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A Bunch of Little Booklets

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This week the closet-cleaning giveaways continue with four little Leisure Arts booklets:

Two-Hour Neckwear by Marly Bird: 12 projects for scarves and cowls to knit in a jiffy

Chunky Winter Knits: a Lion Brand book with 13 projects using Wool-Ease Thick & Quick

Quick and Easy Mittens by Mary Lamb Becker: has a basic pattern with 9 sizing options and color variations to knit or Knook

Cool-Weather Family Fashions: this booklet is full of projects using Bernat Softee Chunky and has nine accessory patterns

If you’d like me to send these to you, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, July 9. I’d love to know what you’re knitting right now. (Me: a sock and a blanket.)

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  1. I would love these! I am working on my husbands sweater, a cabled cape for myself and I am starting a class for a fisherman’s knit scarf.????

  2. I am between projects but am about to start on toddler jackets for autumn. Thanks for the giveaway chance

  6. I’m currently knitting baby clothes to sell on behalf of my local hospice.

  7. Yes, is like these booklets. My knitting guild is making mittens for a public Christmas tree. When the tree comes down, they will be donated to charity.

  8. I’ve been in baby gift overload. Finally a girl. I was getting a little frustrated with every single friend having boys. Bring on the frills

  9. I have a lot of yarn and I love to have new ideas to make with it! These books would help me to have more gift ready for all occasions. Thank you

  10. Hi, I would love to receive those booklets! Right now, I have started a summery Cowl in a light pink silk I got on sale.

  11. Thank you for the chance to win these little books! I am currently working on a pair of throw pillows with deer designs on them for a housewarming gift.

  12. Right now I am making little hats for the NICU. This is always a fun project to work on. Our little group makes scares, hats and mittens for charity. We could use some fast and easy patterns.

  14. Right now I am getting ready to make a hope chest full of kitchen things for my four grandkids

  15. My sister is the knitter in the family, though I’ve been playing with my Knook a little. These would be lovely as a gift for her for her birthday and/or Giftmas.

  17. Ohh, awesome!
    I’m finishing a shrug today (finally!), and I’m still working on a sleeping bag for a friend’s baby and a couple of Mario and Luigi hats for a gamer friend 😉

Have you read?

Knit a Cozy Sweater with Lots of Options

If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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