• MachineKnitting,  Pattern,  Tiny Clothes

    Elf Sweaters – Free Pattern!

    I thought for sure I had posted about this pattern before, but it looks like I may not have. Even if I have, it’s been years since I first put it up, and I’ve given the document a fresh branding makeover for 2025 so I’ll post it again. If you are someone who likes to dress up your visiting house elf, ’tis the season for knitting some tiny sweaters. I know there are tons of patterns for hand knitted elf sweaters out there, but this one is “designed” (I use the term loosely here!) for a standard gauge 4.5mm (or 5mm) knitting machine with ribber. It’s four rectangles, so if…

  • Clothing,  MachineKnitting,  Pattern,  Tiny Clothes

    Machine Knit Elf on the Shelf Sweater

    I know it’s February, and actually almost March. Consider me very early for next Christmas, not late for this past one. I made this in December for our visiting elf, but never got around to writing up the pattern until today. Here are a couple of photos of the sweater: As you can likely see, it’s a very simple roll-neck pattern. The front and back are exactly the same, and there is no shaping anywhere. For those keeners who might want to recreate this and need no further instruction, here is the (hand-drawn, not to scale) schematic: If, however, you’d like a little more detail, you can find the full…