Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton on Sale

July 2, 2012 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Summer is the time for knitting with cotton, if you ask me, and Lion Brand has a limited time sale on its Kitchen Cotton yarn happening right now.

At 15 percent off a ball of this beauty costs just over $3, and it’s the perfect yarn for washcloths, bags and other accessories.

It’s a medium weight, 4-ply yarn that’s made in the United States and comes in a bright, retro-inspired palette of 14 solid colors. There are 99 yards per skein, which is enough for a washcloth or allows you to mix and match these fun colors on placemats and other home accessories.

Try your hand at the Bright Stripes Dishcloths, for example, which are super simple, mostly stockinette stitch with a garter stitch edging. They use eight bright colors as written, but you could use as many or as few as you like. It’s a great stash buster project if you have a variety of cotton yarns lying around, or stock up with this sale and you can knit a bunch of cloths with a variety of stripe patterns.

Have you ever used 100 % cotton yarn? I actually have a ball of it sitting in my office that I haven’t played with yet, so I’d love it if you’d spill your thoughts!

[Photo by Lion Brand.]

This free pattern uses cotton yarn. Check out Lion brands new Re-Up Yarn

Lion Brand’s new recycled cotton, gives knitters and crocheters another reason to love working with cotton. It’s eco-friendly! It takes, on average, 20,000 liters of water to make 1 kilogram of cotton. By using one 70 gram ball of Re-Up you are saving 1,400 liters of water. So try Re-Up for your next cotton project: you’re going to love how it feels to work with and how it feels to help save the planet while doing the craft you love. You can learn more about it here on this video below.

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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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