Free Knitting Pattern: Summer Stripes Felted Water Bottle Holder

I love taking water with me when I leave the house (when it’s 100-plus outside, you kind of have to) but it’s not very convenient to carry around a bottle or a glass all the time. That’s why a water bottle carrier is a great help; you just carry it like a purse and it’s there when you need it.

The Knit Picks free pattern of the week is a striped and felted water bottle carrier from Mara Jessup. This cheerful pattern is mostly worked in a self-striping, medium weight wool yarn, but you could easily bust your stash and make your own stripe pattern with leftover bits of wool (with the understanding that they might not all felt at the same rate, which could make for cool or strange results!). To get the pattern, scroll to the bottom of the linked page, then click on the PDf in the top left corner.

If you like this one, go check out her other patterns for sale on the site, particularly if you like socks!

[Photo by Mara Jessup via Knit Picks.]

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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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