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A Crown For Your Kid (and Your Coffee)

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knit celebration crownWe are big fans of knit crowns in my household and it’s always fun to see other people enjoy this classic craft, too.

Susi from Just Crafty Enough used some Lion Brand BonBons — a super fun yarn with a bit of sparkle — to knit her celebration crown. You’ll need a couple of bags of this stuff if you want to make a single-colored crown, but I’m sure you’ll find uses for the other balls without too much trouble. I love the way this one turned out.

If you want a project you can make with a single wee ball of BonBons, she’s also got an adorable crown coffee cozy, which would make an awesome gift for a java-loving teacher along with a gift card to her favorite spot. Love it!

[Photo via Just Crafty Enough.]

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It’s an easy stitch to make, with slip stitches done with the yarn held to the front of the work on the right/front side and to the back on the wrong/back side, which makes the strand of yarn a visible part of the pattern. 

It also makes a fabric that is thick and looks kind of like a woven fabric.

I recently used linen stitch to make a double-thick pot holder, which I worked in a kind of interesting way. I didn’t want to have to do any sewing on the project, so I started it from a crochet cast on and picked up stitches from the side of the cast on to make the hot pad all in one piece in the round with the edge sealed. 

This requires working on two circular needles, which is another technique I don’t use that often and am always reminded how much I like it when I do. 

The combination of double thickness and the stitch pattern makes for a hot pad that’s already pretty thick, but I also added a bit of old towel to the inside before I closed up the end to make it super thick and extra protective for your surfaces. 

I found the engineering challenge of this construction method to be a lot of fun, but you could also just knit it as a tube (casting on twice as many stitches as I did) and sew up the ends by hand when the knitting is done. Either way you’ve got a useful and pretty addition to your kitchen, whether you work it in a solid color, stripes or as a stash busting project will all your cotton odd balls. 

You can grab the pattern over at Our Daily Craft, or check it out on Ravelry. 

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