The Answer Lady
Innovative Ideas for Machine Knitters
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PATTERNS AND BOOKS ARE INSTANT DOWNLOADS As soon as you pay through paypal, you'll receive instructions concerning your instant downloads. Follow them and your patterns will be in your hands in moments. This has allowed me to lower prices and add more photos to the patterns! But no system is perfect. If you have trouble or concerns, please contact me with the details of your purchase so your problem can be solved.

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BOND KNITTERS CAN USE THOSE PATTERNS THAT ARE MARKED WITH ASTERISKS IN THE INDEX BELOW. HAND KNITTERS CAN KNIT THE PATTERNS MARKED WITH # IN THIS INDEX.
INDEX The listings below are functional links.
Adventures of the Answer Lady [blog]
BOOKS & PATTERN COLLECTIONS FOR MACHINE KNITTERS
The Answer Lady's Machine Knitting Notebook*
Can These Be Cables?
CHEAP TRICKS for machine knitters
Every Which Way Reversible Cables for all machines
Fabulous Felted Bag Collection
Fabulous Felted Footwear Collection
Fabulous Felted Comforts: hats, toys, mittens and more
Knitting and Sew On
Great Knitted Gifts
Herbs: The Answer Lady Tells All
Socks of All Sorts
Fabulous Felted Vests and Jackets
Snug as a Bug
Wanderlust Cables

INDIVIDUAL PATTERNS & VIDEOS FOR MACHINE KNITTERS
Single patterns at bargain prices
VIDEOS: Adding outdoor soles and anti-slip treads to your felted footwear [scroll down below the book]
Bare Minimum Bikini
Merry-Go-Round a circle sweater that flatters all figures

My YouTube Channel

OTHER KINDS OF NEEDLEWORK
HAND KNITTING
KNIFTY KNITTER PATTERNS
DOUBLE KNITTING BOARD PATTERNS
CROCHET PATTERNS
TUNISIAN CROCHET
TOTALLY TUBULAR patterns and other things for sock machines



OTHER USEFUL ITEMS
NEEDLES FOR KNITTING MACHINES
SHAWL PINS--extra special hand carved
TOOLS
YARN
Index of freebies

The Answer Lady
The Answer Lady is Kathryn Doubrley. I write about the things that I love most and do best. If you are a machine knitter, gardener, herb enthusiast or seamstress, we may already be acquainted. Perhaps we have met at seminars. You may have read my articles. This website is a place where we can keep in touch and a marketplace for pubications hot off The Answer Lady Press. The tools and yarns I enjoy most are also for sale here, in case you like them too. I am available for demonstrations at knitting and gardening events by arrangement. If you have a machine knitting question, you may e-mail the address above and I'll try to help.



Introducing "Ask Jack"
The Answer Lady doesn’t know everything. Sometimes I have to ask Jack. Jack is my husband. His experience and expertise in all kinds of mechanical endeavors make him my first and best source of help when a mechanical question arises. Now you can ask Jack, too. E-mail him with your mechanical questions at askjack at the answer lady dot com [put it in the normal format--it is presented as it is to cut down on spam]. Describe your machine and your problem as clearly and fully as you are able. Send photos if you think they add to the clarity of the information. He will try to help you find the source of your problem and suggest a solution.
What's new in News and Views machine knitting magazine? click here to find out Some of my patterns appear in News and Views Magazine along with many other wonderful things for machine kntiters. The link will take you the the News and Views page. Consult the site map to find a list of issues GREAT YARN SOURCES:
My yarn page for Jaggerspun and cotton/spandex runalong
Theanswerlady.yarnshopping.com for a huge variety of bargain yarns
The KnitKnack shop for Tamm yarn
Country Knitting of Maine for assorted bargains
Stephanie's Studio for moderately priced acrylics and cottons in all weights
A word about copyright A copyright means that only the person holding it has the right to distribute the work in any form whatsoever. For the books and patterns on this site, that means that you may make as many copies as you need for your own personal use. I know that I make notes on mine, spill on them lose them and print myself more. You may do so as well. I also permit readers to produce knitted items and sell them using my patterns. Passing on the patterns in any form is the prohibited action. I think most of my customers respect that fact and understand that if copyright is breached, it soon becomes un-worthwhile for designers to publish. If you are working for a charity, have a scout troup or some such thing, contact me privately. I often give special permission for such situations. If I do, it will be accompanied by a letter that you should save, formally granting you an exception so that there will never be a question of propriety.
  

Great Links to Visit: I write for Country Knitting of Maine News and Views Magazine. I also read it and get lots of inspiration from it. Perhaps you will, too. NEWS AND VIEWS Another great source of good ideas and patterns is Maggie Andrews You'll also enjoy visiting Scan The Cat