The Knit McKinley
Introducing the Rock Island Scarf
The Rock Island Scarf is a beginner friendly, fully reversible scarf pattern.
Riverside Scarf
The Riverside Scarf is a simple four row pattern that creates a diagonal seed stitch scarf. The free pattern is perfect for an advance knitter looking for a ‘TV knit’ or a advanced…
East Bay Scarf
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Shipyard: An easy, cozy scarf
Over the last few months I’ve had a strong urge to knit warm, cozy scarves in simple, intuitive stitch patterns. There is a gap in my wardrobe for good winter scarves and I…
Winter Bluffs: A free hat pattern
This free pattern is for a one-sized fits many adult beanie that knits up quickly on US 10 and US 10 1/2 knitting needles! This is a perfect quick knit when you want…
Prudence Island Hat: Pattern for adult hat with twisted stitches
It’s beginning to feel like fall in Rhode Island, which seems like the perfect time to add another fall hat to my collection. This hat is more complicated than it looks. The twisted…
Hope Valley: Knitting for Community
A free knitting pattern for child’s sized cabled hats and hat sizing tips. Over the last couple weeks, I’ve continued to knit hats for Hat Not Hate. I wanted to share a cabled…
Prospect Terrace: A Cabled Hat Pattern
Prospect Terrace is a free knitting pattern for an adult-sized cabled hat. This hat pattern offers two sizes (small and large) with a lot of negative ease to fit a variety of head…
Otterbein Hat: A Pattern Update
Release of the updated Otterbein Hat Pattern (cabled hat pattern for adults). This pattern now offers written and charted instructions.
About
The Knit McKinley is a knitting blog run by me (I’m Kara McKinley – nice to meet you!), with help from my puppy assistant, Theodorable Roosevelt the Goldendoodle. We live and work in the Pawtuxet Village in beautiful Rhode Island.