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Free Pattern: Easy Knit Christmas or Hanukkah Stars

December 5, 2012 by Sarah White

knit stars just crafty enoughKnitting a star may seem like a rather intimidating project, but it’s not really that difficult once you see how it’s done. And the results are really cute to use for ornaments on the tree, to decorate gift bags or however else you would like.

Kat at Just Crafty Enough developed an easy knit star pattern that you can alter to make a five- or six-point star. The six-point stars are a little elongated but still quite pretty and would be perfect for Hanukkah decorations as well. She works each point and then joins them together. Don’t worry, there are plenty of pictures to get you through your first one.

Wouldn’t a garland of these just be adorable on the mantel?

[Photo via Just Crafty Enough.]

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Comments

  1. Nancy says

    February 9, 2014 at 4:06 am

    Would love this pattern.

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Knit a Linen Stitch Hot Pad

Linen stitch is one of my favorite knitting stitch patterns that, every time I use it in a project, I think about how I don’t use it often enough. 

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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