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

November 3, 2008 by Terrye 3 Comments

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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Mainyac says
September 24, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Nice.!
jackie says
October 2, 2012 at 5:35 pm
I lost this pattern a two years ago, how can I get it again?
Sarah White says
October 4, 2012 at 8:50 am
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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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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