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In Case Anyone Was Wondering What I Want for Mother’s Day

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jimmy beans yarn flowersJimmy Beans Wool has a knack for coming up with really awesome stuff, and I think their gift idea for Mother’s Day is awesome.

These limited edition yarn bouquets go on sale on Friday (April 19) and I’ll bet they’ll go fast.

According to a press release sent to CGHQ, here’s what these cool gifts offer:

Full Bouquet – $200 (only 60 available) Contains:

One skein of each of the following exclusive hand dyed yarns:

  • Artyarns Beaded Silk Light – Wildflowers
  • Koigu KPPPM
  • Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock – Bukiety
  • Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
  • Malabrigo Worsted Merino
  • TSCArtyarns Zara Hand-Dyed
  • Fleece Artist Woolie Silk – Peach Blossom

Needles in US sizes 6, 7, 8 and 9
Two 20g tubes of Miyuki clear glass beads size 6/0 that can be used for the April Showers Capelet pattern
A postcard with a link to PDFs of seven exclusive patterns including:

  1. Wildflowers Mother’s Day Shawl designed by Iris Schreier
  2. 3 Knit Flowers designed by Maie Landra
  3. A Day At The Vineyards Mitts (elbow-length mitts) designed by Suzy Allen (note: requires US 5-8″ circ and/or US 5 DPNs, not included in bouquet)
  4. Angel Lady Scarf designed by Suzy Allen (note: requires US 5-16″ circular or US 5 straight needles, not included in bouquet)
  5. Hat designed by Romi Hill
  6. Rose Garden Crescent Scarf designed by Iris Schreier
  7. April Showers Capelet designed by Lynette Meek (note: requires US 8-32″ circular, US 8 DPNs, 0.6mm crochet hook for beading, not included in bouquet)

small yarn flower jimmy beans wool

Simple Bouquet – $60 (only 100 available) Contains:

One skein of each of the following exclusive hand dyed yarns:

  • Koigu KPPPM
  • Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock – Bukiety
  • Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light

Needles in US sizes 2, 3 and 4

Access to patterns using the yarns included in the bouquet

How much fun would that be to give or to get?

 

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Comments

  1. I’d give birth to get a cool Mother’s Day bouquet like that. :). Always tell my husband to not buy me flowers that die, I’d rather buy a nice pan. Now I can say I’d rather have a yarn arrangement .

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

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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