Hello all!
Sorry about the lateness of today's post - but I still managed to get it done!
In tandem
with Wednesday's post about where
to buy your yarn online, I thought I would share with you all out there
in the knitverse my favorite places to find patterns online.
Now books
are fantastic source for patterns - as my poor over-worked bookshelves can
attest to. But the internet is also a great to find new patterns from fellow
knitters, to get free patterns (or fairly cheap ones) and even to publish your
own. Often times these patterns can be downloaded in pdf format, which I love.
I can store these pdfs on my iPod and carry dozens of patterns around with me
all the time - no need to carry books or easily destroyed paper copies.
When I
have an inkling to knit something new the first place I check out is the
wonderful Knitting Pattern Central . I don't if it's possible to describe
how much I adore this site. With literally thousands of free (!) patterns and
tutorials - over 14,000 at last count -
from all over the net and arranged in a few dozen categories, this should
definitely be your first stop when looking for a new pattern on the web.
If for
some odd reason I haven’t found what I'm looking for at KPC, I head on over to
Ravelry to look around there.
With over 66,000 patterns in 200+ categories, Ravelry is also a fantastic place
to go pattern diving. Only drawback is that not all the patterns are free. Some
cost a small amount of money, anywhere from $2 to $8, or are is a pattern from
a book and not available for download. You do have be a member of Ravelry to
access their sight - but this is a quick and easy (and free) process.
And there
are still more options if you still haven't found what you're looking for. If
you have a specific yarn in mind to work with, check out the yarn company's
website. Chances are they'll have a list of free patterns to go with specific
yarns. Some of these sights are better than others, Berroco, Caron, and Classic Elite Yarn to
name a few. Lion Brand Yarn's website is also a good place to look - but
I find their patterns are a bit
simplistic and geared more toward a beginning knitter.
And, with
the internet being the vast pool of information that it is, there are thousands
of other sites out there to get knitting patterns from. And heck, if you still
can't find what you're looking for, then I guess you're just going to have to
write your own, aren't you?
What's
your favorite place to find patterns? Online? In a book?
Casting
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