Friday Free Patterns - Knitting with Bare Yarn

     January a season to stop and reflect.  Cleanout, declutter.  Make resolutions, or decide to just do it differently.  To me white represents this clean start to me.  It also is sometimes snowing, like yesterday, leaving a landscape covered with white and clean looking.  A new beginning, a Bare canvas.  So it's natural for me to want to turn to Bare Yarn from Knitpicks, their undyed collection of their yarns.  Oooo, ahhhhhh...

    For Christmas I got some Bare Yarn by Knitpicks and I want to get more for knitting this January and February.  I'm going to use the Bare Wool of the Andes Worsted Yarn for off white fingerless gloves and I'm eyeing the wool and cashmere blend Bare Capretta for a simple cowl - Very Gifted Cowl .  There are so many varieties of bare yarn at knitpicks, take a look.  Be inspired whether you plan to dye it or use the yarn plain.  In each skein of bare yarn there is twice the amount of yarn for the price of a dyed skein.  Simple and beautiful.

     Here are a few free patterns I've dug up while looking for inspiration for hats, fingerless gloves, socks and cowls, all FREE!!!

 Don't you love Ravelry?  

The designers are so generous to give us their creations to enjoy.

Cowl #001 - Free Pattern

     This cowl looks like it can be done in worsted or bulky, it's a pattern in German and while I got a translation through google, the yarn type isn't specified.  Some Bare yarns to look at might be Bare Preciosa (Merino wool, worsted), very soft, I'm using it now dyed,  Bare Wool of the Andes Superwash Worsted,  Bare Cadena Yarn (Wool & Alpaca, Bulky) and Bare Wool of the Andes Superwash Bulky.

Bare Cadena Yarn (Bulky Peruvian Highland Wool & Alpaca)

A cowl done in Bulky Yarn that is very popular - GAP-tastic Cowl - Free Pattern, might be done in  Bare Swish Bulky Yarn.

Bare Swish Bulky Yarn (Very Soft Superwash Merino Wool)

GAP-tastic Cowl - Free Pattern

     Another NEW Cowl, just hot off the presses and FREE: Natashenka's Super Simple Bulky Brioche Infinity is made with Super Bulky yarn and would look nice in The Big Cozy (In Natural), a super soft and super super bulky (it'll be very puffy) or use Bulky and as the designer suggested just downsize your needles or double your yarn.  Use Bulky yarns like  Bare Wool of the Andes Superwash Bulky or Bare Cadena Yarn (Bulky Peruvian Highland Wool & Alpaca).

Natashenka's Super Simple Bulky Brioche Infinity - Free Pattern - NEW!

Worsted in the Bare Yarns are very affordable, especially since their line of dyed Wool of the Andes Worsted Yarn which is Peruvian Highland Wool is already very inexpensive and nice.  The Bare Wool of the Andes Worsted Yarn I have is a beauty in itself.  Makes you want to dream of what you could do with it.  I've decide on the Irish Hiking Mitts (Free Pattern) a little bit below.

A few Worsted Free Patterns to check out -

Twist and Shout - Free Pattern

Pathways - Free Pattern (Worsted)

Traveling Cable Hat - Free Pattern

Irish Hiking Mitts - Free Pattern

"With Matching Wrist Warmers" (Irish Hiking Mitts)

Here's a cowl done in Aran that can be made up in Bare Andes del Campo (Aran/Heavy Worsted Wt., Rustic Highland Wool):

Forest Park Cowl - Free Pattern

 

Bare Andes del Campo (Aran/Heavy Worsted Wt., Rustic Highland Wool)

The Bare Yarn collection is filled with lots of fingering weight yarns, too many to make one suggestion, so check them out.  They're made for dreaming.

A few Fingering weight projects and yarns:

Bare Hawthorne (Fingering, Superwash Fine Highland Wool and Polyamide)

Bare Stroll Fingering Sock Yarn (Fingering Superwash Merino Wool and Nylon)

Flying North - Free Pattern

Suggested yarn: Knit Picks Stroll Solids, Heathers & Twists, so of course the Bare Stroll Fingering Sock Yarn (Fingering Superwash Merino Wool and Nylon) would work well too!

Dane Shawl - Free Pattern

Recommended knit in Knit Picks Bare Stroll Fingering Sock.

 

Chroma Fingering Yarn in Natural

     The Peace Cowl I've been working on the past month I had thought about doing it again in Chroma Fingering Yarn in Natural (same as the Bare Collection just not grouped with them).

Project Peace

     But I decide instead to do this simple cowl - Very Gifted Cowl because it's been calling to me for awhile.  I just love this pattern, it's adjustable for all different sizes of yarn.  The original pattern is made of a beautiful yarn with cashmere and I am a cashmere nut.  If I can afford it.  But alas this yarn is too pricey for me.  Looking at the Bare Yarn I found Bare Capretta!   A really good looking yarn with Fine Merino Wool and Cashmere (just a bit) and nylon.  I'm thinking the yarn will be soft while having a bit of stability with the nylon.  

Very Gifted Cowl - Free Pattern

Bare Capretta - Fine Merino Wool & Cashmere

Another pattern adjustable to different weights of yarn:

The World's Simplest Mittens - Free Pattern in Worsted, DK, fingering or chunky

  

kplumer Simple Mittens

And for adventures in knitting with very fine wool, bamboo and silk.  While the Bare Yarns suggested here are not quite the same as the ones recommended for the White Caps Cowl, I think they would be just as nice, at a fraction of the cost.  Bare Paragon Yarn (Merino Wool, Alpaca and Silk, Sport Wt.) and Bare Galileo Yarn (Sport Wt. Merino Wool and Viscose from Bamboo) for a different look.

White Caps Cowl - Free Pattern

Bare Paragon Yarn (Merino Wool, Alpaca and Silk, Sport Wt.)

Bare Galileo Yarn (Sport Wt. Merino Wool and Viscose from Bamboo)

     Happy knitting in Bare Wool! Or dye it! That's an adventure I haven't done yet, but it is sure to be an amazing one with great results.  For dyeing supplies and how-to's: KnitPicks Yarn Dyeing Supplies, and the internet has so many natural dyeing how-to's also, just be careful and follow guidelines when using harmful material.  Because of that I'm inclined to start with natural methods like this one- NATURAL DYE TUTORIAL: BLUE YARN FROM BLACK BEANS!   But my knitting friend back East says she dyes with Jacquard dyes (what KnitPicks sells) to get the brightest colors and she just uses gloves, doesn't breath the fumes and doesn't reuse utensils and pots for food.  I think to me it's a matter if I had small children in the house (or a sensitive pet).  But have fun, Bare is where I'm starting!

Just a note, I do not personally represent the Knitpick company, I just love their yarn and it's great to support companies that have a good product and make it affordable for the rest of us!