Stephannie Tallent
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eBook :
7 patterns
Beachwalk Knits is a collection from designer Stephannie Tallent of Sunset Cat Designs.
eBook :
4 patterns
This ebook contains four of my earlier patterns, not available on Ravelry til now!
eBook :
28 patterns
Alfred Hitchcock is the world’s recognized master in the art of cinematic suspense. His films, particularly those from the 1940s–60s, offered a signature blend of mystery, glamor, and wry humor that movie-makers have been mimicking ever since. If Hitchcock can inspire the film industry, then why not knitters as well?
eBook :
3 patterns
Mittens are one of my favorite items to knit. They’re small, quick and portable.
eBook :
2 patterns
Included are the Organ Pipe Mitts and Beanie.
eBook :
2 patterns
Included are the Ringtail Mitts and Ringtail Hat.
eBook :
5 patterns
Included are both the full color version and a “no backgrounds” version for saving ink if printing.
eBook :
5 patterns
Included are both the full color version and a “no backgrounds” version for saving ink if printing.
eBook :
7 patterns
Both the full e-book and a ‘no backgrounds’ version for saving ink are included.
eBook :
4 patterns
Included are both the full color version and a “no backgrounds” version for saving ink if printing.
eBook :
5 patterns
Included are both the full color version and a “no backgrounds” version for saving ink if printing.
eBook :
5 patterns
Winery Knits is my love letter to California wine country. Are you ready to explore it with me?
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Cowl
The Pacific Grove cowl is named for one of my favorite California Central Coast towns.
Knitting: Cowl
The Anacapa Island cowl combines one of my favorite lace patterns, Print O’ the Wave, with columns of an Aran lace round cable motif. Think kelp and sand dollars, or kelp and sea urchins!
Knitting: Washcloth / Dishcloth
What’s not to love about hand-knit spa cloths as a heartfelt gift? I found some exquisite lace stitch patterns in some of my Japanese stitch dictionaries, and adapted them for these lovely spa cloths. A sturdy yet refined linen stitch border gives structure for long wear.
Knitting: Washcloth / Dishcloth
What’s not to love about hand-knit spa cloths as a heartfelt gift? I found some exquisite lace stitch patterns in some of my Japanese stitch dictionaries, and adapted them for these lovely spa cloths. A sturdy yet refined linen stitch border gives structure for long wear.
Knitting: Washcloth / Dishcloth
What’s not to love about hand-knit spa cloths as a heartfelt gift? I found some exquisite lace stitch patterns in some of my Japanese stitch dictionaries, and adapted them for these lovely spa cloths. A sturdy yet refined linen stitch border gives structure for long wear.
Knitting: Washcloth / Dishcloth
I enjoyed creating the first set of spa cloths so much - and my mom loved her spa cloths so much! - that I wanted to design a second set. These luxurious spa cloths also feature modified Japanese stitch patterns, ranging from cables to lace to textured. Both charts and line by line instructions are provided.
Knitting: Washcloth / Dishcloth
I enjoyed creating the first set of spa cloths so much - and my mom loved her spa cloths so much! - that I wanted to design a second set. These luxurious spa cloths also feature modified Japanese stitch patterns, ranging from cables to lace to textured. Both charts and line by line instructions are provided.
Knitting: Washcloth / Dishcloth
I enjoyed creating the first set of spa cloths so much - and my mom loved her spa cloths so much! - that I wanted to design a second set. These luxurious spa cloths also feature modified Japanese stitch patterns, ranging from cables to lace to textured. Both charts and line by line instructions are provided.
Knitting: Pullover
The tiny hamlet of Monte Rio sits next to the beautiful Russian River in Northern California. The Monte Rio pullover reflects the sandy beaches and gentle turns of the river.
Knitting: Cowl
The Atascadero Cowl is an effortless-to-wear shawl/cowl combo featuring a beautiful Aran Lace pattern and romantic lace edging.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This Aran Lace stole, combining cables and lace, worked in one piece from the bottom up, is named after one of my favorite wine areas in Central California, Paso Robles.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Pairing a modification of a favorite vintage lace pattern—Print of the Wave—with a pretty dot knit textured design, the patterning mimics kelp strands on a sandy beach.
Knitting: Cowl
I never realized working a cowl with this construction would be so much fun!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This lovely laceweight shawl, worked as a wedge from the bottom up, pairs a modification of a Japanese lace pattern with a coordinating lace edging.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This unisex slouchy hat features a center band of large seed stitch diamonds with bands of smaller purl diamonds above and below.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This slouchy unisex hat, with or without the optional pom pom, is all about texture and comfort.
Knitting: Cardigan
This gorgeously cabled, oversized cardi is sure to keep you warm on chilly days or evenings!
Knitting: Pullover
Note: Both versions of the pattern (the original Knit Picks version and my version in my style) are included for download on Ravelry.
Knitting: Pullover
This lovely pullover features a pretty aran lace sleeve detail, flattering v neck, and split hem. It’s a three to four season knit, depending on where you live!
Knitting: Cowl
This lovely laceweight cowl pairs a modification of one of my favorite vintage lace patterns, Print of the Wave, with a lovely dot knit textured pattern and a geometric top and bottom edging. Wear it as a single loop or double it as shown below.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Garrapata hat’s rich texture and cozy folded ribbed brim makes this unisex hat a go-to!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This lush, cozy stole just begs to be wrapped around you. The Aran Lace pattern evokes rocky, pebbly streams and estuary as the Russian Gulch Creek enters the Pacific Ocean.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
One of my favorite plants in our yard is the Baja Fairy Duster, Calliandra californica. Per its name, it’s native to Baja, California, but the plant itself loves our yard and has self-seeded, producing multiple young plants.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This lovely hat combines texture and Aran Lace. The Aran Lace brim is worked first, with stitches picked up along the edge for the body of the hat.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts are both luxurious and practical. Perfect for beachcombing!
Knitting: Cowl
Tafoni is a type of sandstone that has intricate holes and lacy patterns worn into it. Stonelace is another descriptive term for tafoni.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This lovely stole, worked in two halves from the textured portion to the lacy edging, features a leaf and flower pattern inspired by Niebling’s Anemone table cloth pattern.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This lovely crescent shawl, worked from the textured portion to the lacy edging, features a leaf and flower pattern inspired by Niebling’s Anemone table cloth pattern.
Knitting: Cowl
The Santa Ynez Cowl is a companion piece to the Chalk Hill Mitts pattern in Winery Knits.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This brim up, textured hat lets the soft, luxurious yarn really shine. Although I worked it in a semi-solid, you could work this in a speckled or handpainted colorway as well.
Knitting: Cardigan
11/12/2020: New version available! Refer to errata below if purchased from Knit Picks.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
The Chalk Hill mitts are named for the Chalk Hill appellation in northeast corner of the Russion River AVA in Sonoma County. Primary varietals grown here include Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
The Willow Creek mitts are named after one of the new AVAs (American Viticultural Area) in the Paso Robles area, the Willow Creek District. It includes the rolling hills west of Highway 101; some of our favorite wineries such as Cypher and Turley have tasting rooms in this area. The most common varietals grown include Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon,...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
As for the companion shawl, Atlas Peak, I wanted to choose a mountainous name to tie in with the feather-evoking two-colored cable pattern and the peaked merge into the cabled section. It’s always exciting to see raptors overhead!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Tafoni is a type of rock that has intricate holes and lacy patterns worn into it. One of the places you can see sandstone tafoni is at Bean Hollow State Beach in Northern California.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This wedge-shaped shawl is worked from the bottom up. You can work it in either two colors as shown, in one color, or (not shown) in one color for the body and cable section, and a second color for the lace.
Knitting: Pullover
The Dry Creek Sweater is named after my favorite AVA ((American Viticultural Area) in Sonoma County, the Dry Creek Valley. Talty and Bella are some of our favorite wineries in this area. The area is especially known for Zinfandel, one of my favorite varietals.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The feather-like stitch pattern of this Aran Lace stole prompted the name of Atlas Peak. Hawks fly high over this appellation in Napa Valley!
Knitting: Cowl
This pattern uses vintage stitch patterns (Bee Stitch and Honeybee Lace Stitch from Barbara Walker) to create a lightweight, lacy cowl. Work it with or without the lace edgings.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This lovely laceweight shawl, worked as a wedge from the bottom up, incorporates a modifcation of one of my favorite vintage lace patterns, Print of the Wave. The half wave edging is worked as a knitted on edging to bind off the top of the shawl.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The Cayucos shawl features the Wildflower stitch in a textured side panel, and a lovely Aran Lace cabled side edging that’s knit at the same time.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This densely cabled unisex hat will keep your head toasty warm! Wear it snugly over your ears.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This top-down shawl, with a two-colored cable center section, just begs to be wrapped around you!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Love the Estuarine Shawl, but either want more, or maybe something a little simpler? This sideways knit shawlette features the dot knit stitch in a textured side panel, and a sumptuous lace and cabled side edging that’s knit at the same time. It’s easily sized to your yarn quantity; work the repeats according to the recommended percentages of y...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This shawl features a lovely bi-colored cable pattern, complementary lace edging, and short-rowed garter stitch body. The edging, worked as a combination of stranding (for the cables) and intarsia (for the lace), is worked first. Stitches are picked up along the edge for the short-rowed body.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A gorgeous stole worked in worsted weight yarn in one piece, Flidais is a pattern you’ll love to complete. Cascading cables make a rich textured accessory you’ll love to wrap around yourself.
Knitting: Cowl
The biasing caused by the increases and decreases of the Chevron Welt Fantastic pattern has an interesting effect on the square blocks in this unisex cowl, tilting them into a pattern reminiscent of three-dimensional illustrations of boxes.
Knitting: Cowl
The alternating stitch patterns and colors in this fun, quick to knit unisex cowl are meant to evoke the striations of the mineral layers in the hills of the Painted Desert. The Owl Rock layer is a member of the Chinle Formation, which gaves its name to my Chinle Cowl pattern, of which this is a variation.
Knitting: Cowl
The biasing caused by the increases and decreases of the chevron pattern has an interesting effect on the triangle pattern (from the Mica Cowl) in this two-colored unisex cowl—you’d expect the top knit triangle and the bottom knit triangle to look like mirror images, but they don’t!
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This brim-up unisex hat highlights the simple luxury of the yarn with the graphic stranded pattern. It’s a great choice for your first stranded colorwork project as well; no floats are longer than five stitches. Work it with or without the pom pom.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Wawona Hat, worked in bulky yarn, features a lovely 1/1 cable pattern. Work it with or without the pom pom.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Please note there are currently two PDFs: one for the Ava version, the other for the Sleek DK version.
Knitting: Cowl
Please note there are currently two PDFs: one for the Ava version, the other for the Sleek DK version.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This simple but elegant lace shawlette includes a mix of garter and stockinette stitch lace that transitions to the garter stitch short row section.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Ready to bundle up for fall and winter? This intricately cabled stole is worked from the bottom up in one piece, and is perfect for both women and men. Seed stitch borders lend a neat, tailored edging.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Lace swooshes into Aran Lace cables in this crescent shawl.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This simple but elegant lace pattern blends the edging with the main lace repeat, which in turn is blended with the garter stitch short row section.
Knitting: Cowl
The genus Artemisia includes California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica) and a whole host of cultivars. It smells fantastic in the garden, though can get a bit unkempt. Its foliage has a soft, lacy appearance.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This fun stranded hat was inspired by the green anemones you find in tidepools all up and down the California coast.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This fun cabled hat features a modified stitch pattern (#183) from The World of Chie Kose. The cabling is subtle, with areas that look like holes. It’s named after a class of shelled, mostly marine, protists.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This simple but elegant lace pattern blends the edging with the main lace repeat, which in turn is blended with the stockinette short row section. The lace pattern is given both written line by line and in chart formats.
Knitting: Cowl
The alternating stitch patterns in this fun, quick to knit unisex cowl are meant to evoke the striations of the mineral layers in the hills of the Painted Desert. The Chevron Welt Fantastic biases the fabric to let the other seed stitch layers ripple.
Knitting: Scarf
Worked in two halves and grafted in the middle using Kitchener stitch, this cowl features a honeybee lace pattern created by dropping yarnovers in various rows of the pattern repeat. The result is an elegant pattern that can be dressed up or down, and worn in many seasons to come.
Knitting: Cowl
Tiltawhirl Cowl is a great small project for someone who’s done one or two simple cabled projects and wants to try something with an extra twist (pun intended). The cable itself leans to the left.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This fun, stranded slouch hat features adorable Ringtail Cat motifs and pretty flowers. The foldover brim ensures your ears will stay cozy warm. Purl stitches add texure.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Like with the Ringtail Hat and Mitts, I wanted to take elements of the original pattern—in this case the Organ Pipe mitts—and make a coordinating, rather than matching, accessory.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
I really wanted to play with texture with these mitts, evoking the ridges and spines of the cactus with the garter stitch ribbing of the green columns.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These simple mitts let the gorgeous Sunday Knits yarn take center stage.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
These socks sport a subtle Aran Lace pattern in the central cable and a lot of textured in the seed stitch borders and gusset.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
March and April are my favorites months for our California native plant garden. Everything’s in bloom: the various Ceanothus, the Galvesia, and especially the poppies, Eschscholzia californica. In years in which we’ve gotten a lot of rain our yard is blanketed in orange blooms.
Knitting: Vest
This lacy camisole features flattering waist shaping and lace in abundance. Crocheted lace trim and delicate buttons give this a vintage feel.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
This fun lace pattern combines small cables and lace for a pretty sock with a very comfortable fit.
Knitting: Cowl
This cowl features lace, beading and a tiny bit of cabling in the top and bottom edging.
Knitting: Cowl
This lovely cowl is offered in three weights, with or without beads. I chose the beading colors on the DK version to evoke the colors of the Pinyon Jay.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This lovely beaded stole, with slightly flared ends, can be worked with just one skein of light fingering weight sock yarn.
Knitting: Cowl
These lovely Art Nouveau dragonflies are sure to bring a smile to your face!
Knitting: Cowl
This loose, lacy cowl, with a pretty circular stitch pattern formed by working a combination of lace stitches and 1/1 crosses, is perfect for spring. It’s named after a California wildflower, Nemophila menziesii, or Baby Blue Eyes.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These lovely Art Nouveau dragonflies are sure to bring a smile to your face!
Knitting: Cardigan
A simple twist on a classic look, this cardigan uses cables and twisted stitches to create a “faux argyle” motif. With just enough adornment to make it interesting and fun to knit, the Cabled Faux Argyle Cardigan shows off a flattering and timeless silhouette while highlighting the beauty of City Tweed. The cardi is easy to customize - simply a...
Knitting: Cowl
The center motif, filled with different stitch patterns, represents windows and what you can see through them.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
For this hat, you get to choose what you knit in the center of each “window.”
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These lovely beaded fingerless mitts are a classic addition to any leading lady’s collection of accessories!
Knitting: Cowl
This gorgeously soft indulgent cowl was inspired by Saul Bass’s title sequence for North by Northwest.
Knitting: Cowl
This luscious cowl is designed to highlight a variety of traditional stitch patterns - it’s the class project for my Twisted Stitches class. By the time you complete this cowl, you’ll have the skills and confidence to tackle more complex projects.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These fun fingerless mitts capture the surf vibe of sunny Southern California: waves along the top and bottom borders, surfboards for the body of the mitts, and palm trees on the thumb gussets.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
This pattern was exclusive to the 2012 Cooperative Press Sock/Mitt project club participants.
Knitting: Cowl
This lovely cowl is an exploration of Aran Lace -- the technique of integrating lace techniques into cables.
Knitting: Cowl
This gorgeously soft indulgent cowl was inspired by the geometric motifs and colors present in Middle Eastern architecture.
Knitting: Cardigan
When I received the lovely Rios yarn in the Piedras colorway, I knew my original plan (a cabled cardi) wasn’t an option. I needed to find a stitch pattern that would highlight and utilize the gorgeous variegation of the yarn, something that would make the yarn, not the stitch patterns, the star.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
This hat takes advantage of the same stitch pattern as the cardi, alternating between the dot & reverse dot stitch patters to add textured stripes.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These mitts mix a traditional stranded pattern with a Latvian-style lace & braid cuff. Want them unisex? instead of the lace cuff, substitute a ribbed top & bottom cuff.
Knitting: Cowl
This lush, cozy cowl features stitch patterns from Annie Maloney’s Aran Lace stitch dictionary, which combine cabling, decreases and yarnovers.
Knitting: Mittens, Fingerless Gloves, Cuffs
I use this patten in my beaded knitting class.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Living in Southern California, and thus getting few chances to wear full mittens, I wanted to make a fingerless version of my Ravens in Snow mitts.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Quatrefoil motifs are common in decorative iron and metal pieces.
Knitting: Pillow / Cushion
This pillow features a star motif common on many vintage tiles. I first saw it on tiles from Catalina.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Adamson House has two iconic pieces of tilework. The first is the peacock fountain; the second is the tiled fringed Persian rug.
Knitting: Cowl
The Peacock Cowl & Peacock Mittens are inspired by the gorgeous peacock fountains that abound in the designs of the California Revival.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
The Peacock Mittens & Peacock Cowl are inspired by the gorgeous peacock fountains that abound in the designs of the California Revival.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
I wanted to design a shawl that incorporated traditional lace pat¬terns, reminiscent of peacock feathers, into a simple rectangular shawl. This is a good first lace piece for a confident knitter, but still has enough going on to maintain your interest if you’ve more experience.
Knitting: Mittens
Quatrefoil motifs are common in decorative iron and metal pieces. Here I’ve created a quatrefoil motif perfect to beginners to stranded knitting; in only one instance (working across the thumb gusset) do you ever carry a strand more than 1”. You can work the mitts in bold contrasting colors, such as the full mittens, or in a more subtle colorway.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Stair risers are a popular place for tiles! Often the home builder used different tiles for each step, as I used different motifs.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Stair risers are a popular place for tiles! Often the home builder used different tiles for each step, as I used different motifs for each ‘level’ of this tam.
Knitting: Cowl
This lovely cowl can be worked in fingering to light sportweight yarn (shown in glorious Bijou Basin) or laceweight yarn.
Knitting: Beret, Tam
Wrought iron gates, windows, screens, and stair railings can be incredibly detailed in examples of California Revival architecture. I wanted to play with the ways ironwork scrolls and twists across vertical ribs in these pieces. Twisted and twisted travelling stitches were the perfect way to translate this to knitting.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Wrought iron gates, windows, screens, and stair railings can be incredibly detailed in examples of California Revival architecture. I wanted to play with the ways ironwork scrolls and twists across vertical ribs in these pieces. Twisted and twisted travelling stitches were the perfect way to translate this to knitting.
Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Wrought iron gates, windows, screens, and stair railings can be incredibly detailed in examples of California Revival architecture. I wanted to play with the ways ironwork scrolls and twists across vertical ribs in these pieces. Twisted and twisted traveling stitches were the perfect way to translate this to knitting.
Knitting: Mittens
Updated version, including mirrored charts, now available on Ravelry! The Ravelry version is in English only. If you want to purchase it in French or Icelandic, please use the links below.
Knitting: Cowl
If you loved the lace of Zylphia Pilots Her Airship, but either don’t want to tackle an entire sweater or, like me, you just want to play with the lace patterns some more, this cowl is for you!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Using just one skein of SHELTER, shown in the Faded Quilt Colorway, these mitts will be a go-to project when you need something quick yet still special.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Malaga Cove on the Palos Verdes Peninsula is a gorgeous spot for beach diving and snorkeling. Kelp forests are home to Garibaldi and other fish. The ocean floor varies between rock reefs and swathes sand. You can see leopard sharks, horn sharks, and more. Go on a day with a southerly or no swell for the best visibility.
Knitting: Vest
I love twisted stitches and cables and am always looking for ways to incorporate them into my patterns. Tarte Tatin features a twisted stitch center panel reminiscent of an argyle pattern.
Knitting: Pullover
Zylphia only looks soft, sweet and demure. She pilots her own airship and smuggles opium in the hold.
Knitting: Skirt
Note: I need to shoot new pics & reformat my patterns formerly available through Sanguine Gryphon. I’ll announce on my blog, newsletter, & rav group when they’re ready!
Knitting: Vest
This cozy vest incorporates a center panel using Annie Maloney’s Aran Lace techniques (stitch pattern number 87, with moss stitch (which I used on the sides) instead of double moss stitch), gentle waist shaping, and a flattering scoop neck. This vest is perfect to wear apple picking, wine tasting, or beach combing during crisp fall days or even...
Knitting: Mittens
I love the rhythm and order of Bavarian twisted stitches. Patterns that appear complex develop quite logically, and lend themselves quite well to pattern memorization once established. This mitten offers a small variety of stitch patterns to try, perfect for learning this technique.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These fingerless mittens beautifully showcase the squishiness of the Targhee fiber from SweetGrass Wool.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
This elegant design started as an exercise in using travelling stitches as a way to divide the mitten into its different sections.
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Cozy fingerless mittens with a unique layered look and multiple options!
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
Soft, pretty and cozy, these mittens include simple lace, picot hems, traveling stitches, and wrapped stitches.
