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Erssie Knits Patterns Available to Download

This is a list of all the Erssie Knits patterns available to download.
There are plenty of free patterns to download either directly from Erssie Knits
or from magazines and websites, just click on the links if you want a pattern.
Other patterns are for sale for reasonable prices using PayPal and you just
need to click the BUY button to purchase and download in one click.

This list does not include patterns I have written for books or magazines which are for sale as the publishers hold the rights to those patterns so they are not available to download from here.

Keep scrolling down to see the list of patterns.
At the bottom of this list you will find knitting charts and motifs both free and for sale.

For anyone who knits for charity, either to give knitwear to those in need or to sell knitwear to raise funds I do give out free patterns but you must apply in writing to my email address below outlining the use. Free patterns are sent out on an individual basis once approved. For any other special requests including custom knits or designs feel free to email Erssie, erssiemajor@yahoo.co.uk

Gothic Trio

New booklet with the three ex Anticraft patterns

£4 for all patterns

The patterns included in this collection were originally submitted to the Anticraft for inclusion in their book Knitting, Beading & Stitching for the Slightly Sinister.

Sadly the Anticraft book is out of print but I am able to offer these three patterns in this thirteen page booklet; Gothic Trio.

I have updated these patterns with two new charts which were not included in the original book and in addition have had the patterns re-edited by my technical editor to make the patterns even more accessible and in my own style. The errata on the original book have been corrected and are not included in these versions of the patterns.

The patterns are also available as single patterns but obviously downloading the whole booklet is cheaper and saves a total of £3.00

Belladonna Sleeves

£2.00 for a single pattern

Gothic Glam Yule hat

£2.00 for a single pattern

Pop Art Skulls Pillow and MP3 Players Pillow

£3.00 for both pillows pattern

Little Ravens Peruvian Style Earflap Hat
GBP£3.00

Yarns: Shown here in Blue Sky Worsted Hand Dyes (above) Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky (below right) and Sirdar Click Chunky with Wool (below left)

Needles: 5.5mm double pointed or circular needles or size to get gauge
Sizes: Adult Small, Medium and Large
Pattern: Includes full colour charts for a 4 shade and 2 shade version with full pattern for knitting and finishing
Price: £3.00 via PayPal, which will convert this to any currency.

Tapestry Crochet Chunky Baskets

See instructions for making these baskets here

Ann Marie Stockings
Simple Lacy Rib Vintage Style Stockings

Sizes S (M, L)
Knitted from the toe up these will stretch to accomodate a lot of sizes
You can download the FREE pattern from here
Or here

This is a vintage inspired design called Ann Marie Stockings using Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock Multi in the Flamingo Stripe shade in association with Lorna's Laces because they donate 20% of profits from sale of this shade of yarn to women's cancer charities.

You can download the FREE pattern from here
Or here

Another Country Beret
Simple Tweed Stocking Stitch Beret

Knitting Pattern
Sizes: S (M, L)
To fit: 20 (22, 24) inches head circumference
Using Superchunky yarn that knits on 6.5/7mm needles

£1.50
This is my new which replaces another old classic Country Beret





£1.50

Pearmain
A Fancy Ribbed Beanie

Here is the follow up hat from the same series as Rubinette

Pearmain above is now ready to download for
£2.50



Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran or substitute with a soft Aran/Worsted
Needles: 5mm dpns or circulars/knit in the round
Stitch Pattern: This is Beaded Rib adapted for the round, and the decreases are a custom fit so it neatly decreases in pattern right to the end.
Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL covers from teenage girl (20 inches) up to Men's (23 inches plus)
Style: Loose, modern beanie with optional slouch.

This is one of a set of loose modern beanies/tams that are quick knit but in a very easy knit and purl stitch.

Coming soon there is:
Launcelot a tweed/herringbone stitch Tam,
Starr a star stitched Tam and
Pippin, stitch pattern to be confirmed.

Rubinette
A Textured Loose Beanie

Yarns: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran or other Worsted
Needles: 5mm dpns or circs

This simple hat pattern in a textured checks pattern in a loose baggy style with tiny pompon is available for
£2.50

Las Calacas Danzantes
Day of The Dead Dancing Skeleton Socks

Yarns: Alpaca 4ply, or other sock yarns
Needles: 2mm - 3mm dpns

These are socks available to download FREE from the Anticraft magazine
They were designed for a Dia de los Muertos theme in the Samhain 2008 issue of the Anticraft

Los Pequenos Relojes de Arena
Little Hourglass Ribbing Socks

Yarns: Opal Neon 4ply/Lorna's Laces or other sock yarns
Needles: 2mm - 2.5mm dpns


These are socks available to download FREE from the Anticraft magazine
They were designed for a Dia de los Muertos theme in the Samhain 2008 issue of the Anticraft

Alice P Beanie
A Simple Striped Beanie For A Child

Yarns: Worsted/Aran Cashmere Merino oddments
Needles: 5 mm dpns

£1.50



Size: 3yrs -5yrs one size only

A beanie for an older child to match the newborn beanie. They can feel left out when their knitting person starts to knit for their newborn baby or brother, so remember them too and knit a bigger beanie to match.

Buster Baby Beanie

Hats for baby newborns
Yarns: Worsted/Aran Cashmere Merino oddments
Needles: 4.5 mm dpns

£1.50
Size: Newborn
Approx 13 inches circumference when flat
14-16 inches when stretched.


Stash busting little hats that are super quick to knit once you know whether the new arrival is a boy or a girl. The free pattern includes plain and striped versions and can be knitted in the round or flat.

Work in odds and ends in luxury yarns or leftovers in your stash
Bobby is in green, red and gold (Rasta colours)
Tommy is in blue and red stripes
Little Boy Blue and Pansy are in solid plain colours

Speke's Mouth Cove
Wavy Cable Baby Socks

Yarns: 4ply sock Merino
Needles: 2.5 mm dpns

£1.50
Size: Baby 6mths and 9mths only
More sizes and other patterns coming in 2009
To be published in the booklet
Sand Between Your Toes: 10 Socks to knit by the seaside
by Erssie Major

Simple Simons

Socks in Simple Stockinette

Yarns: 4ply wool rich in 2 shades
Needles: 2.5- 3 mm dpns

Download via PayPal
£2.00 GBP

Sizes XS, S, M, L, XL plus tips for enlarging further

• Simple Stockinette only
• Sizes XS, S, M, L, XL and tips to enlarge even further
• Short row heel and toe
• Toe up from provisional cast on (2 methods included)
• Ordinary wool rich 4ply (about $8/£5* per pair)
• Wider leg without having to increase
• Simple instructions for beginner sock knitters of toe up, short rows, and knitting ‘anti-jog’ stripes
  

Little Pink Baby Set
Simple Beanie and Socks in DK Sock Yarns

Yarns: Sock DK
Needles: 3.5 mm & 4 mm dpns

Download via Paypal
£2.00 GBP

Sizes: Newborn - 3mths (6mths-9mths)
Knitted in a DK sock yarn e.g. Regia Crazy Colour

Little Mex Baby Set
Simple Beanie and Socks in Aran/Worsted Sock Yarns

Yarns: Aran/Worsted Sock e.g. Stoehler and Stahl
Needles: 4.5 mm dpns

Download via Paypal
£2.00 GBP

Sizes: Newborn - 3mths (6mths-9mths)
Knitted in an Aran/Worsted sock yarn e.g.Schoeller & Stahl Big Mexiko

Sweet Socks For Sugar Free Feet
Socks Designed with Diabetics In Mind

Yarns: SWTC Tofutsie
Needles: 2.25- 3 mm dpns

Sizes Women's Small/Medium/Large
Can be knitted for men too

£1.50

It is a very plain but roomy sock in a stretchy yarn and has a small sporty side gusset to allow feet to expand. The style has mainly stocking stitch so suitable for sock beginners and has minimal patterned stitches so that as few marks on the feet are left as possible. The toe is extra wide and seamless.

Ondine:Sleeves for a Mermaid
Armwarmers with Flared Cuffs

Yarns: SWTC Karaoke Worsted/Aran
Needles: 5 mm dpns

The FREE knitting pattern is featured in the UK online magazine The Inside Loop and can be

downloaded from here
free only until 31 January 2010

Baggy Beanie
A loose stocking stitch beanie

Ocean: Using one solid yarn and one variegated yarn
shown here in Wensleydale variegated dyed by Woolly Wormhead and Jaeger Shetland Aran Navy

Sand: Using SWTC Karaoke in variegated yellows/browns and solid tweedy rust colours









Fiona: Using 3 colour stripes. Shown here in 3 shades of Jaeger Shetland Aran

Fiona: Using 3 colour stripes. Shown here in 3 shades of Jaeger Shetland Aran











Fiona Reversed: Using 3 colour stripes and worn inside out. Shown here in 3 shades of Jaeger Shetland Aran











Rasta: Using Red, Green and Gold colours with a black crown, and the brim knitted on afterwards from a provisionally cast on edge. This means you can complete the top part of the beanie, and then just extend the bottom as long as you like to fit the length of your hair or dreads









Yarns: Worsted/Aran
Needles: 5 or 5.5 mm dpns

This is a loose striped beanie and can be knitted in any Aran/Worsted yarn on 5mm or 5.5 mm dpns. It can be knitted in 2 colour stripes (Ocean and Sand) 3 colour stripes (Fiona), 3 colour purl stripes (Fiona reversed) or Red,Green,Gold stripes with a black crown and an afterthought black brim (Rasta)

Knitting Pattern (All versions)
Download via PayPal
GBP £2.50

Erssie's Easy Beanie

A Fair Isle Beanie For babies

Yarns: DK Merino oddments
Needles: 4 mm dpns

Download via Paypal
£2.00 GBP

Size Baby 3-6mths+

Yarn: Any DK wool rich

The knitting pattern for these beanies includes a 2 colour and 3 colour version. A matching pair of Fair Isle booties pattern is FREE to download from the Knotions magazine website
(see Under One Skein below.)

Under One Skein Booties
Cinderella Lacy Baby Socks
Skywatcher Fair Isle Baby Socks

Yarns: Heavy DK or Worsted/Aran Cashmere Merino oddments
Needles: 3.5 mm dpns

These booties first appeared in Magknits and are republished in the magazine Knotions and can be downloaded FREE from their website patterns section
The Skywatcher (Fair Isle booties) actually match Erssie's Easy Beanie above (Fair Isle Beanies above). The Cinderella (eyelet) booties use a garter ridge eyelet pattern.

Striped Baby Beanie
Cotton and Silk Blend Beanies for Babies with Wool Allergies

Yarns: Worsted/Aran
Needles: 4.5 mm dpns

Download via Paypal

£2.00 GBP

Shown above in Cotton/Silk Aran, and below in alpaca silk aran

Ice Baby Beanie
A 100% Silk Baby Beanie with Traditional Snowflake Design

Yarns: Worsted/Aran silk or other Needles: 4.5 - 5 mm dpns

Download via PayPal

£2.00 GBP

Size 6mths/12mths

Available free from Hip Knits with purchase of silk aran

Ghostskulls
A Baby, Child and Adult Beanie with Skulls Motifs

Yarns: Worsted/Aran
Needles: 4.5 - 5 mm dpns

Download via Paypal
£2.50 GBP



All 3 sizes in one pattern
Baby 18mths
Child 4-6yrs
Adult Medium

Includes Girlie Ghostskulls Adult pattern

Pirate Gal and Pirate Boy
Charts for Pirate Skulls Beanies

Yarns: Worsted/Aran
Needles: 4.5 - 5 mm dpns
Adult chart is free with a very rough outline, it is not a full pattern

It is FREE download from here

This is not a full knitting pattern, it is a chart with guidelines to knit a medium sized adult hat. It can also be adapted for other sizes like Pirate Boy below. The motifs on the back of the hat, are a reverse colours of the motifs on the front of the hat....so it keeps you thinking!

Little Skulls Baby Set
Little Pink Skulls and Little Blue Skulls Baby Hat & Socks Set

Yarns: Worsted/Aran

Needles: 4.5 mm dpns Download via PayPal

£2.50 GBP

Sizes Newborn (3mths, 6mths)

Using Aran/Worsted yarns it is made in blue for a boy, pink for a girl or ivory or other for neutral

Cafe Racer Set
A Hat & Socks Set for a Biker Baby


With a Traditional Finishing Flag Design

Yarns: Worsted/Aran
Needles: 4.5 mm dpns

Download via PayPal
GBP £2.50


Sizes: Newborn - 3mths Perfect set for little biker newborns, or those with sporty mums or dads

Baby Santa Hat

Yarns: Worsted/Aran Cashmere Merino oddments Needles: 4.5 - 5 mm dpns £2.00 GBP

Christmas Pudding Hat
Baby Beanie with Icing and Knitted Holly and Berries

Yarns: Worsted/Aran
Needles: 4.5 - 5 mm dpns
Download via Paypal
£2.50 GBP

Sizes: 0-6mths, 6-9mths and 12mths

Christmas Tree Decorations Collection
Gold and Silver Baubles
Red and Gold Tinsel
Santa Mini Stocking
Striped Mini Stocking
Christmas Tree Mini Stocking

Yarns: Various
Needles: various Download via PayPal
£2.00 GBP
This collection of Christmas Tree ornaments includes Gold and Red Tinsel, Gold and Silver Baubles, and 3 separate designs of mini stockings

Dizzy Lily
A Snood for a Hound

Yarns: Worsted/Aran
Needles: 5 mm dpns
£2.00


A snood for sight hounds, who suffer really badly from the cold due to thin skin and fur. Most kennel coats or outdoor coats can leave a gap around the neck so the snood is a perfect piece of knitwear to cover the gap. This knitting pattern is free to those who knit multiple items for rescue organisations only and I may consider giving it free to those on benefits or pensions if they apply with proof. Other people can download it for a donation of 100% of the proceeds go to a greyhound charity.

Bee Hat and Bootees
Easy Striped Baby Hat and Booties

Knitted Flat

Yarns: Worsted/Aran
Needles: 4.5 - 5mm dpns

This former Magknits pattern is now republished in the magazine Knotions and can be downloaded FREE from their website patterns section

G8 Caps

Yarns: Worsted/Aran Cashmere Merino
Needles: 4.5 - 5 mm dpns
Using leftovers you can knit a fez style colourful hat with easy colourwork

These hats for mother and daughter first appeared in Magknits and are republished in the magazine Knotions and can be downloaded FREE from their website patterns section

Silvanus
Bag with Green Man Design

Yarns: Worsted/Aran 100% wool
Needles: 4.5 mm ad 5 mm pairs

Dowload your free copy of this Erssie Knits pattern from the online magazine archives of the Anticraft, the chart is not mine, I adapted the Green Man from a chart in Enchanted Knitting.
It was featured in the Samhain issue 2006

Beltane Flame
Adult Hat

Yarns: Worsted/Aran Merino
Needles: 5 mm straight pair or dpns


Dowload your free copy of this Erssie Knits pattern from the online magazine archives of the Anticraft
It was featured in the Beltane issue 2006

A Maiden's Glory
A Headdress for Beltane

Yarns: Sports weight cotton
Needles: 2 - 2.5 mm dpns

Dowload your free copy of this Erssie Knits pattern from the online magazine archives of the Anticraft
It was featured in the Beltane issue 2006

Charts

These are knitting charts drawn up from my original artwork. They are put into a graph paper format and can be used for knitting and crochet or other needlework arts, although the proportion is best suited to knitting

Tesselating Skulls

Download via PayPal
£1.00 GBP


A chart of an all over pattern of repeating skulls (offset in a diagonal way like wallpaper), includes an enlarged individual chart 16 sts x 58 rows so that you can choose either the individual motif, or have a 'tile' to repeat over your garment to whatever size you like x 16sts. The overall pattern looks really good for knee highs or stockings, as the skulls coil around the legs in a diagonal line.

Dancing Skeleton

with Top Hat and Flowers

He is a cheeky chappy who has escaped from dia de los Muertos (Mexican Day of the Dead) festival and is looking for a small home (17 sts x 59 rows) for his long and thin body. Knit onto a scarf, a hat, or a pair of socks....in fact anywhere will do.

Calavera Naranja

This is a fruity orange sugar skull to knit onto your Halloween projects.
Designed by Erssie Major, charted by Cindy Moore of Fitter Knitter
It is FREE download from here

Skull with Vines and Cherries

A chart made from Erssie's original sketches for the cover of the Anticraft's Samhain issue 2008. This was made by putting the sketch through the KnitPro software available on http://www.microrevolt.org. Reproduced by kind permission of MicroRevolt.

It is Free Download from here

Erssie Knits cards for sale

Good quality printed cards are for sale with all royalties going to Essex Greyhound Rescue. Includes a Christmas card.