Friday Five is back after a little hiatus! We’ve been crazy busy with restocking, planning, and scheming, plus some traveling in there, but I’m back to dreaming of all the things I don’t have time to knit again this week, maybe more than ever before. (I had 12 patterns for the Friday Five today, all of which I desperately want to make yesterday, and that’s not even counting my cute bonus patterns.)

Monte Rosa has been on my list for a while, and somehow I’ve never gotten around to telling you all about it. A seamless, top-down sweater knit in a fluffy worsted weight is pretty much my idea of a vacation knit – relaxing, satisfying, quick, and the end result is this adorable sweater.

Love the garter stitch body and the eyelet cable details – so much texture without much complication in the knitting! And the piping around the cuffs and bands adds just the right touch of whimsy.

Morvarch. I know, it’s a laceweight shawl. Perhaps worse, it’s a solid stockinette and cabled laceweight shawl. So, basically the opposite of Monte Rosa – this is not your relaxing weekend knit. But it’s absolutely gorgeous.

Morvarch is actually knit from the center out like many traditional circular shawls, and short rows are used to create the square shape. I just think the combination of stunning finished project and delicate celtic cables in a cozy soft yarn might worth your while.

Montague Street Cowl looks like loads of fun, experimenting with stripes, mitered squares, and colorwork all in garter stitch. Pick two colors you love together and just one skein of each gets you there!

I’d love one of these in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted or even Juniper Moon Farm’s Moonshine!

Parallax. I know, it also looks complicated. I like a complicated knit, don’t try to change me!

This scarf is awesome and part of a 5 pattern booklet of equally awesome combinations of Kauni Effektgarn in various mesmerizing patterns. The scarves are all double knit with a solid, so they are reversible, and would be a great project to try double knitting with if you haven’t already. (Like if hypothetically you’re looking for a project you can get done in just a month for our Q1 “New-to-You” knit-a-long! You’ve still got time!)

Song of the Sea might be a breath of fresh air for those of you wondering what kind of medication I’m on after these other suggestions – a solid color, fingering weight cowl knit at a nice loose gauge, imagine that. Just you and me and a single skein of sock yarn; we can do this.

I love this stitch pattern, which reminds one, as suggested, of waves on the sea. I’m envisioning this in a cashmere blend or Mini Maiden, something truly decadent around the neck.

And because it’s not Friday Five without a pattern just for fun, I present you with Puff the Magic Stegosaurus. I actually love knitting these little African Flowers, so this steggy is a fun use for them. There’s even a coupon code for this weekend!