Maybe these socks will melt your heart? They are knit cuff down, starting with an Italian Tubular Cast On. The leg and instep feature an interesting texture created by casting off yarn overs: much simpler than it sounds, and very addictive to knit! The pattern is written in two sizes, with instructions for how to adjust the length of the foot t...

This beanie is as wholesome as bread and jam at tea-time. It begins with a brioche brim which is turned up over a ribbed band, providing a soft outer layer and a snug fit respectively. A sweet band of stranded colourwork is spread around the body of the beanie, before swirling into a single-coloured crown. Knit it up as a wearable swatch before...

Nothing compares to fresh bread smothered in butter and homemade jam for a wholesome tea-time treat. This seam free, top down jumper is designed with that feeling in mind. It begins with a single-colour brioche collar from which emanates a yoke flavoured with a simple colourwork pattern. The body and sleeves are worked in soothing stockinette, ...

Hummocks is a shawl design that invites joy in the simple things. It begins and ends with just ten stitches, and grows with geometric motifs worked in simple combinations of knit and purl stitches. Knit in just one skein of a toothy, 100% Australian Merino wool yarn, this is a great project for beginners or for more experienced knitters looking...

Bramble is an unconventional but versatile shaped shawl worked in one and two colour brioche. Its construction begins with two ‘wings’, each knit from the tip in two colour brioche with icord edge.

The Open Hearted Vest is a cropped vest featuring a bold, stranded colourwork motif in three colours of 8ply/ DK yarn. The vest is worked in the round from the bottom up and grafted at the shoulders using Kitchener Stitch. Neck and arm holes are cut or “steeked” before neat, ribbed neck and arm bands are picked up and knit along the raw edges t...

The Open Hearted Beanie is a stranded colourwork beanie with a bold, contemporary motif charted in two or three colours. It is knit from the bottom up with an optional double brim. Knit this on its own or as part of a set with Dear Pru Open Hearted Mitts and Open Hearted Vest knitting patterns.

The Eva Tabard is a quick, colourful layering piece designed to add versatility to your wardrobe and skills to your knitting repertoire. Front and back are cast on using a tubular cast on and knit separately, then seamed at the shoulder. Contrasting icord edging and ties are added for practicality and interest.

The knots and columns that decorate the shank of the Gaudi Socks recall the arborescent columns of Barcelona’s Sagrada Famillia Basilica designed by renowned architect Antoni Gaudi.

The Slip Float Wrap juxtaposes two popular colourwork techniques, stranded and mosaic, in an innovative shawl construction.

This kerchief is a one skein wonder that was designed as an introduction to lace stitches and lace shawl construction.

The Aspire Beanie is a cable beanie is designed for knitters who want to add movement and texture to their knitting through twisting and resequencing stitches.

This chunky cardigan is named after the home of the Big Rocking Horse in South Australia.

This mosaic washcloth is deceptively simple. It is designed to introduce mosaic knitting, a colourwork technique devised by Barbara G. Walker for working one colour at a time, and slipping the non-working colour from the row below.

Open Hearted Mitts are designed to initiate the knitter into the world of stranded colourwork knitting, also known as fairisle; building skills and confidence to approach more challenging colourwork projects.

This strong and colourful bag is useful for toting market produce and more. It is designed using a non-conventional, robust yarn, that will need to be acquired from a hardware store: Bricklayers Line.

The Dark MOFO Cowl is a stranded colourwork cowl worked in two custom colours by Bombed Yarns with a steeked button band opening. It was designed to introduce three key skills for successful colourwork knitting:

This cowl pattern was designed as an introduction to lace knitting, unlocking a whole world of knitting patterns by learning building block skills.

Many new knitters start with a scarf and get disheartened halfway through: this beanie is a quick win for the ambitious beginner.