A Post about Knitting, Twitter and…Budweiser?

November 27, 2013 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

When I saw this story I almost couldn’t believe it because it just sounds a little crazy. I mean, I have no idea at all how Jennifer Anton, Budweiser UK’s marketing manager, came up with the idea for the beer company to devise a knitting machine that would run on people’s tweets that include a special hashtag (#jumper4des, I know you want to know).

Just that is kind of crazy enough. But the sweaters the machine makes feature horses, of course, as well as more traditional snowflake motifs, and the words “Celebrate Responsibly.” Because this campaign is really all about getting people to avoid drinking and driving.

With Christmas jumpers knit by a robot.

Can anyone understand this?

It’s still kind of cool, I guess, and if you want one of the sweaters — which will be knit through Dec. 6 — you can enter for a chance to win one on the Budweiser UK Facebook page.

Maybe while people are on Twitter they should be reminded to celebrate responsibly by not drinking and texting, too. Drinking and knitting? That can be dangerous, too, but in a completely different way.

[Photo via MSN UK.]

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Christmas Sock Knitting Patterns

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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