A Gorgeous Cowl for Using up Odd Balls

I happened to be on Ravelry the other day and saw the Faded Glass Infinity Cowl was trending. With good reason; it’s gorgeous!

This design, by Sydney Gerzymisch, uses light fingering weight yarn with one main color and as many contrasting colors as you like. They used 14 on the sample, but you can use more or fewer depending on how much yarn you want to use and how long you want your loop to be.

The colors make a bit of a fade, which is explained in the pattern. The colorwork is charted, but it’s pretty easy. Because the project is a tube you don’t have to weave in all your ends (though you might want to anchor the new yarn in a couple of stitches as you go so the stitches around the color changes aren’t too loose.

You could of course knit this in a different yarn weight, too, if you wanted a bigger cowl. Whatever way you work it, this stained glass style pattern is sure to be eye-catching and fun to knit.

You can get the free pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Sydney Gerzymisch.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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