Joy Friedman

Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads

Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Siena Hat is a stylish and cozy accessory that’s perfect for winter. It’s named after the fleece harvested from alpacas named Siena and Michelangelo at the Island Alpaca Farm in Martha’s Vineyard, MA. This hat showcases the incredibly cozy yarn by combining it with a textured stitch pattern that creates a fancy, twisted design. The Siena Ha...
Knitting: Cardigan
Pumpkin Spice Latte is a mid-length, top-down circular yoke cardigan with an easy-to-knit stranded colorwork design. The 12-stitch repeats for the colorwork section only use 2 colors per row, making the knitting fun and relaxing while allowing your fall-inspired yarn colors to stand out as the star of the sweater. The cardigan includes a 2-colo...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Wavelet Hat is a stylish and cozy accessory perfect for the fall and winter. It was inspired by the peaks and troughs visible on the water’s surface, resulting in ripples. These small waves occur from a slight breeze or an object dropping into the water. The hat is knitted in the round, starting with a brim, and framed with a Latvian Braid ...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
It’s Good to Be Queen is a textured, asymmetrical knitted shawl that combines p3tog and yarn-overs on the wrong side of the fabric, creating diagonal knots on the right side of the shawl. The Diagonal Knot stitch is a great respite from plain stockinette stitch as all the “action” occurs on the purl side (wrong side) with resting rows of plain ...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Just for You is a textured hat that combines knits, purls, and slipped stitches, giving you a break from the regular stockinette stitch in the round. The result is an engaging knit with cozy results. After working a 1x1 Rib for the brim, you’ll then work continuously in the Block Stitch pattern for the body. Crown decreases are performed in rev...
Knitting: Cardigan
Pass the Honey was inspired by the hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees to store their larvae, honey, and pollen. The mock honeycomb pattern creates strands of yarn running across the surface of the fabric resulting in a beautiful waffle-y texture that is easy to create but appears delightfully intricate and tricky.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The colorful slipped-stitch motif featured in the ManHATtan Magic hat reminded my husband of how pedestrians, bikes, and vehicles have to maneuver the streets and avenues of Manhattan. This casual hat is knit in the round from the brim up, using the mosaic colorwork technique. This simple technique means you only use one color every two rounds....
Knitting: Pullover
Heart on My Sleeve is a classic crewneck sweater that embraces simplicity and ease. This mid-length sweater features set-in sleeves, a ribbed-trim neckline, cuffs, and a hem that will pair nicely with jeans, leggings, and skirts. The heart elbow patches, sewn on the back of the sleeves, add a splash of color. The sweater is knit straight with n...
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Grab a skein of worsted weight yarn and start knitting the I Dream of Beanie hat. It’s a classic knit hat with an easy-to-remember and fun-to-knit 4-Stitch Cable pattern. The hat is knit in the round, from the bottom up, and designed to have a close fit. Knit in a worsted weight yarn, I Dream of Beanie hat is a quick knit project that will keep...