Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Knitting Etc.

  • Teal Frost Mitts

    Phew! I finally finished these! There’s something about knitting lined mittens that seems to take forever. You probably remember that I’d also knit a pair in purple and taupe. When I started these mitts, I had two balls of LopiLett in taupe, two in purple and two in teal. By the time the two pairs…

  • The Escher Quilt

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  • More Mitts

    I’m still knitting mittens. 🙂 First, I wanted to show you those fair isle mitts in LopiLett, now that they’re finished. Here’s the previous picture of them: I knit the linings in the same yarn. The neat trick is that since the linings are knitted to the cuffs – you actually pick up the stitches…

  • Stars!

    This week, I knit some stars. The pattern is called Twinkle Star and it’s a free Ravelry download. I knit mine with some yarn in my stash. The gold is Patons Alpaca Blend and the purple is Louet Bonnie. I changed the needle size to get a nice tight fabric with each yarn. They’re stuffed…

  • Mitts!

    As so often happens this time of year, I’ve been knitting mittens. This first pair are knit of an Icelandic wool called Lett-Lopi. The pattern is Frost (that’s a Ravelry link). The designer’s company is called Kniterations and I was intrigued to see that she has a Patreon site. I know some authors who use…