Duck Island Enterprises

Quick and dirty free pattern: I came up with this while my hands were twitchy at work. Stopped by my LYS, picked up some discount yarn and made a thing! If there's interest, I will make it look pretty and create a download on Ravelry. This version assumes you know a bit about knitting and reading patterns. Yarn: Merino Plus, by Mondial: 100 grams/125 meters Needles: 4.0mm (size 6 US) double points or use the magic loop method. The pattern is written assuming DPNs. Gauge: 5 sts/ inch or so, it's stretchy. Size: measures 3-1/4" laid flat across the fingers above the thumb gusset. It's stretchy, so it should fit most women's hands. Cast on 33 stitches using long tailed cast on. I actually used the alternating cast on, if you know what that is, it's pretty nifty variation of the long tailed cast on. Knit 12 rows garter stitch flat. This is the section that flips over your fingers. If you want more finger coverage, then knit more rows. Next row distrib

The lovely ladies over at ModeKnit Yarns (http://www.modeknityarn.com) gave me a discount on some of their wonderful yarn for pattern creation. I have the Call Box Blue in ModeWerk Fingering. Now I just need to figure out what to do with it!

As you may have noticed, updates around here are rather more sporadic than might be desirable. Also, the pattern offering is awfully thin for someone who creates as much as I do. The problem is not my innovation or time to knit. Rather it is in actually FINISHING a written pattern. Then taking pictures of the finished item and putting it all together in an easily knittable form for you, my dear readers. Times, they are achangin! Thanks in large part to a new endeavor with my photographer Joanna Holland, which I will announce in due course, I have been inspired to give Duck Island Enterprises a facelift! I'm putting together an actual business plan and real goals (shocking as that may seem). I've discovered mind-mapping and a different way of tracking tasks, not to mention an easier way to translate the patterns from my head to the page. Follow me here or on my new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Duck-Island-Enterprises Thank you for reading! Elizabeth Kramer

Hello my Knitters! Today's pattern offering is a simple hat. I originally designed it for my day job, since I thought maybe, giving out hand knit hats for Christmas with our logo would make us stand out with valued customers and vendors. That little "homey" touch. The higher ups agreed it was a nice idea, so I got permission to test out how much time and cost it would take. Ultimately, they decided against the idea for this year at least. I had made the sample hat and pattern already, so... How the hat got the name: My dad had a birthday. I wore the hat to the celebration. Brother in law called it "Meg's Hat" after the hat Meg Griffen wears in the show Family Guy. It seems to fit, don't you think? Meg's Hat Yarn:  HiKoo CoBaSi DK, one skein (two skeins, 2 skeins) Contrasting color for Bind Off, can be any DK yarn that visually works with your main color Needles: set of 4 double point needles or circular needle 30" or

I'm hoping to flood this blog with a plethora of patterns for free and for sale. My Red Onion Sweater is finished! (Pic) I just need to write up the pattern all pretty. The pattern is written so that I can read it, but not so much anyone else. So I write it up and for different sizes, and then it will be for sale on my Ravelry page. I'm also re-writing my "Ribbed To Fit Boot Socks" pattern!! The girl wore through the original pair, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to improve the pattern. It will be knit in Vintage Worsted. I'm writing down "Jared's Flippy Mitts." His original mittens were wool, and then there was milk, and his roommates washed the things and dried them. In the Dryer. So he needs new mitts. Vintage Worsted this time, since I don't trust his roommates. Speaking of mitts, I've charted a pattern for Odin's Eagle's mosaic to turn into mitts that are made of fingering weight yarn. Ultra Alpaca, specific