feedback from happy knitters

• I love these! The pattern is straightforward but absorbing, never difficult but never boring, either.
  
  -grognon in Canada (on Twist on a Classic)


• Such a well-written pattern! I will definitely make another cowl using this pattern.
  
  -Melissa in Texas (on Maurice)


• This is such a great pattern and a true stash buster, I will be making this one again.
  
  -Debbie in Maine (on Slanted & Enchanted)


• Well written pattern. ... LOVE! I love how this is constructed!
  
  -Judy in Florida (on Triyang)


• Had a lot of fun looking at this thing building up :) Very well explained (loads of pictures and how-to) and outcome is really nice.
  
  -belsoko in Belgium (on Either/Or)


• Yet another wonderfully inventive pattern by Lee Meredith aka Leethal. It's simple knitting and purling, but the result is amazingly versatile and cool !!
  
  -zigzaggyknits in Massachusetts (on Wizzo)


• This knit up so quickly and I absolutely LOVE it. It's unlike anything else in my wardrobe, knit or otherwise.
  
  -Crysta in Washington (on Color by Number Chevrons Cowl)


• After just a half hour of knitting, I can see that this pattern is going to be totally. addictive. :) What a fun and innovative pattern!
  
  -Liz in Oregon (on Robin)


• the pattern is wicked clevah
  
  -Jennifer in Massachusetts (on Shapeshifter)


• Can you tell how much I love her patterns? They're a godsend for people like me with a trunk full of half-skeins and partial balls of yarn.
  
  -India in Texas (on Maurice)


• This is a really fun pattern to knit. I'm loving it! I'm already thinking of yarn I might have to knit another.
  
  -Heidi in Louisiana (on Barry)


• Turned out really cool & fun. It was a quick project with enough challenge to make it an interesting and fun knit. I love projects like these.
  
  -Natalie in California (on Flying V's mitts)


• Another cleverly designed pattern by Lee Meredith (my third to-date - that's certainly more from any single designer than I've ever made before.) I love that I always learn something new from her designs.
  
  -Adrienne in Oregon (on Wobble Bass)


• Love Lee's patterns so much. Each time I knit one, I am amazed by how her brain must work.
  
  -Kelly in Canada (on Junction)


• This design bent my mind in crazy new ways. It was magic to knit.
  
  -Lacey in Georgia (on Gentle on My Mind)


• ...seriously - this is one of the only patterns where I've hassled knitters and non-knitters alike to "look at this pattern. LOOK!" <3
  
  -Kendal in Washington (on Either/Or)


• Love Leethal's patterns, and this one is no different. One of my favorite hat patterns!
  
  -Annie in South Carolina (on Wild is the Wind)


• Wonderful pattern, really easy to follow and make sense of, you just need to trust the instructions!
  
  -Christine in England (on Parallel Lines)


• I love this so much because it totally kicks ass. I love you Leethal, thanks for blowing my knitter-mind!
  
  -Laura in Canada (on Betiko)


• As always, Lee's pattern was expertly written, easy to follow & fun as hell.
  
  -Ady Bee in Massachusetts (on Custom Tritops)

(all feedback quotes were written by knitters on their own ravelry project page notes)

Lee is a maker of things, doer of stuff! Designer of modern and innovative knitting patterns, specializing in any-gauge accessories and modular construction techniques.

2020 update: Lee rarely designs new knitting patterns nowadays, as her career has shifted to graphic design (she designs all the books for Knit Picks now!), but her knitting patterns all still exist, now with half of all sales being donated!

To learn where donations are going this month, see Lee's ravelry designer page or pinned tweet or instagram "donations" story highlight. Here is a partial list of where all pattern sales donations have gone (this will be updated occasionally; a more complete list may be found in the instagram story highlight and a complete list with links is on Lee's ravelry designer page).
$200 to RAICES in December 2018
$125 to IRUSA’s Middle East Humanitarian Aid fund in January 2019
$655 to Black Lives Matter in February 2019 (100% for bday)
$100 to Outside In in March 2019
$135 to UNICEF in April-May 2019
$65 to Sylvia Rivera Law Project in June 2019
$90 to KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) in July 2019
$70 to Evidence Action in August 2019
$135 to Unite Oregon in September 2019
$100 to End the Backlog in October 2019
$205 to Doctors without Borders in November 2019
$150 to Environmental Defense Fund in December 2019
$70 to Oregon Food Bank in January 2020
$245 to Southern Poverty Law Center in February 2020
$357 to OutRight Action International in March 2020
$70 to United Farm Workers in April 2020
$90 to Hunger-Free Oregon in May 2020
$125 to National Lawyers Guild in June-July 2020


Head to the FAQ page if you have questions.

Find knitting technique tutorials here!

about patterns by Lee Meredith

• most (not all) are for any gauge
• many include step-by-step photos for techniques and/or construction
• they are usually easier to make than you might think
• sometimes you'll need to just follow the steps and trust that it will work out
• many have lots of options to choose from
• there are rarely seams to sew or stitches to pick up (with a few pattern exceptions)
• if you need any help with a pattern, check out the faq page or ask in the ravelry group, where you can get answers from Lee and lots of other knitters

Quick knits are patterns which take no more than 20 yards of yarn (many 10 yards or fewer). The leethal quick knits club ran August 2009 - June 2011 and consisted of 2 patterns per month, all of which are available to you now in various sets and ebooks.

links

leemeredith.com

leethal.net / do stuff! blog

Lee's ravelry group
pattern pdf store on ravelry
printed booklets on magcloud
craft tutorials by Lee

featured press

website/blog interviews and articles

• Lucky Lamb Yarn (interview)
• Tellybean Knits (interview)
• Tin Can Knits (interview)
• Infinite Twist interview #1 and interview #2
• Cut Out + Keep (DIY Fashionista feature)
• The BagSmith (interview)
• All Untangled (interview)
• The Sexy Knitter (interview)
• Happy Knits (interview)
• Knit Fit! (interview)
• Knitcircus (article) (PDF)
• Knitters Rumble (interview)
• Je Suis Une Monstre (interview)
• Cravings (interview)
• Cut Out + Keep (Crafty Superstar feature)
• LightingLittleFires (interview)
• Oregonian (Material Bliss article)
• OregonLive.com (interview)

podcast interviews

• Stash
• Math4Knitters
• Stash & Burn
• Knit Picks (eBook author interviews)
• KnitCast
• Knit Happens

Lee's knitting-related work in print publications

• Interweave Knits Gifts 2015 (pattern)
• Knitscene Accessories 2013 (pattern)
• World of Geekcraft (pattern)
• The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design (photographing knitwear advice)
• 1000 Fabulous Knit Hats (photos of knit hats)
• Craft Magazine volume 10 (pattern)

patterns at your local yarn shop

If your local shop sells pdfs through ravelry's in-store sales program, then you can buy most pattern pdfs through the shop and have them emailed to you (and put in your rav library), for the same price as buying the pdfs through ravelry yourself (to support your local shop). The stores listed below sell the print versions of some patterns.

shops that carry Lee's print patterns (alphabetical by state, and by country below the states):

• In the Making (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Unraveled Yarn & Gifts (Florence, Alabama)
• The Net Loft (Cordova, Alaska)
• Purl in the Pines (Flagstaff, Arizona)
• Tucson Yarn Co. (Tucson, Arizona)
• Unwind (Burbank, California)
• The Knit Addiction (Clovis, California)
• Purls of Joy (Healdsburg, California)
• Knit Culture (Los Angeles, California)
• Needle in a Haystack (Montrose, California)
• A Verb for Keeping Warm (Oakland, California)
• Lofty Lou's (Placerville, California)
• Redlands Yarn Company (Redlands, California)
• Designer Hand Knits (Riverside, California)
• Princess Animal (San Francisco, California)
• Dharma Trading Co. (San Rafael, California)
• Cast Away (Santa Rosa, California)
• Eva's Needlework (Thousand Oaks, California)
• Find Your Stash (Castle Rock, Colorado)
• The Yarn Outlet (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Fancy Tiger (Denver, Colorado)
• Madison Wool (Madison, Connecticut)
• Knit New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
• Kitschy Stitch (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware)
• Destin Yarn Shop (Miramar Beach, Florida)
• A Good Yarn (Sarasota, Florida)
• Knit and Knibble (Tampa, Florida)
• Yarning for Ewe (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Sheepish (Decatur, Georgia)
• Creative Yarns (Macon, Georgia)
• The Frayed Knot (Savannah, Georgia)
• The Whole Nine Yarns (Woodstock, Georgia)
• The Yarn Shoppe (Herrin, Illinois)
• Wool and Company (Saint Charles, Illinois)
• Knitters Nook (Columbus, Indiana)
• Knitting off Broadway (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
• Starstruck Cat Design (Greenwood, Indiana)
• Broad Ripple Knits (Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Knit Stop (Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Ply Fiber Arts (Richmond, Indiana)
• Blue Water Yarns (Lake Park, Iowa)
• Casco Bay Fibers (Freeport, Maine)
• Millicent's Yarn & More (Cumberland, Maryland)
• Yarn Hound (Dennis, Massachusetts)
• Franklin Mill Store (Franklin, Massachusetts)
• Metaphor Yarns (Shelburne, Massachusetts)
• Woven Art (East Lansing, Michigan)
• Beyond the Rainforest (Grand Blanc, Michigan)
• Knotted Needle (Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan)
• Country Needleworks (Jenison, Michigan)
• Skeins on Main Yarn Co. (Rochester, Michigan)
• Yarn Harbor (Duluth, Minnesota)
• Coldwater Collaborative (Excelsior, Minnesota)
• Amazing Threads (Maple Grove, Minnesota)
• 3 Kittens Needle Arts (Mendota Heights, Minnesota)
• Crafty Planet (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Yarn Garage (Rosemount, Minnesota)
• Knitorious (Saint Louis, Missouri)
• Nerd Girl Yarns (Odessa, Missouri)
• Purl Yarn Boutique (Billings, Montana)
• YarnScout (Bozeman, Montana)
• KnitKnack (Maplewood, New Jersey)
• Earth Faire (Newfoundland, New Jersey)
• Do Ewe Knit? (Westfield, New Jersey)
• Mooncat Gem & Fiber (Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico)
• Yarn & Coffee (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
• Fiberspace (Larchmont, New York)
• White Barn Farm Sheep and Wool (New Paltz, New York)
• The Knitting Store (Oceanside, New York)
• The Knitting Garage (Rhinebeck, New York)
• Have Ewe any Wool (Snyder, New York)
• Black Mountain Yarn Shop (Black Mountain, North Carolina)
• Things Remembered Framing & Yarn (Gastonia, North Carolina)
• Bella Filati (Southern Pines, North Carolina)
• The Flaming Ice Cube (Boardman, Ohio)
• Fine Points Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio)
• Meggie Knits (Oregonia, Ohio)
• Loops (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
• Stash (Corvallis, Oregon)
• T-Spot (Manzanita, Oregon)
• Wynona Studios (Oregon City, Oregon)
• Happy Knits (Portland, Oregon)
• Pearl Fiber Arts (Portland, Oregon)
• Twisted (Portland, Oregon)
• Yarntastic! Fiber Arts (Portland, Oregon)
• The Purl District (Silverton, Oregon)
• Knitting to Know Ewe (Penns Park, Pennsylvania)
• The Tangled Web (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Yarns Unlimited (Sewickley, Pennsylvania)
• Bent Limb Farm (Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania)
• Knit One Quilt Too (Barrington, Rhode Island)
• Bella Yarns (Warren, Rhode Island)
• Needle Tree (Greenville, South Carolina)
• Genuine Purl (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
• Loopville (Knoxville, Tennessee)
• The Tinsmith's Wife (Comfort, Texas)
• Madtosh (Fort Worth, Texas)
• Twisted Yarns (Spring, Texas)
• Harmony (Provo, Utah)
• Kamille's (West Jordan, Utah)
• Dog House Yarns and More (Culpeper, Virginia)
• The Knitting Basket (Richmond, Virginia)
• Richmond Rag & Bone (Richmond, Virginia)
• Mosaic Yarn Shop (Roanoke, Virginia)
• The Yarn Club (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
• Tolt Yarn and Wool (Carnation, Washington)
• Makers' Mercantile (Kent, Washington)
• The Fiber Gallery (Seattle, Washington)
• Black Purl (Wausau, Wisconsin)
• Lucy's Sheep Camp (Thermopolis, Wyoming)


• Unravelled Textiles (Middle Cove, Sydney, Australia)
• The Stash Cupboard (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)
• The Knotty Knitter (Penticton, British Columbia, Canada)
• Valley Yarn (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)
• A Twist of Yarn (Vernon, British Columbia, Canada)
• Cast On! Cast Off! (St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada)
• Grey Heron Natural Designs (Clarksburg, Ontario, Canada)
• Purlin' J's Roving Yarn Co. (Kingston and Eastern Ontario)
• Needles in the Hay (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)
• DocKnits (Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada)
• Loop (Islington, London, UK)


• Annie's Crafts (online)
• LavenderSheep (online)
• Tangled Yarn (online - UK based)

Are you a yarn shop? Find wholesale info here!
(or head straight to Deep South Fibers)

Lee lives in Portland, Oregon, where she spends her time designing, sewing, knitting, cooking, making, and brainstorming. With a background in photography and art, and a love of color, puzzles, and experimentation, she brings all these elements into her creative work.

Follow her do stuff! blog for occasional fun stuff (not so active these days); follow Lee on instagram or twitter to see sewing and knitting projects and other things. Happy knitting!

Lee also made a coloring/puzzle book called Color Squared, which you can learn more about here!

email: leemeredith@gmail.com

(All content on this website is copyright Lee Meredith - feel free to post photos on blogs, pinterest, etc, with credit to Lee Meredith and a link to the webpage, but do not use any photos or text without the appropriate credit and link. Thanks!)