alfa patterns

… Spriiing! …

a lightweight pullover knitted top down featuring two large flowers worked in intarsia and some additional embellishments (optional)

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  • © alfa
  • read about it here

… summer blues …

a vest – or a pullover if you add the sleeves – with an allover design of little flowers in stranded colorwork…

  • bloemtejes mod 3-
  • © alfa
  • read about it here

… Diamonds & stripes …

a simple slightly oversized (or more fitted depending on your yarn choice) pullover with a basic raglan sleeve inset featuring a lattice / diamond pattern and twisted rib patterns…

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  • © alfa
  • read about it here

… Oak leaves …

a set containing a hat, a cowl and fingerless mitts (3 patterns) with stranded colorwork in three colors featuring delicate oak leaves and acorns

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  • © alfa
  • read about it here

… Climbing leaves …

a set containing a hat, fingerless mitts and a cowl (3 patterns) with stranded colorwork in two colors featuring delicate leaves.

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  • © alfa
  • read about it here

… Spring memories …

a set containing a hat and fingerless mitts with stranded colorwork in three colors featuring delicate white dandelions with yellow hearts

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  • © alfa
  • read about it here

… X tee …

a short sleeved tee or a pullover with drop shoulders and 3/4 sleeves featuring a subtle and very easy stitch pattern…

… Florally pullover …

a loose pullover with a V-neck, drop shoulders, 3/4 sleeves and a unique colorwork pattern at the bottom…

… pull-ô-mousse …

a cropped pullover worked top down and seamlessly in the round.
The yoke features a fun colorwork with randomly placed bubbles …

… Three easy pieces …

three patterns to mix and match: simple pullover with a basic raglan sleeve inset knit at a loose gauge and worked top down and seamlessly in the round.

… acorn and oak leaf legwarmers …

… blueberry legwarmers …

… reversibles #1 and #2 …

long scarfs with cabling on a garter stitch background on both sides !!

… Evidemment …

an open front cardigan with drop shoulders, a beautiful cable pattern and some special details…

… Botanica …

is a pair of gloves or fingerless mittens knit seamlessly in the round featuring a botanic illustration in stranded knitting.
Choice between 6 different wildflower charts.

… Fer forgé …

A slightly oversized, cropped pullover with a cable pattern inspired by a beautiful ironwork table…

… Another walk …

A very easy lace stitch pattern …
and a little bit of colorwork …

… Waterverf …

a short sleeved – or long sleeved or something in between – tee, tunic or dress as long as your yarn lets you.

… Traces …

kind of a pullover …
or a poncho with sleeves … starting in the center with a circular cast on

… A Mazing pullovers …

One pattern with two mosaic panels and two sleeve options to choose from. Mix and match…

… sock-ô-mousse …

Fun colorwork socks with randomly placed bubbles.

… Pythagoras’ tee …

A cute, slightly oversized tee or pullover with a nearly invisible sleeve inset. Long or short sleeves.

… Pythagoras’ new socks …

Matching socks with the same nearly invisible heel gusset.

… mosaiX scarf …

A large scarf or wrap combining two well known knitting techniques: mosaic knitting and entrelac.

… mosaiX hats …

One hat and four different mosaic stitch patterns to choose from.

… a walk in the fields …

A little bit of cabling, a little bit of colorwork.

… magic loops …

A quick, fun project to work up all kind of little leftovers

… fading mosaic …

a cropped sleeveless summer tee or a longer woolen version with long sleeves

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read about it here and here

mirasol …

a cute, little summer cardigan with a doubled collar, three quarter sleeves and small cable details at the fronts, the raglan shaping and the sides

… A Mazing Tee …

a summer tee in mosaic slip stitch pattern worked top donw and sideways

… kazual …

a pullover worked top down with welts on shoulders and elbows and two small pockets.

… manneken …

a pullover with a special construction.
There is no sewing, seaming or intarsia involved.

… curcuma …

an open front cardigan with an attached scarf.

  • _DSC3427 boissy carre © alfa
  • read about it here

… florally …

a beanie with stranded colorwork

… celtic hoodie …

Two squares, two triangles and two tubes. Throw some cable patterns and some celtic knots in and you get: a celtic hoodie constructed in a special manner.

… cablino …

a beret featuring a lot of cables

… entetemps …

a collection of a hat, scarf and a large, reversible, L- or V-shaped shawl, worked in entrelac with textured squares.

… braided leaves …

a pullover with stranded colorwork and some tilted details

  • leafmosaic mod top © alfa
  • read about it here and here.

… braided leaves hat …

and a matching hat

  • _dsc4006hat carre © alfa
  • read about it here and here.

… fruit socks …

What is your favorite flavor? Strawberry, banana, lemon, raspberry, carrot, cherry… ?

… linne tee …

a simple, summery tee with an easy lace pattern at the top and bottom.

… diamonds in the sky …

a delicate half-circle shaped shawl or shawlette

… squared …

an innovative stairshaped construction: no intarsia, no seams nor sewing

… wild rose cardigan …

an innovative construction: no intarsia, no seams nor sewing

… wild rose hat …

delicate flowers and leaves in stranded colorwork

… wild rose mitts …

delicate flowers and leaves in stranded colorwork

… wild rose cowl …

a double layered cowl with delicate flowers and leaves in stranded colorwork

… spirale …

a hat worked back and forth at a very tight gauge.

… dove stone …

… buccia …

… pythagoras’ pullover …

a pullover with an ‘invisible’ sleeve inset.

… pythagoras’ hat …

a matching hat.

… pythagoras’ beret …

a matching beret.

… pythagoras’ mitts …

and matching mitts.

… babe …

a pullover with an interesting – and very easy – construction.

… hallerbos …

worked bottom up and sideways

… greenhouse knits #1 …

This is the first pattern from the greenhouse knits e-book.

… greenhouse knits #2 …

greenhouse socks

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… greenhouse knits #3 …

a pair of long fingerless mitts

… greenhouse knits #4 …

a cardigan

  • roots cardi 3 © alfa
  • read about it here and here

… greenhouse knits #5 …

another hat knit sideways

… greenhouse knits #6 …

a tunic or dress

… greenhouse knits #7 …

a large lacey shawl

… greenhouse knits #8 …

small individual leaves

… doble …

a double layered reversible tee

… apple blue, sea green …

a short sleeved henley pullover with an asymmetrical high low, faux-pleated peplum

… triX …

a large, reversible, extra soft and squishy shawl with a generous size and ‘syncopated’ triangle shaped brioche stitch patterns in two colors.

… bloX …

a large, reversible, extra soft and squishy shawl with a generous size and ‘syncopated’ square brioche stitch patterns in two colors.

… never say never …

The first sock pattern. A little lace and a little stripes

… yin yang dance …

starting with a loop in an I-cord, it is first worked sideways and then top down.

  • yin-yng-9 © alfa
  • read about it here

… Prpl rain …

a set containing a beanie and a long, vintage-like, narrow scarf, both with an easy stitch pattern

  • prple-scarf-2 © alfa
  • read about it here

… lavandula …

an open front cardigan with a lace collar, large cosy pockets and lace on the hem and cuffs.

… B&W aka boomerang …

a large boomerang shaped shawl or wrap with four different brioche stitch patterns

… p’tits trous …

An open front cardigan with lots of eyelets and some lace

… mont blanc …

a sleeveless vest … a pullover with fitted sleeves … or a cardigan … with interesting cables at the large V-neck and a gentle A-line

… stripeology #1 …

A large circle shaped garter shawl with a jazzy feel. #1

… stripeology #2 …

A large crescent shaped garter shawl with a jazzy feel. #2

… to be continued …

Top down, seamlessly in the round with some clever details

… atropa …

A little bit of stripes, a little bit of lace.

… embossed alu …

a large boatneck, some positive ease, fitted sleeves with a ‘wrong’ lace mesh.

… Zebra …

a striped pullover or tee with a very special construction

… Xol …

a color block beanie with a large intarsia motif

… slanted …

worked sideways with 2 different ribbing patterns and assembled in a quite unique way with contrasting seams.

… winter wheat …

an asymmetrical cardigan with large textured stripes and a crazy construction …

… happy scrap …

crazy, happy, fun and striped

… koraal …

a simple oversized cardigan with decorative cabled twisted stitch pattern

… stripes with a twist …

pullover with extra long sleeves with thumbholes and a playful (easy) stitch pattern that makes the stripes go dancing.

… hat with a twist …

a matching hat for stripes with a twist

… golfjes a skirt…

with a very easy sophisticated stitch pattern

… FF backward …

A modern oversized pullover with fitted sleeves. It’s basic shape gives a lot of possibilities for striping or other colorwork motifs.

… soble tunic …

A tunic worked seamlessly from the top down in 1 piece, featuring a large doubled boatneck collar in twisted ribbing, large cabled panels and pockets.

… soble cardigan …

A cardigan worked seamlessly from the top down in 1 piece, featuring a large doubled boatneck collar in twisted ribbing, large slightly offset cabled panels and pockets.

… stripes gone crazy …

an adventure from cast-on to bind-off.

… crazy stripes tee…

crazy stripes at the front and back

… not so crazy stripes tee…

stripes but less crazy

… 3 in 1 …

a layered henley shirt worked bottom up, in the round, seamlessly and in 1 piece (yes 1 😉 with a contiguous sleeve inset and extra long sleeves.

… almonds and stripes …

an e-book with a collection of 4 patterns with almond shaped constructions and stripes (the patterns are also separately available)

… pasOsolo …

Based on the construction of something beanie: it’s special construction to build the swirls at the end is easy and very simple to do. pasOsolo is an asymmetrical shawl with a swirl on one end and a point on the other.

… pasOdoble …

Based on the construction of something beanie: it’s special construction to build the swirls at the end is easy and very simple to do. pasOdoble is a symmetrical shawl with swirls on both ends.

… something beanie …

Something is a set of a beanie and a cowl with a special but easy construction. They are worked back and forth, but also kind of in the round in 1 piece and completely seamless.
Off the needles and ready to wear.
And another good news is : there is absolutely no purling to do.

… something cowl …

Something is a set of a beanie and a cowl with a special but easy construction. They are worked back and forth, but also kind of in the round in 1 piece and completely seamless.
Off the needles and ready to wear.
And another good news is : there is absolutely no purling to do.

… Miss boule …

Miss boule is a seamless pullover worked from the top down in 1 piece. Starting with shaping the back and shoulders, stitches are picked up for the front and sleeves and are worked following the contiguous sleeve method, developed by Susie Myers.
The ‘boules’ are worked as intarsia color blocks in the round. The hems and cuffs are worked in corrugated ribbing separated from the body and sleeves by an ‘estonian braid’

… Miss boule sans boule …

Miss boule sans boule is a seamless pullover worked from the top down in 1 piece.
After shaping the back and shoulders, stitches are picked up for the front and sleeves and are worked following the contiguous sleeve method, developed by Susie Myers.
A decorative ribbing with slipped stitches and eyelets at the hem, neck and sleeves.

… O tee …

a color block tee with some whimsical details.

… dewdrop cardigan …

a delicate, lightweight cardigan, ideal for those fresh summer mornings (or evenings)

Free patterns

… big leaves hat …

      •  © alfa

… grebo …

    • grebo5 © alfa

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