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Sporty Raglan Baby Cardigan

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Normally I would wait until the whole layette set is done before posting this as a finished project. However, this little cardigan is special. I've published a free pattern for it. Pattern : Sporty Raglan Baby Cardigan by me. Size : 6-12 months Yarn : Caron One Pound Content : 100% Acrylic, worsted weight Color : 508 Sky Blue Yarn : Big Twist Value Solids Content : 100% Acrylic, worsted weight Color : 5004 Medium Gray Needles : Circular size 5 and 7 Started : November 28, 2017 Finished : January 9, 2018 I wanted something a little more masculine to make for KnitWits and came up with this idea loosely based on a lettermans jacket. The sweater is in 2 sizes, 3-6 and 6-12 months, and knit from the top down. So no sewing seams. Intarsia is used to knit the yoke/sleeves part. When you get to the bottom of the armholes the sleeves are put on markers to hold until later while the body is finished. The sleeve stitches are then placed back on the needles and knit in the roun. I used the 2-...

Forced To Change

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About 3 weeks or so ago I started getting messages and emails from people who were visiting my patterns blog complaining that the links to the pdf files weren't working. They were getting a "Not found" message. I checked it out and I sometimes got the message, but most of the time I had no problems. I figured out that if I was logged into Box.net, the web site where I store my patterns for sharing, it worked. If I logged out, the downloads didn't work. Box has made some changes, and even though the links are supposed to be open to the public without registration, it doesn't seem to be working that way and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. I had to find an alternative solution. I decided to open a store on Ravelry and upload the knitting patterns there. They allow you to have a store with all free patterns in it. So many times I've been asked by someone to do that. Well, now it seems a good idea. I uploaded them all and I've updated the links on the...