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Category: Free Patterns
New Free Pattern: Easy Germantown Handwarmers
A New Free Pattern! Hooray! No, I am not going to tell you to knit these for everyone in your family for the holidays. If you are like me you do not need any more self-imposed deadlines, especially not at the beginning of November! However, I have really, really enjoyed knitting these Easy Germantown Handwarmers over…
New Free Pattern: Cumberland Falls Hat
When I start a new project I always begin with a hat (or hats). It’s a perfect way to practice your pattern, check your gauge, and try out color combinations. Swatches are great, but I like to have something I can use after all that knitting! (This is also why I have quite a few…
Free Pattern: Gilda’s Hat
It’s been quite the week for all of us, hasn’t it? With people out of work, kids out of school, and a lot of uncertainty about the future, we have been trying to maintain a sense of routine and calm at our house. We’ve quickly created new routines that allow both my partner and I…
My First Scarf
This week has had a lot of uncertainty, but one thing is for sure: We are staying home and making the most of it. If you’re home with your family, roommates, or just trying not to go bananas from loneliness, remember that many many people have sought solace – and found it – in making…
Stitch Your Pride: International Transgender Day of Visibility
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and in celebration we decided to design a cute crochet hat for you to stitch up to show your pride and solidarity. The hat is crocheted using Kelbourne Woolens Germantown, in the colors Old Blue, Pink, and Natural in a stripe pattern based on the Transgender Pride Flag….
New Free Pattern: Llumeneres Hat!
When we received the new colors of Andorra this season, I saw the deep navy and immediately fell in love. I had always wanted to knit my Seathwaite hat in a smaller gauge with a slouchier fit, and with the release of the new colors and Small Business Saturday just around the corner, it seemed…
New Free Pattern: Le Corbusier Scarf
It is no secret I love weaving. I try to have something going on the warp at all times, usually for my own personal enjoyment, and typically a scarf as I wear them almost daily. As I mentioned in the blog post announcing the article, after completing the Handwoven Yarn Lab I began working on a…
New Free Pattern: Luma Baby Blanket
Our fabulous sales rep, Antonia Shankland, recently designed this lovely baby blanket out of the newest yarn in The Fibre Co. lineup, Luma. Knit using two colors (shown here in grigio and goldenmosa), the slip stitch pattern provides visual and knitting interest without being too difficult or complicated. The end result is a blanket perfectly…
Free Pattern: Nana’s Pullover
There is a sweater that has traveled throughout my immediate family – it first began with my cousins, was next worn by my brother and myself, then passed onto the children of my cousins, then to my nieces and nephews, and then down to me when our daughter Charlie was born in 2012. Knit by…
Free Pattern: Holiday Cheer Ornaments
Our daughter, Charlie, is at the age where she’s really starting to “get” holidays. Easter and Christmas are current favorites, although I’m confident she has no idea what Easter is about except piles of chocolate and everything is covered in bunnies (two of her most favorite things ever), and we try and keep Christmas planning…
Making Swatching Fun!
…Or at least making swatching productive! It’s no surprise to our readers that we are fans of swatching. At this point, it really goes without saying. One of my tried and true methods of swatching, and one that doesn’t feel like a chore, is to knit a hat instead of a swatch. I do a…
Designer Feature: Arranmore Scarf by Antonia Shankland
As our second shipment of The Fibre Co. Arranmore is making its journey across the Atlantic, we wanted to share this wonderful design by Antonia Shankland featuring our best selling color, Glenveagh Castle. Antonia Shankland, who also happens to be our NY/NJ/PA sales representative and long time friend, is known for her simplistic yet elegant designs – such…
Free Pattern: Croft House Beanie
Autumn is a great time to knit accessories. They not only make wonderful gifts for the upcoming holidays, but they also provide a nice reprieve after the mad dash to finish your first fall garments. (Anyone else having Rhinebeck sweater induced knitting fatigue?) A hat is a welcome, easy knit that keeps your fingers occupied…
Free Pattern: Voltaic Scarf
February is the dreariest month, yes? Even the Valentine’s holiday seems to have no effect on one’s mood during this gloomy time of year. A lover of neutrals, I also have a large soft spot in my heart for bright pink, as it provides the perfect boost of color when needed most. After weaving my…
Free Pattern: Bardon Mill Hat by Kate Gagnon Osborn
The Fibre Co. Cumbria Fingering lends itself perfectly to winter accessories. With a healthy 328 yards per 100 gram skein, there is plenty of yardage to create a classic hat or pair of mittens. (I’m also scheming up a pair of boot socks…) In honor of the newest fabulous addition to the Fibre Co. lineup, I…
Fringe Hatalong: Seathwaite
When Karen Templer first approached me about the Fringe Hat Along series she was scheming up on her blog, I was firmly on board. Originally, the intention was to provide a free pattern from our existing collection, but the logistics of that were a little wonky, so it made sense to design something new exclusively…
Free Pattern: Neige Woven Scarf
If you have taken a class with me or Courtney, or met us at an event and asked “how did you two get started with Kelbourne?” inevitably, you will hear about our backgrounds in weaving. Despite longing for a BFA or MFA, when looking into college and then grad school, I went with an ever-so-slightly more…
New Free Pattern: Asticou Terrace
When we introduced the latest “undyed” color of Acadia, mountain ash, I knew I immediately wanted to make something with the 4 naturals in the line: egret, sand, driftwood, and mountain ash. I messed around with a bunch of different stitch patterns and ideas, and quickly settled on using crochet to make a triangular shawl….
New Free Pattern: Baker Street Hat
It’s Friday, and its COLD, so we figured there’s no better way to help you prepare for a weekend of outdoor fun than by sharing a new free hat pattern with you! The Baker Street Hat is a simple slouchy tam that features a broken ribbing that beautifully plays up the slubby texture of Terra. • YARN:…
Free Pattern: Amager by Leah McGlone
Do you knit in social situations? If so, when? Whether it’s the pool, a friend’s BBQ, or the occasional outdoor movie, for me, summertime knitting needs to be simple, uncomplicated and easily fixable. (Late night knitting anyone?) Compared to the fall and winter months when I surround myself with cables and textured stitches, in the…
The Promise of Spring: Springtime Handwarmers
The spring weather is coming, I promise, to those of you who are still riding the rollercoaster of March’s unpredictability. I’ve had a ball of Road to China Light sitting on my desk since mid-October, and with it a plan to knit a simple pair handwarmers to wear while I was at work. Our office is…
New Free Pattern: Genmaicha
Spring has sprung here in Philly, and what better time to share with you this super cute free pattern than a beautiful cool sunny day? Genmaicha is a lovely colorblocked hat with limitless color possibilities. Knit in Canopy Fingering and designed by Kate Gagnon Osborn, this cute hat is worked from the top down with…
New Free Pattern: Alfalfa Baby Hat
When Charlie was a teeny tiny baby (in sharp contrast to her whopping 8 month old self), Kate was able to keep hats on her with no trouble. Now that Charlie has developed a feisty little mind of her own, her hands constantly reach for whatever is on her head. With that in mind, Kate…
Free Pattern: Heat Wave Necklaces
We’ve experienced slightly odd weather this spring and early summer – cool days are interrupted by humid heat waves, making us all grateful for the invention of air conditioning and in-ground pools. With the heat, though, our desire to knit and wear our knitting hasn’t abated, so on a particularly warm evening, Kate sat down…
Handmade Love: Mason Jar Cosies
We hope you enjoy this premiere guest post from friend of the Fibre Company + Kelbourne Woolens, Maura Kirk. Maura blogs about her many interests at The Projectory Handcrafts. You may also remember Maura from her contribution to our guest post on the Martha Stewart blog, and the accompanying cowl she designed out of Road…
New Free Pattern: Quaking Aspen Shawl
A new {free!} pattern for you, the Quaking Aspen Shawl {web link} {rav link}, named after the beautiful aspen tree that bears its name. The shawl features Acadia in Driftwood + Kelp and begins with a garter stitch triangle, stripes and then a knit on lace border. End result is a easy to execute shawl…
New Free Pattern, Mi’raj Shrug
Mi’raj means ladder in arabic, and that is the effect that the simple stitch pattern gives to this simple to knit garment. It is worked from cuff to cuff, first in the round, then back and forth for the opening then in the round again with an easy double yarn over stitch pattern. There are…
A New and Improved Lucille!
I know, I know. There were some bugs in the system, so to speak. Luckily for you all (and us!) one of our fans, Shannon The Magnificent, worked through the larger size of Lucille with us and many many emails and pdfs later we have updated the pattern! If you have downloaded the pattern before…
New Free Pattern: Alice
We were incredibly excited when one of the first large projects we worked on as the new distributors was the product development for the Lightweight Road to China. It is a soft and luxurious lighter weight cousin to the original Road to China with beautiful drape and a slight sheen. At 159 yards/50 grams per…
New Free Pattern: Springtime Bandit
Armed with a few skeins of Terra, the set-up chart for the Springtime in Philadelphia beret and a plane flight to CA for TNNA in January, Kate started playing around with the idea of converting the circular beret into a triangle. The combination of modern yarn that is butter soft but has a slightly rustic…
New Free Patterns: Lychee Mittens, Tree of Life Wristlets, and Queenie Bee
Today we bring you a trifecta of patterns: Two handwarmers and a scarf, perfect for the cold dreary months of late winter. The Lychee Mittens are a pair of cute simple striped mittens knit out of two complimentary colors of Terra. They were designed to showcase the beautiful depth of color, organic texture and softness…
Wesley
Our holiday gift to you: Wesley, a beret knit out of the amazingly soft Organik! Continuing with knits inspired by woven textiles, (and hats!) Kate designed this beret in three colors to best showcase the stitch. True to her other designs, the decreases are incorporated into the stitch pattern to create a continuous crown. As an…
Opus Spicatum
Opus Spicatum is a new free pattern is up on Ravelry! Both Courtney and I have very strong backgrounds in weaving and I have always been intrigued by knitting stitches that resemble woven fabric. One of these stitches is the many permutations of the herringbone fair isle pattern. I modified the pattern a bit to…
Give A Hoot!
Give A Hoot is our newest free pattern download. Designed by Jocelyn Tunney, this pattern features a unique thumb gusset and the classic cable owl motif we all know and love. The owls are worked on a reverse stockinette stitch background and feature 1/8″ mother of pearl buttons as eyes. The image on the back…