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A Sale and a Giveaway from Red Heart

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red heart with woolRed Heart is now having its fall sale, which will get you a good deal on a range of yarns at their shop. They are also offering 20 percent off all downloadable ebooks through Sept. 24.

In addition, the company is launching a new yarn called With Wool. This blend of 80 percent acrylic and 20 percent wool is soft and machine washable. It comes in 14 solid colors. You can get a chance to try out the yarn for free by checking out Red Heart’s Facebook page. Scroll down to the post on With Wool and like it by 3 p.m. Eastern tomorrow, and two randomly selected likers will get five skeins to try.

[Photo by Red Heart.]

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  1. i looked at the with wool and they have some really pretty colors which i would expect from red heart. i have used red heart since i was 13yrs old and still using it at 63yrs. love it

  2. I attempted to like their page to be told that the link doesn’t work. I do like Red Heart yarns with I use with my Kumihino for jewelry.

  3. Grandma taught me how to crochet by making a rug way back when I was a teenager. She had lots of Red Heart yarns.

  5. I like Red Heart yarn and have used it for years. I don’t understand why the FB page is lined through up above.

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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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