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- Patterns
  - All Patterns -- all of my currently available patterns
    - Basic Socks -- fitted socks of fine yarn
    - Basketweave Cabled Tea Cozy -- a custom-fit cozy for your teapot
    - Beech Leaf Edging -- pointed knitted sideways lace edging
    - Beginner Knit Projects -- 4 projects for beginner knitters: hat/neck gaiter, slippers, stuffed animal, buttoned pouch
    - Bobbles & Ribbing Hat -- bobbled stocking cap
    - Buttoned I-Cord Pouch -- a small pouch designed to teach the many uses of I-cord
    - Child's Button Loop Garden Maze Pullover -- a striped sweater worked outward from the neckline
    - Child's Garden Maze Cardigan -- a striped sweater worked outward in zig zags from the neckline and the center front
    - Child's Loon Cardigan -- black & white cardigan with loon patterns
    - Diagonal Scarf -- diagonal garter stitch muffler or stole
    - Diamond & Flowers Shawl -- triangular or square shawl worked in 1 piece
      - Corrections
    - Entrelac Square-to-Round Pouch-- a basket weave drawstring bag
      - Corrections
    - Entrelac Stair Step GS Shawl -- triangular shawl with stepped edges, worked in garter stitch entrelac
    - Eyelet Ridge Shawl Variations -- a triangular or v-shaped shawl with 4 edging choices
    - Eyelet Edged Coasters -- easy garter stitch coasters (free pattern)
    - Eyelet-Edged Placemat & Coaster -- matching garter stitch set with eyelet edges
    - Felted Hats & Hat Bands -- felted brimmed hats with decorative hat bands
    - Felted Tasseled Purse -- felted pointed bottom purse with flap or drawstring & lace overlay
    - Garden Maze Garter Stitch Pouch -- difficult but dramatic multicolored drawstring pouch
    - Garter Stitch Tote Bag -- a beginners tote bag, felted or not
    - Glamour Pouch -- small drawstring pouch with purled texture stitch
    - Heart Garter Stitch Shawl -- a beginner level triangle shawl of a range of sizes
    - Intarsia Heart Purse - square drawstring purse with heart on one side and diamonds on the other
    - It's Almost a Ball -- a set of toys for juggling or rattle for baby
    - Lace Bookmark -- a beginner's lace project
    - Lace Candle Sleeves -- three variations of lace sleeves for glass 7-day candles
    - Ladder Diamond Table Runner or Scarf -- a lacy scarf or runner with pointed ends and tassels
    - Lattice Bag Set -- set of 4 bags from coin purse to backpack
    - Loon Pillow with Chick Toy -- intarsia loon pillow with pocket & toy
    - Man in a Maze -- sofa pillow or tote bag with Native American color patterns
    - Mosaic Pouch -- drawstring bag sampler of mosaic knitting
      - Correction
    - Peruvian Drawstring Pouch -- stockinette drawstring bag with geometric Peruvian banding
      - Correction
    - "Rag Bag" Tote Bag -- fabric strip stockinette shoulder bag
    - Ribbed Neck Gaiter -- simple tubular neck "scarf" (free pattern)
    - Ribbed Wristers & Driving Mitts & Neck Gaiter -- ribbed fingerless mittens, longer version for driving, & tubular neck "scarf"
    - Ribbon Heart Afghan -- garden maze garter stitch small afghan
      - Tips
    - Ruffled Mitts-- ruffled and optionally beaded, dressy, fingerless mittens
    - Sam the Ram -- cable-fleeced stuffed sheep
    - Sewn Mittens -- cut and sew mittens from shrunken sweaters (free pattern)
    - Shrunken Hot Pad -- diagonal garter stitch fulled hot pad
    - Sideways Garter Stitch Hat with Dahlia -- hats to fit all sizes, with or without flower trim
    - Simple Scarves -- narrow garter stitch scarves (free pattern)
    - Spiral No Heel Socks -- easy to make socks for everyone from toddlers to extra-large men's feet
    - Squares & Stripes Socks -- garden maze socks in lots of sizes
    - String Shopping Bag -- a drawstring-topped easy-to-fold-up "holey" bag for toting purchases
    - Sue the Ewe -- stuffed sheep with knitted lace shawl
      - Corrections
    - Teddy Bear Puppets -- boy and girl versions of a child's puppet, sized for adult hand
    - Tiny Pouch Variations -- small drawstring or button bags
    - Total Maze Cardigan -- a heavyweight lady's cardigan worked in garden maze garter stitch
    - Triangle Angle Shawl -- triangular lace shawl with pointed lace edging
      - Corrections
    - Zig Zag Lace Tam -- lacy, loose fitting hat
  - By Skill Level required to knit the project
  - By Techniques Used in the project
    - Cable
    - Felting-Fulling
    - Garter Stitch
    - Lace
    - Multicolored
    - Ribbing
    - Stockinette
  - By Type of Item made
  - New Releases -- pictures of recently published patterns
  - Coming Attractions
  - Pattern Corrections &/or Tips
  - My Design Basics -- the basic assumptions I use in my patterns
- How to Buy
  - Sources Near You
  - Mail Order
    - Retail (for personal use) -- order form
    - Retail Price List - prices & pattern format
    - Wholesale (for your shop) -- order form and how retailers may obtain prices
- Knitting Fun - free info
  - Free Patterns
    - Coasters -- cotton garter stitch squares
    - Neck Gaiter -- ribbed tube to wear around neck or head
    - Sewn Mittens -- cut and sew mittens from shrunken sweaters
    - Simple Scarves -- narrow long scarves, crosswise or diagonal garter stitch
  - Knitting Stories
    - Ancient Ties -- the knitter's ties to an ancient lineage
    - Dishcloths -- how knitting washcloths got me through sorrow
    - Sweaters & Libraries -- how high school libraries remind me of the first sweater I knitted
  - Tips & Hints
    - Abbreviations -- commonly used knitting abbreviations
    - Blocking Lace- how to dress/block your lace so the holes show well
    - Circular Needles -- how to use big circulars to knit small tubes
    - Scan Your Knitting -- use your flatbed scanner to eliminate cameras
    - Yarn Ball Handling -- How to wind skeins into balls, and how to keep yarn balls from rolling around
    - Yarn Marking Loops -- How to make simple yarn loops that make counting rows easier
  - Links & Books -- fun knitting books, magazines, & internet sites
About Us -- location and designer information
- Designer Info -- Rita O'Connell
  - Classes & Lecture Topics -- what I'm available to teach
  - Schedule of Knitting Events -- what's upcoming
  - Future Designs -- planned future design ideas
  - Other Activities -- what I do when I'm not knitting
  - Knitting Deeds -- my knitting accomplishments
Site Map -- this page
Accessories -- knitting-related items
- Jewelry -- Erica's sterling silver & bead shawl pins
- Buttons -- Rita's polymer clay buttons
Contact Us -- email comments and questions to Earth Heart Designs

Last update: December 31, 2007

Please contact us at Contact Us or at the following:
P.O. Box 18065, Duluth, Minnesota 55811 USA
218-729-6250

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