things i might knit

a list of interesting & inspiring patterns:

• Amelia Earhart Aviator Cap (from Head Huggers)
• Avast (men’s jumper on Knitty)
• Bad penny (by Stefanie Japel, on Knitty)
• Binary (nerd scarf, on Knitty)
• Blaze (zigzag cable top, on Knitty)
• Branching out (beginners’ lace knitting on Knitty)
• Cable net (insanely cabled socks, on Knitty)
• Calorimetry (head-wrap thing, on Knitty)
• Cigar (smoking gloves, on Knitty)
• City Shawl (nice basic shawl by Glampyre)
• Clapotis (yeah, I might. The wrap everyone else has knitted three of already, on Knitty)
• Cleo (HOT halter singlet by Amy M Swenson, on Knitty)
• Convertible Mittens (fingerless gloves + mittens in one, by P2 Designs)
• Danica (Entrelac scarf on Knitty)
• DNA Scarf (cables in a double helix)
• Doctor Who Scarf (fan site that documents the various scarves and provides patterns and yarn suggestions)
• Durrow (cabled ribbed men’s jumper by Jodi Green, on Magknits)
• Eiffel (hemp jumper, on Knitty)
• Exchequered (blocky scarf, on Knitty)
• Fetching (nice fingerless gloves, on Knitty)
• Glittens (if a glove married a mitten, and they had a baby…)
• Half-ribby cap (nice basic hat pattern on Bagatell)
• Hallowig (knitted bright pink hairpiece, on Knitty)
• Hedera (lacey socks, on Knitty)
• Hooray For Me Gloves (basic stripy fingerless gloves by Marnie Maclean)
• Intolerable cruelty (bamboo skirt on Knitty)
• Jamesey (boy jumper, on Knitty)
• Jayne Hat (discussion thread on Craftster with pattern)
• Knucks (knuckle-phrased fingerless gloves, on Knitty)
• Lucy in the Sky (cute cardigan by Cosmic Pluto)
• Marsan Watchcap (swirly-topped hat, by RedLipstick)
• Mitten Socks (on Spun Magazine)
• Moebius Capelet (a cute idea, on Fuzzy Galore)
• Nautie (knitted nautolids, on Knitty)
• Norberta (chubby dragon, on Knitty)
• Orangina (sexy little top by Glampyre)
• Reid (gorgeous little-person cardigan, on Knitty)
• Revolution (cute jacket, on Knitty)
• Ribbon Xback (summery singlet, on Knitty)
• Scarf Style (book) (Here & There Cables, Lady Eleanor Entrelac Stole, Backyard Leaves, Turtleneck Shrug)
• Sheldon (undressable turtle, on Knitty)
• Shimmer (glittery shrug, on Knitty)
• Sizzle (cleavagey sleeveless top, on Knit and Tonic)
• Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation (book) (Lucky lace cardigan)
• Stitch ‘n Bitch: The Knitter’s Handbook (book) (Little black top)
• Sugar on Snow (hat/ neckwarmer, on Knitty)
• The Essential Stripe Sweater (basic-looking stripey sweater with lots of variations, on Knit and Tonic)
• The Somewhat Cowl (cute little cowlish jumper, on Knit and Tonic)
• Tubey (gorgeous stripey jumper on Knitty)
• Twinkletoes (ballet-ish slippers, on Knitty)
• Universal toe-up sock formula (seems like a good first sock pattern, on Knitty)
• Venezia (beaded napkin rings, on Knitty)
• Very tall socks (extreme stripey socks, on Knitty)
• Winecozy (wine bottle holder, on Knitty)
• Womb (a knitted uterus, on Knitty)

& books i might obtain

• Fitted Knits: 25 Designs for the Fashionable Knitter: Stefanie Glampyre’s new book, on pre-order
• Domiknitrix’s guide to whipping your knitting into shape

  

• Naughty Needles, if only for the hot cover! Well, also the insides. This looks amazing.

  

• Alterknits: another cute cover. This one is all about experimentation and sounds like my kind of “pattern” book.
  
• Teva Durham’s Loop-d-loop – interesting design
  
• Sexy Little Knits

  

• No Sheep For You: Amy “Knitty” Singer’s book about knitting with plant (and silk) fibres – on preorder.