Hobbies - Other
These blankets are contoured to fit a horse’s back, and are carefully designed so that pattern absorbs the shaping. Knit all of them and your child will have a criss-cross blanket for dressage days, a fur-trimmed blanket for special occasions and a wavy blanket for rides on the beach. We also include the pattern for a plain blanket that you can...
Knitting: Animal Toy
This pattern includes three different sizes of tortoise, each made in a similar way. They are easy to make and are great fun for small children.
Knitting: Decorative - Other
Knit this sweet as an ornament or a toy. One of our customers suggested leaving a seam open to hide a little present inside!
Knitting: Animal Toy
This is a fun piece. It’s satisfying to see it developing on the needles as you knit. We’ll be using a particular technique which will keep the stripes fluid and natural.