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[catspaw]

I know some of you guys knit (perclexed, reedfem, babs_sg1, not looking at you *in particular* ::grin::)

Does anyone know of a good site for knitting patterns? Either freebies or paid-for downloads, I'm not that fussy - except, not vintage, 'cos I'm not anywhere near that tiny ;-) I've taken the notion for knitting again and I have a quantity of cotton chenille (knits as 4-ply) which I quite fancy for a cardigan or a shrug, something along those lines. I just don't have a pattern. I've kind of exhausted all the sites I can think of, and shops that sell patterns are getting kind of like hens' teeth over here. So, can anyone help me out with somewhere new?

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[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll toddle on over to dec.icio.us and make hay :-) And ravelry.com sounds promising, thanks again! Browsing by yarn weight is *exactly* what I'm looking for. Um, just send the invite to my usual addy - the yahoo one - please.

I've had a look at chicknits - there are a couple of patterns there that I fell in love with at once, but unfortunately they're DK patterns, not 4 ply. Still, I'm thinking one of them might be next up ;-)

Hee for your icon! Yarn on the hoof, right enough ;-)

[perclexed.livejournal.com]

Fudge. It appears that the invite feature had disappeared. However, they're churning through new signups very quickly. Just check out the home page.

Maybe Garnstudio? http://garnstudio.com/index_lang.php
Phildar? http://www.phildar.com/

I'll try to think of other European based companies that might have patterns.

I love that icon. BOth of ours! :D

[perclexed.livejournal.com]

Oops, one last bit. I'm sure you know about knitty.com, but magknits.com may have some 4-ply patterns. Magknits was absorbed into yarnforward.co.uk recently, which looks to be an actual magazine. :/

poshyarn.co.uk has a ton of links in her blog, if not on the site. I'm ashamed to admit I've bought a few skeins from her a couple of weeks ago...it should be here by now actually. Huh.

Ysolda.me.uk has some shrugs for fairly reasonable pattern prices, I think. Maybe Rowan has free patterns on their site?

I should have put this into one consolidated comment, but I'm typing this while also running a conference call. :D

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

Ah multitasking... :-D

Thanks, m'dear - you've given me plenty to get going on here. I shall spend a happy morning browsing - what little I did last night turned up a couple of lovely sock patterns, one in particular that I can't *wait* to get started on :-) I'll keep you posted about the four ply!