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Another Giveaway!! Knit To Be Square

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k2bsqUp next… Knit To Be Square by Vivian Hoxbro and Interweave.

Join the domino craze with Knit to Be Square! Vivian Høxbro shows you how to combine modular squares into blocks of varying sizes that become the base for a variety of eye-catching two- and three-dimensional projects. Combine these geometric patterns with felting and you get gorgeous results!

Now for the criteria…. you good knitters turned me on to a sock pattern that not only can I live with, but I actually really like! Yay! I’m a sock knitter now!

So, how about making me a lace knitter too! Tell me about your favorite lace patterns and why you like them!

Plus.. there will be a surprise in the box along with this book….

Comments

  3. Ooh, I’ve seen this book and I love it!

    Hmm, lace… haven’t had a chance to do much lace yet, but I absolutely am dying to try Kiwassa and Path of Flowers by Chrissy Gardiner. Oh, and anything by BadCatDesigns…..

  5. I like the pattern that is knit one or two rows and then the nest row knit with one or two extra wraps. The next row drop the extra wraps and just knit. I have used this quite a few times to make cover up for over a bathing suits.

  6. I enjoy trying different techniques- the modular or square knitting is intriguing. I like lace, as the yarnovers are impressive to others- but so simple! I want to knit a sampler of different patterns-probably with leftover bedspread cotton. Usually I use different yarns, but this would show up well…hmmm.

  7. Well I haven’t any favorite lace patterns YET but I did find out that I don’t remember where but knitters that had no access to knitting needles used piano wire to knit soft delecate lace.

  9. Anything from “Victorian Lace Today” is great – though probably not for a beginner.
    You can always start with a lace sock!

  10. The gorgeous lace shawl patterns from GoddessKnits.com are very well written and a heirloom for many generations forward. Please enter me in your great book giveaway, I want to try more modular knitting! Thanks, Kim

  11. I enjoy trying different techniques- the modular or square knitting is pretty neat. i love all the laces but have not tried any yet

Have you read?

Knit Little Fish to Use Your Yarn Scraps

I rarely understand why something becomes a trend in crafting. Gnomes and geese are both cute I guess, but I never thought we’d be making them for all seasons. (See, for example, this collection of gnome knitting patterns, or these knit geese.)

Another one I don’t totally understand is sardines or little fish more generally. Sure, they’re cute, and the shape is fun, but I had no idea when I was sharing this pattern for a fish-shaped pouch last year that it would become a hugely popular pattern that people are still searching for on the site. It is pretty cute, though, so if you weren’t around then or don’t remember you should got check it out. 

Recently another fishy knitting pattern crossed my monitor: the little knit fish from Classical Songbird Designs. 

Just as the name suggests, these fish are little, about 4.5 inches or 11 cm from end to end. They look like little sardines and take about 12 yards of sock yarn to make. 

You can even make a two-tone fish and use just 6 yards of each color. 

This sounds to me like just about the perfect use for the yarn that’s left over after knitting a pair of socks, or a mini skein or several that have been sitting around unused in your stash. 

The fish are knit flat in one piece, which makes it easy to stitch on the eyes with more yarn or embroidery floss before stuffing, and you can stitch up the sides while you stuff (though it’s not a very big piece so you could probably stitch and then stuff, finishing with the end of the tail). 

Because I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one wondering, I measured an Altoids box and as the pattern is written the fish are a little too big to fit in it (the box is about 4 inches/10 cm long). But you could make the fish a little smaller if you want to make a box of them. Or just make a fishy bag to put them in!

You can grab the free pattern for the little knit fish at Classical Songbird Designs. 

[Photo: Classical Songbird Designs.]