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New pattern - EMBER!

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$165.00 has been raised so far by my wonderful customers and we will continue to donate $2.00 for each e-book to Médecins Sans Frontières Emergency Response fund via the Australian office (as there is no local office in New Zealand) to assist their work during the emergency in Haiti and the aftermath.

I’m Justine - but here they all call me Jussi ( rhymes with fussy!)

I live in New Zealand - the land of sheep, a long way away from the rest of the world, but when you buy my patterns they arrive in your inbox instantly due to the magic of the internet!

I design knitwear patterns for babies and children – and try to create garments that are gorgeous, practical and a bit different...sounds a bit like your baby doesn’t it?

You may have arrived here from a search engine, looking for free baby patterns – a new baby has been announced and your first instinct is to “knit something” and that’s what we are here for, to help you find something suitable depending on your skill level. We have tips and techniques pages to show you something more than the basics, free patterns and patterns for sale.

Basic tips for a successful knitting project:

Start small – finishing something is a good spur for starting something more ambitious.
Use the best quality yarns that you can afford – qualities to look for in knitting yarns for babies are: softness, natural fibres and washability. There are so many lovely yarns to choose from both at your local yarn store or at the many online yarn stores, take the parents into account – are they very busy? then superwash wool will be vital, are they into organics? Maybe an organic cotton/wool blend maybe more suitable.
Blue for boys and pink for girls is so over! Babies look stunning in charcoal, red, olive green and teal blue, look at the latest baby fashions for inspiration.
Ask for help! if you run into problems ask a friend, someone at your local yarn/wool shop or search online - Youtube has numerous knitting technique videos, or check my "knitting help" pages.
If you must knit the smallest size try to stick to bootees and hats - garments take a while to knit and it would be sad if baby doesn't even fit that beautiful cardigan when he leaves hospital, size 3 mths is a good start.

Ideas for a first project (all free)

Aviatrix – it’s my absolute favourite hat pattern, it’s free and knits up FAST!
Saartje’s bootees (the pattern is on the right hand side) by Saartje de Bruijn
Magic slippers by Caroline Dlugy-Hegwer
Waffle washcloth by Katherine Vaughn

When you feel you are ready for something more challenging then click on the “knitting” link in the sidebar to my free and for sale patterns, there is something for every child, every parent and every knitter.

Our patterns are hosted on a wonderful website called Ravelry, click on the link for more information on this fantastic resource site for all knitters.

We sell Just Jussi knitting patterns as .pdfs (files that you store in your computer and print out as required) we also have a lot of techniques, tips and tutorials for all knitting levels. Pdf files require a .pdf reader - this software may have come as part of your computer bundle, or is available for free here:

When you have finished looking around this site check out the blog to see what's new.

Happy knitting!

Jussi