Letters
Knitstrips: Comic, Free Patterns
Dear Kay,
Today we celebrate the clever brain inside the head of Alice Beltran.
She’s the originator of Knitstrips—a knitting pattern rendered as comic strip. Since we launched her first Knitstrip last fall, many thousands of happy visual learners have downloaded these free patterns and enjoyed the drawings of Juliana Horner, which bring Alice’s excellent patterns into brilliant color.
These simple projects are perfect for new knitters. Or wizened experts. (Remember MDK Rule No. 394: Knit below your skill level.)
Each link below is to a PDF file you can download immediately!
A super-simple, chic topper: Never Fail Watch Cap.
There’s the Never Fail Muffler. Tiny-dose brioche.
You’ve got Never Fail Legwarmers, aka socks without all those pesky socky parts.
For the house with Christmas-tree-climbing cats or toddlers, the unbreakable Never Fail Ornament.
The Knitstrip that started it all, Never Fail Mitts.
Enjoy!
Love,
Ann
Uh…how do you feel about stick figures? Just saying.
Franklin Habit would have great fun with Knitstrips….
BTW, a new illustrator will have a different style, true? That might just warrent a new coloring book, MDK II.
Okay. I have just verified my view of myself as a non-visual learner! My reaction to these was “GAH.” Although I’m pretty sure I’d really like them with photos and plain-old instructions. ;o)
I will miss Juliana’s “whimsy” but as another Diane said a new look will certainly do MDK knitting justice. Thank you for the strips!
There’s a chance that I just sent this link to a friend with a demand that she do this. There may have been multiple exclamation points. And some begging.
Thanks for putting up the link up for these patterns. And best of luck to Juliana is her new endeavors!
It will be interesting to see what the next artist does with the next patterns. I’d volunteer, but have been painting mostly botanical subjects…Alice, if you come up with any vegetable cozies, I’m there for you!