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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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[babs-sg1.livejournal.com]

I'm babsaknitr over there-so when you get on, friend me. Alas I don't have many friends there yet.

The really neat thing about Ravelry and something I am slowly but surely doing is that you can put your yarn stash, your patterns, your Works in Progress on lists. You can search for patterns multiple ways. I usually check, only knitting, only with pictures, and only free and then whatever type of project I'm searching for. Ravelry is also responsible for me considering doing more projects without patterns--allowing myself to be a little more free with my projects.

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

I'll do that :-) It seems like it'll take a while before the invite comes in, but I'm looking forward to it!

What sort of things do you do without patterns? What kind of textiles do you come up with?

[babs-sg1.livejournal.com]

I've become more willing to design my own socks--or at least think of doing it! I have some really great lace-weight yarn I got really cheap at a thrift store and I'm planning on designing my own shawl to use it up. I kind of am starting to look at knitting like cooking--using recipes-know the basics and then add your own twist to things.

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

That's great, if you have the confidence to start trying things out like that and cooking, I guess, is a good analogy :-) So, are you doing this with stitch patterns, or with colour, or both?

Someone who's had a huge influence on me in knitting and needlepoint is Kaffe Fassett. I love his confidence with colour. But while I'm at the point of going off into flights of fancy with needlepoint, I've never really thought about doing it with knitting. Maybe now's the time to start!