Another Great Simple Shawl to Stitch

The other day I shared the Oscillate Shawl, which I said was the perfect kind of knitting for this time of year. It’s relatively easy and also really pretty, and will be a comfort to knit and to wrap around your neck. Or a loved one’s neck, if you’re into that.

I feel the same way about the Shadow Shawl from Fairmount Fibers. Designed by Antonia Shankland, this is a straightforward triangular shawl worked in two colors of sport weight yarn. In this case it’s a blend of alpaca and cotton that gives warmth without being too heavy for an outer layer.

Once the pattern is established this feels like one of those patterns you can just sail through, while still enjoying the knitting at the same time. It’s already pretty large, but you could also knit this up in DK or worsted weight and work to whatever size you like if you don’t have sport weight yarn handy.

This is a free knitting pattern available on the Fairmount Fibers website.

If you’re looking for more shawl knitting patterns, I have a collection of sock yarn shawl knitting patterns, and one for summer shawls, both of which might be of interest to people in the Southern Hemisphere right now. You might also want to check out this collection of summer poncho patterns, which is basically the same as knitting a shawl, just finished a little differently.

And if you’re totally new to knitting shawls, or you just want a completely relaxing, no thinking kind of project to take you into the new year and beyond, check out this super simple shawl knitting pattern that’s meant to be worked with a cake of yarn (or you can make your own “cake” with all your leftovers from the past year).

[Photo via Fairmount Fibers]

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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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