A Super Simple Sweater for Any Time of Year

One of my favorite ways to use a lot of yarn quickly is to hold two strands of yarn (or more!) together as I knit. This is a great way to give a project a marled look, and it’s not any more difficult than working with a single strand of yarn.

The Kenwood Sweater from Two of Wands for Lion Brand Yarn uses two strands of worsted weight yarn held together for a sweater that’s warm and cozy. But because it’s worked on large needles, it has a bit of airiness to it that makes it nice for cool summer nights on the beach or in buildings with too much air conditioning.

The sweater calls for Color Theory yarn, which was developed by Two of Wands in 18 harmonious colors, so you can choose any two colors you like and they’re sure to look great together.

Of course if you want to make it a stash buster you can use any two worsted weight yarns from your stash. You can even change colors as you run out of yarn for a faded effect. (I did that with this sweater tunic design, and I love the way it turned out.)

This version is worked flat in pieces from the bottom up and features a modified drop shoulder design and crew neck.

The pattern has eight sizes ranging in chest measurement from 37 to 66 inches, or 94 to 167.5 cm, and is intended to be worn with about 7 inches/17.75 cm of positive ease, though you can alter that as you like. I love the cozy, boxy look of this one with the positive gauge, and it would be a perfect first sweater pattern if you’re looking for something quick, easy and fun to start with.

You can download this pattern for free from Lion Brand, or purchase a kit direct from them with all the supplies you need.

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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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