Free Patterns

Bifrost Scarf

This simple bias garter stitch scarf is named for the shimmering rainbow bridge connecting heaven and earth in Norse mythology. Designed to be worked from dozens of short lengths of yarn, it's great for scrap or stash yarn. Designed by Cate Carter-Evans. DK weight yarn.

Pic N Mix Cowl

This cowl is perfect for scrap or leftover yarn! Knit in a 12 stitch 22 row repeat of a geometric stranded design. Example is knit with 15 miniballs. This cowl is knitted in the round as a tube and the ends seamed or grafted. Designed by Clare Hutchinson for Knitty.

Easy Fair Isle Hat

Beanie knit with 5 different colors and a stranded arrow design, this hat is perfect for mini skein sets like the recommended yarn or stash yarn. Rated easy by the designer and Ravelrers. Designed by Caron. Bulky weight yarn. Pictured projects by the designer and sirianv.

Glitch Hat

Great for stash sock yarn, this colorful hat is knit by randomizing traditional stranded colorwork and marling using 4 different colorways of variegated fingering yarn. Uses just 30g/100m of each of the four colors. Rated easy by Ravelrers. Designed by Beata Jezek for Hedgehog Fibres

Remnants Shrug

This shrug is knit as a flat rectangle and then seamed to form sleeves and lace edging is added on sleeves and collar. Use leftover stash and scrap fingering yarn in stripes to get the multicolor look in the picture. Designed by Andre Sue

Skein Hash Cowl

Infinity scarf designed to be knit with leftover stash and scrap yarn. Knit flat in a garter stitch chevron on the bias. Designed for fingering weight yarn but adaptable to other weights. Designed by Sybil R

Log Cabin Mitts

Fingerless mitts knit in modular log cabin style. The pattern is written for three colors and it’s a great way to use up leftover yarn since it only uses 110 yards total. Designed by Karen Templer.

Hawthorne Street Cowl

Reversible cowl knit in stripes of varying widths separated with three simple rows of colorwork to transition from one color to the next. Designed for 7 colors (or more), it’s a great use for leftover yarn. DK yarn. Designed by Holli Adams Samet

Gander Socks

A very simple stranded sock pattern of triangles, ideal to use up leftovers. Designed by General Hogbuffer.

All That Jazz Cowl

This stranded and fair isle cowl was designed for up to 16 colors of DK yarn but can be adapted to any number as few as 4 or 5 so it’s perfect for scrap or stash yarn. Designed by TheTwistedYarn. Pictured project at top is by NaugyKnits who used 13 colors.

Corrugated Pillbox Hat

A pillbox had with multi-colored vertical stripes in corrugated ribbing and a latvian braid at the crown. The designer made this hat with scraps of Noro Kureyon, but you can use also use just two different colorways. Designed by Ellen Rodgers

Peace Sign Mittens

These Ingela mittens feature stranded colorwork of peace symbols and hearts. 3 sises. Perfect for scrap or stash sport yarn. Designed by Kamilla. Available in English and Swedish. Pictured project by MissAcacia