WoollyRhinoCrafts

UPDATE 2/1/23: I skimmed this during my great blog housekeeping mission of 2023 and it looks good! It is at least a good starting point for anyone trying to make this thing! If you want to drop me a few dollars on Ko-Fi then it's appreciated so I can keep doing free stuff! Here's the complete pattern from start to finish of that mysterious article of clothing Katniss is wearing at the beginning of Catching Fire. Is it s half-vest? Is it a weird stole? Is it a cowl? Is it a strange scarf with an arm-hole? Whatever it is, people seem to like it. I made one as a commission for a friend's cosplay and I documented the adventure. There are definitely lots of ways to tweak this pattern that I, of course, thought of after I'd finished. Feel free to use this however you would like and make modifications as you see fit. I'd appreciate a link back either to this post or to my  Etsy shop ! I hope you can also understand what I'm attempting to communicate as well. My f...

UPDATE 2/1/23: If you're here then what you probably want is actually the finished version of this pattern, which is here . I don't know why I didn't update this to include a new link to the finished version after I did the completed post lol Listen, go to my Ko-Fi and also visit my Etsy shop . Buy things. Give me money so that I can keep doing things for free. If I have to get a real job then that means there will be no free patterns because real jobs make me crippling depressed and I have no time to do things I enjoy. When I do have time to do things I enjoy, all of the happiness has been sucked out of me and I do not have the energy to do things I enjoy.  I wrapped up the the Katniss cowl commission this weekend. It turned out to be less work than I'd anticipated in my previous post and I'm pretty excited about it. I almost want to make one for myself to wear around for laughs. It's comfortable and also seems to be durable. I tested it thoroughly by wearin...

UPDATE 1/27/23: The more I look over all of these posts I did about this thing, the more I become painfully aware of how little I charged for my work back then. Reverse-engineering this was NOT A JOKE. It took forever. There was so much trial and error. I just...wow. COMPLETED Katniss-Cowl Thing Pattern  Phase 2 of this project involved attaching a whole lot of smaller pieces together! I used mostly very simple ribbing and a bit of cabling. I hopefully took pictures where you can see each part and how I attached them. Maybe. Probably not. I'm pretty incompetent. For the cabled section on the front, right-side chest area: CO 20 k20 (but what I actually did was p1, k4, p1, k4, p1, k4, p1, k4 - this was silly of me because I ended up stitching it in such a way that it didn't matter, so just knit across all of it instead) p20 *k1, k4f, k1, k4b, k1, k4f, k1, k4b p20 R r epeat from * until approximately 5” then stitch it accordingly, leaving space for the right arm-hole, s...

UPDATE 1/27/23: Completed Katniss Cowl-Thing Pattern I bet you're looking for the above pattern. Have at it!  When I finish this completely I'll share the entire pattern all in one post - don't worry. You won't have to click through a million pages for the different parts of this cowl-thing. For now though: click here and here to see the previous work (the links will open in new windows). I'm shooting for getting the armhole on the right side finished today/tomorrow. All I've added as of right now were two long strips of very simple ribbing. I scrapped the arrow cable stitch idea. It just didn't look right. The first strip mostly went to forming part of the back as well as the right shoulder. It stops at the top of the right shoulder and forms a seam there with the second strip. I used the same super bulky yarn and size 11 needles then stitched the pieces on with a tapestry needle and worsted weight yarn. When I said simple, I meant it. Strip 1 CO...

UPDATE 1/27/23: If you're here I suspect you might be looking for the finished pattern for this thing, which is right here ! It's a super gloomy day here and I don't have any real work to do so I'm hoping to put a good dent in this way cool commission project - The Thing Katniss Is Wearing At The Beginning Of Catching Fire. Click here to read about Phase 1.0 - The Neck Part . I worked on the right shoulder over the weekend and it's looking snazzy. The back is also really coming together already. I think I'm going to continue to work on the right arm section and the armhole today (hopefully with another update tomorrow). I am taking some liberties because I don't want it to be as thick as the original, but I do want it to still have that chunky look. Supplies/Materials big needle AKA tapestry needle size 11 knitting needles the same super bulky yarn from Phase 1.0 some worsted weight yarn of an appropriate color The worsted weight yarn was used ...

UPDATE 1/27/23: oh my god this thing...I horrendously undercharged for it. Talk about low-balling...jk jk I do NOT want to talk about it at all. Lord have mercy! Pricing is hard!   I did a pretty detailed pattern/tutorial for it.   Katniss Cowl-Thing Pattern    Anyway, see what I've got available to buy from my Etsy shop ! If you ended up on this page, you're probably looking for that pattern though, right?   I got started on this mighty beast (the badass one-shoulder Katniss cowl-thing) yesterday and finished up the neck today. I worked the neck part based on this pattern.  I'm really excited to start work on the shoulders tomorrow and I'm going to go in a completely different direction in a valiant attempt to even more closely mimic the weaving. This was (I hope) the most challenging part. By challenging I mean tedious. It was fun at first and then a few hours in I wanted to off myself. Supplies So Far 5/16" polypropylene utility line (it is mor...

Update 1/23/23: Long posts are good wtf was old me talking about? lol Blogs are for the search robots, not for actual people to read! I mean, you totally can read them. I try to still make them readable for human beings and such. I know a lot more about SEO now than I did back in the day. If you found your way here for llamas, check this out: Jerry Horne's Llama Mitts I reverse-engineered Jerry's mitts and also included the llama chart. I made some hats with it. It's free! Also, while you're here, you should take a look around my Etsy ! If you want free stuff then I have to sell stuff, such is life. You can also see if my commissions are open. For patterns, head to Ravelry ! I'm now offering a cool monthly subscription service on Ko-Fi too!  ~~~~ Beware: Long Post Because I Don't Feel Like Making Multiple Posts. I'm working on a lot of things right now, including some personal projects and I'm about to start a pretty big commission as well. New Hats ...