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A Simple Colorwork Beanie to Knit for Kids

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mixtape beanie knitting patternI love the look of the Mixtape Beanie, a free knitting pattern from 1 Dog Woof designed in collaboration with Lion Brand Yarn as part of their Stomp out Bullying campaign.

Even though it’s a little late to be knitting for that event on October 1, it’s a great hat to knit in blue and wear throughout the month and all winter long.

It’s a cool two-color stitch pattern called Broken Seed Stitch, which involves alternating rib and knit rounds in different colors for a fun mixed up look.

And of course it looks great in all sorts of colors.

Worked in Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick, this is a simple, quick and affordable project that great for gift knitting or getting on and off your needles before the cold weather hits.

[Photo: 1 Dog Woof.]

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Make Your Knitting Machine Scarves Better

I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.

One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.

One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.

If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.

But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!

I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:

  • the simple cinching method mentioned above
  • sewing the stitches together
  • three needle bind off
  • grafting
  • crochet bind off

Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.

Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!