One of the most fun parts of being a designer is seeing how others interpret your designs. Here are a few of my favorite finished objects (FOs) of late (click on any photo to visit the knitter's Ravelry page):

Caiterly, knit by Jenny (Jenny A Kortfelt)

Cresting Waves, knit by Jenny (jennyinmaine)

I love the colors each of these knitters have chosen to make the pattern their own and I'm in love with the face on that bear!!

Want to share your knits with me? Tag me @mscleaver on Instagram, or if it's on Ravelry, I'll see it. :)

Tributary - PDF Pattern

$6.50

Leah B. Thibault’s triangular shawl is pretty in Piper, using double yarn-overs to create light-as-air lace motifs that travel in vertical lines from stockinette stitch beginnings to the delicate plumes in its border.

60" [152.5 cm] wingspan and 26" [66 cm] deep at center

Yarn: 2 skeins of Piper by Quince & Co in Lone Oak (50% Texas super kid mohair, 50% Texas superfine merino, 305yd [279m] / 50g)

Needles: 32” circ in size US 5 / 3.75 mm

Gauge: 22 sts and 38 rows = 4”/10 cm in St st

Learn more about Tributary in the Chronicles

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Photos © Quince & Co.

Zoetrope – PDF Pattern

$6.00

A two-tone colorwork hat, inspired by the work of 19th century photographer Eadweard J. Muybridge whose work in photographing locomotion laid the groundwork for the first motion pictures. Knit from the bottom up, the hat decreases to a flat top after the colorwork panel is complete and is topped off with an optional braided tassel.

17.5, 20.5, 23.5 inch/ 45, 52, 60 cm circumference
250-362 yds of Sport weight yarn, sample shown in Quince & Co. Chickadee
16-inch circular needle, US 3 - 3.25mm
30 stitches and 36 rows in stockinette stitch

Learn more about Zoetrope in the Chronicles

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Photos © Leah B. Thibault

Ripley - PDF Pattern

$6.50

Bare those sun-worshipping shoulders in Ripley, designed by Leah B. Thibault. This racer-back tank is knitted in the round from the bottom up in Kestrel linen, shaped with side and back darts, and embellished with a beautiful vine lace detail at the back. For those seeking a true summer knit, this beauty is for you.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
30 (32, 34, 37¼, 40¼, 42¼, 45½, 47½)" [76 (81.5, 86.5, 94.5, 102, 107.5, 115.5, 120.5) cm] bust circumference; shown in size 32" [81.5 cm] with 2" [5 cm] negative ease

YARN:
kestrel / cove 503 / 5 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins

NEEDLES:
32" circular in size US 10 [6 mm] / one spare circular in size US 10 [6 mm]

GAUGE:
15½ sts and 22 rnds = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch, after blocking

SKILLS REQUIRED:
Knitted cast on, wrap-and-turn short rows, three-needle bind off (links provided). Chart and line-by-line instructions included.

Bradac - PDF Pattern

$6.00

Knit seamlessly in the round from nose to tail, Bradac is a quick knit that makes a great cuddly companion or holiday decoration. Most details, like the ears, are worked in short rows, while the legs are knit with scrap yarn and then picked up and worked in a similar fashion to an afterthought thumb or heel. The bear is stuffed as you go and measures approximately 12 inches from nose to tail and takes 200 yards of worsted weight yarn, plus some additional contrast yarn for the face and scarf.

One Size
180-200 yds of Worsted weight yarn, sample shown in Lamb's Pride Superwash Worsted
Set of dpns, US 4 -3.5 mm
12 stitches and 16 rows = 2 inches in stockinette stitch

Learn more about Bradac in the Chronicles

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Photos © Leah B. Thibault

Caiterly - PDF Pattern

$6.50

Sweetly feminine with all the right details, Caiterly is adorned with delicate cables against reverse stockinette. Leah B. Thibault's bottom-up raglan cardigan is worked in Cleaner Cotton™ Willet resulting in a medium-weight sweater to go with any and every last thing in your closet, from borrowed boyfriend jeans to sundresses.

Shown in size 33” / 84 cm with 1” / 2.5 cm negative ease

Bust Circumference: 31¼ (33, 34¾, 38, 40¾, 42½, 45, 46¾)" [79.5 (84, 88.5, 96.5, 103.5, 108, 114.5, 118.5) cm]
Yarn:8 (8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12) skeins of Willet by Quince & Co in Sail (701)(100% cleaner cotton; 160yd [146m]/50g)
Needles:32" circular in sizes US 4 and 5 [3.5 and 3.75 mm] / set dpns in sizes US 4 and US 5 [3.5 and 3.75 mm]

Gauge: 26 sts and 35 rows = 4”/10 cm in reverse St st on larger needles

Learn more about Caiterly in the Chronicles

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I had so much fun coming up with this pattern, though like most of my patterns its seems, it had a long time going from inspiration to release.

Shortly after I took up running* last year, I quickly learned that if I wanted to run in the cold I would need a good hat and being a knitter, I thought I could create an awesome running hat. I was in the midst of a colorwork binge and thought a running hat with a running motif would be fun, and then I remembered my history of photography class from college and Zoetrope was born.

In that class, one of the photographers we learned about was Eadweard Muybridge, who in 1877 accidentally helped create the motion picture by winning a bet for a friend. The bet was whether or not all four of a horses hooves left the ground while in a full gallop, by utilizing a series of cameras, Muybridge proved that they did (wild times in 1877!). Muybridge also discovered that by placing the series of images on a spinning disc, when viewed though a single opening, the spinning image appeared to move. Like this!

History lesson aside, I took Muybridge's "Horse in Motion" images and converted them to a colorwork chart, which is framed within a filmstrip. Each of the horse panels are different, meaning that if you spun it fast enough and while looking through a slit, the horse would appear to be running. Or you could just look back up at the animated gif above.

The hat is knit out of Quince & Co's DK-weight Chickadee in Egret (white) and Crow (black). One of my testers also successfully used a fingering weight yarn.

Zoetrope comes in three sizes: 17.5, 20.5, 23.5 inch/ 45, 52, 60 cm circumference, features an optional braided tassel, and, if I may say so, is a little addictive to knit, as once the horses start to appear, I just wanted to keep going.

Zoetrope is available for purchase for $5.00 USD

or you can queue it up on Ravelry.

*haven't really run since.

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