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A Duo of Easy Knit Shawls

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painted desert shawlIf you’re still looking for something to knit for a quick holiday gift, I’ve got a couple of ideas for you that have hit my inbox recently. cascade 220 shawlette

The Simple Shawlette from Cascade Yarns (that’s a link to a PDF, by the way) has a simple eyelet pattern and can be worked using between one and three skeins of Cascade 220, depending on what you have on hand and how much time you have to knit it!

Knitting Fever’s Painted Desert Lace Shawl (that’s a PDF, too) is another simple triangular shawl decorated with eyelets. This one will take you a little longer because its sock yarn (one skein of Painted Desert by Knitting Fever, naturally) but the multicolored yarn makes this one super-pretty, too. (And you could use whatever sock yarn you have lying around that you don’t want to turn in to socks.)

Are you still doing holiday knitting? I knit about a million mitts over the weekend, which I will tell you more about soon.

[Large photo via Knitting Fever; small photo via Cascade Yarns.]

 

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Pencil Knitting Patterns

Getting ready for back to school makes me think about pencil crafts, so let’s take a look at some pencil themed knitting patterns! 

I recently made a pencil on a circular knitting machine, and it was a fun, quick, easy project that uses little bits of leftover yarn (and if you don’t have yellow you can make it a colored pencil using whatever color’s your favorite). And if you want to make a bigger version check out this pattern from Orange Olive Road on Etsy.

If you want to knit a pencil pillow by hand, check out Sketchy, available on Ravelry from Shana S. Cohen. This one uses worsted weight yarn and has two size options and the choice to make a pencil with an eraser or a colored pencil. 

Pencil scarves seem to be the most popular kind of pencil knitting pattern, and there are lot of cute ones. This one from Cosy Craft UK mostly uses garter stitch, with some welts to add texture and what looks like an I-cord edging. It calls for DK weight yarn. 

If you want to go all garter stitch try this version from Emsley Co Creations, which uses five colors of DK weight yarn and just a little shaping to make the point of the pencil.

There’s also this fun, mostly stockinette so it looks like it curls a bit, pencil pattern that looks like it’s worked in chunky yarn from Little Knits Studio. This one uses just a little garter stitch and easy shaping for the point. 

If you don’t want a pencil scarf, how about some pencil socks? The No. 2 Pencil Socks from The Yarn Enabler are available from Ravelry and use five colors of sock yarn. They feature wide ribs to mimic the texture of a pencil and have options to be worked from the top down or the toe up. 

Needs Sharpening by Alexander Walker is a free pattern on Ravelry that uses five colors of sock yarn to make a sort of shortie sock. The little bit of black at the tips of the toes inspired the name. These, too, can be worked in either direction and are available in three sizes.