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Another Yarn Store Directory Which Leads Me To A Free Christmas Stocking Pattern…..

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First the Yarn Shop Directory…….This directory is organized by State, or by Shop Name, or by City Name, or by Area Code. And, it’s brought to you by The Daily Knitter, here.

I had to play around with it, I just had to, you know I did!

Found a couple of shops I didn’t know about in my area code. Saturday, here I come! I found a new shop I hadn’t found earlier in my Mid-January vacation destination (you can bet I’ve already got those scoped out!). And, just for the fun of it, I put “yarn” into the name of the shop section and got quite a few listings. Go figure!

But The Daily Knitter is more than just a yarn shop directory.

There’s the Free Pattern of the Day, Book and Product Reviews, Articles, Tips, Forums, it’s really a great site. Sign up for their newsletter too. And, check out their blog. And, and, and, and….. this site is really pretty neat!

Here’s the free pattern of the day from yesterday. From Castonerika’s blog, here:  http://castonerika.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-needle-christmas-stocking.html 

Isn’t he cute?

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  3. It looks like that site is by invitation only, but if you have a google account you can log in and request permission to view the site. I don’t know if there’s any easier way…maybe check the internet archive? (that’s archive.org)

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Use Your Sock Yarn Scraps to Knit a Colorful Scarf

Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

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