The Answer Lady
Innovative Ideas for Machine Knitters
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PATTERNS 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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Machine Knitting Terms Defined This is a new feature that can be very helpful to new knitters. Click the link and find the pencil on the page it takes you to. If you have a term you'd like to see defined, e-mail me and I'll do my best. NEW! "Great Knitted Gifts"    a book of patterns for making wonderful gifts with wide appeal.


CLICK HERE TO SEE THE NEW "GREAT KNITTED GIFTS" BOOK


HEART HEALTHY RECIPES. See what Jack is cooking click the link above, then scroll down the page it takes you to and look for the heart click here to see the Answer Lady's Herb Book microspun mock cardigan ***NEW BOOK***"KNITTING AND SEW ON" new yarn!
Pictured above are a few of the items available. See the complete listing and links in the index below at left.

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.
The Answer Lady's Machine Knitting Notebook
BABY MITT PATTERN--FREE
Bath Basics*#
Bare Minimum Bikini
Bulky Pouch Purse*
Casting on with the Answer Lady FREE instructions and $1 videos
Center pull yarn balls FREE article
City Suede Smarty*
Considering a knitting machine?
Crazy for Cables
Cut and Sew Carpet Slippers#*
DISH CLOTH PATTERN---FREE
Fabulous Felted Booties for All Knitters*#
Felted Bags and Hats of all kinds
FABULOUS FELTED COIN PURSE---FREE
Fabulous Felted Footwear
Fabulous Felted Mittens for all knitters*#
Fabulous Felted Toys* for bulkies
Fabulous Felted Vests & Jackets*
Fast Fun patterns-*-a whole page of simple patterns that make great gifts
Five Fast Felt projects
Furry Pillows for all machines
FRAME KNITTING PATTERNS--2 OF THEM ARE FREE
FUZZY LOGIC--FREE ARTICLE ABOUT KNITTING WITH FURRY YARNS
GO FISH!* An intarsia sweater for mid-gauge (Bond knitters must match gauge and reform stitches to create rib)
Inner Beauty Bag*
Kangaroo Covers*#
KNITTING AND SEW ON
KNITTING WEIGHTS--MAKE YOUR OWN--FREE
Lap of Luxury Mittens*#
Little Red Riding Hood*#
MAKE YOUR OWN CAST ON COMB-FREE ARTICLE
MAKING THE MOST OF MICROFIBER: FREE ARTICLE
Short Sleeved Mock Cardigan* in Lion Brand Microspun yarn
MicroTamm Twinset with options
NEEDLES FOR KNITTING MACHINES
One Piece Afghan with Cabled Edge*--a bargain pattern for extended Bonds only
The Perfect Poncho*#
Plenty of Purses-FREE PATTERN
POCKET SCARF PATTERN--FREE
Shawl pins--extra special hand carved
string bags for all*
Think Mink!*
TOOLS
Totally Tubular patterns for circular sock machines
THE ULTIMATE Ultimate Sweater machine: instructions for making a sturdy super-Bond
unisex wrap robe
The Wrap-up on Ribbon...FREE ARTICLE
YARN

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 Need Yarn? The Answer Lady enjoys Yeoman yarns from the new US dealer http://lovelisa.us
  

I knit on all kinds of machines and encourage you to do the same if you can. From plain to fancy, old to new, fine gauge to bulky ALL knitting machines offer wonderful creative opportunities. I just can't buy the idea that any of them are worthless, though I have to acknowledge that they DO have their quirks. Still, don't we all? For more knitting inspiration, you might want to check out the magazines I enjoy. These links will take you to their home pages. NEWS AND VIEWS Knit 'N Style Magazine Another great source of good ideas and patterns is Maggie Andrews Even though she lives and works in England, click on her name to visit her site. US knitters can get the patterns surprisingly fast by mail.