Brooklyn Tweed Says Summer isn’t Just for Cotton

I know there are people who toil away through the hot summer months in homes without air conditioning, the poor things. But for those of us with that modern convenience, or those who live places with relatively mild summers (or those who find themselves at this time of year experiencing winter instead of summer) now is a fine time to be knitting with wool or any other fiber that you want.

To celebrate the knitters who love to work with wool even in summer, Brooklyn Tweed recently released its third volume of Wool People. This collection includes pieces from designers such as Veronik Avery, Hannah Fettig and Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark to name a few. In all there are 17 designs created with the notion of clear, airy layering pieces in mind and an emphasis on the heathery tonals found in the company’s yarns.

I took a look through the look book and a few patterns stood out to me, including Avery’s Edge Hoodie, which has classic hooded sweatshirt styling combined with lace chevrons down the sides and an asymmetrical hem; the Ferrous Wrap from Grace Anna Farrow, which has an allover eyelet pattern yet still somehow manages to feel weighty; and Mari Tobita’s Haru-Gasumi Tunic, mostly solid color stockinette trimmed with a bit of color and textural embellishment at the cuffs and hem.

Patterns can be purchased individually and run $5.50 or $6.50 each.

[Photo by Brooklyn Tweed.]

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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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