Knits for Christmas: Peppermint pattern

Learn this easy short row pattern, and endless varieties and sizes of round objects can be made: placemats, coasters, even a blanket.
Size 6 (US) needles, worsted weight cotton yarn.
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Motley Mitts: More Muffatees

Because of the historic connection, I can’t restrain myself from collecting patterns, even modern ones, for muffatees/fingerless mitts. When I saw these at the Knitting Daily website, I just had to save the pattern. They are all the more intriguing for being knitted sideways, using short rows.
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Arbacia Beret

Made with sock yarn and size 2-3 (US) straight needles, using short rows for shaping.

http://www.theinsideloop.com/Issue1/Patterns/Arbacia.html

Rainbow Tam

Just Stumbling around random knitting sites this evening, and up popped this gorgeous beret. It can be knitted in all sorts of colorways, and is made in short row sections, then pieced together.

http://www.viv.dk/Patterns/EDownloads/RAINBOW_TAM.pdf

Love short rows!

shortrowscarves

Originally uploaded by katknit.

Last summer I bought a new addition to my growing knitting library and a new skill to my knitting repertoire. Short rows! It’s a knitting method that uses increases and decreases to create totally new shapes and designs. As you can see above, I knitted a couple of fun [...]