Knitting patterns

You could try Knitting Pattern Central or Ravelry. Lots of free patterns on both. Sorry, no idea how to do links but if you Google them you should be able to find them both.

Also Drops Design (garnstudio).

www.ravelry.com/

www.knittingpatterncentral.com/

Drops designs also known as garn studio. All their patterns are free. Revelry is also good but not all are free.

Thanks to everyone who answered my query about free knitting patterns.

There's a website www.yarnspirations.com where you'll find lots of patterns for knitting and crochet. A lot of them free. I've downloaded some crochet ones and have just had to remember to convert some of the stitches from American to UK. I don't know if that's the same with knitting. Some lovely ideas for knitting and crochet. I always struggle to find modern crochet patterns.

Knittingparadise.com

Is great for free patterns and chat

I've been hunting for a pattern for a shrug and found a wonderful vintage Vogue pattern today on Etsy www.etsy.com - it cost the princely sum of £2.90 so am happy and can't wait to get started on 2 of them for my daughter and new DIL for Christmas.

Which one is it Grannyknot?
www.etsy.com/uk/search/vintage?q=knitting%20patterns%20vintage%20shrug&order=most_relevant&view_type=gallery&ship_to=GB&ref=auto3

1950 Vogue shrug - second one along on the second row...

Nice one GK. I'm sure your DD and DiL will love them. I also like the 60's one immediately beneath it. If only I could knit........(well, I can, I just get stuck!)

That looks lovely Grannyknot
Gally perhaps there's a knitting group somewhere near you that would help you out?

I am knitting again after not bothering for many years

This is because I joined a knitting club.

Not eveything has been a sucess but I am knitting a boys jumper at the.moment which looks very nice and this time I bought a pattern and the wool which went with it.

I am tempted always to go in Poundstretcher and buy their cheap stuff, but.for me anyway, it seems buying yarn and pattern to.match makes for a mor successful outcome.

oth part of the thrill for me is buying the best wool I can afford (but must be washable because most of the stuff I knit goes to people who will chuck it in the wash) - and I do hate knitting with acrylic wools. It is expensive but I feel happy to be supporting the wool industry. It's about the feel of the yran for me as much as the creative bit.

There are many on line wool providers but my favorite is the Wool Warehouse. My favorite yarns for price and quality iare all the Drops yarns. With the free patterns from Garns Studio the job is sewn up.
The crochet chain and Deramores are also good with similar costs but I have found the Wool Warehouse the most reliable for being able to supply what I want.