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Beam And Read – Awesome!

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I’ve had the opportunity to try out this light and peeps, It. Is. Awesome!!

Of course I’ve used the Beam and Read for my knitting, but also reading late at night and early morning. Then, just the other night, I grabbed it and took it out to the chicken coop when I heard some commotion out there.

The next time I went to use it, it wasn’t there, seems hubby decided it made a very nice addition to his “auto fixing arsenol”. Well, you’ll be happy to know that I’ve since re-claimed it.

My knitting kit includes the Denise cloth knitting needle case, which also has room for extra scissors, a tape measure, stitch and row markers, extra dpns, row counters, even a crochet hook.  And now… this Beam and Read light lives there too, part of my permanent collection (and safely hidden away from hubby, who has already asked if he can have his own!).

The Beam and Read is from ASF Lightware Solutions. It includes led lights that never run out, and runs on standard AA batteries. Awesome product, highly recommended, and now I’ll have to go find another one. You can get yours here: http://www.readinglight.com/or at Amazon (search for Beam and Read)

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  1. “I’ve had the opportunity to try out this light and ladies, It. Is. Awesome!!”

    There are male knitters that read this blog.

  2. Ah… doesn’t it move up and down as you breathe? I think that would drive me nuts trying to keep focus. Or maybe not. Can someone that uses it address that? I’ll be on the lookout for one to try before I buy in the meantime. I’m ….er…. fluffy in the max and having it hit my tummy may also be a problem. Sigh.

    Edie

  3. I haven’t noticed it moving, Edie, and the strap is adjustable, so you can make it as long or short as you needed. I really love mine.

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Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

There are so many great pumpkin knitting patterns out there, and it looks like I haven’t done a roundup of pumpkin knitting patterns in a few years, so it’s high time for another one.

The Lancaster Pumpkins from Cuddle Bunny Knits on Etsy are classic, made with stockinette stitch in the round and using super bulky yarn. If you’ve never knit a pumpkin before, this is a good place to start.

Jazz it up a little bit by knitting ribbing instead of straight stockinette, which gives your knit pumpkin a little more texture, too. This one is form Jessies Knits on Etsy. This one is worked flat on straight needles and there are three size options to choose from.

Or try the Pumpkin Patch pattern from Blue Sky Fibers, which is a free pattern on Ravelry. It’s worked with two strands of worsted weight yarn held together to give your pumpkins a marled look, or you can keep it solid. 

There’s another free ribbed pumpkin knitting pattern at Yarnspirations that is really cute. These are knit flat and seamed, and they come in three different sizes. You can either stack them as a centerpiece to decorate a table or you can leave them separate. Or make a whole pumpkin patch and do some of both! I love that they chose unconventional colors so you can see you don’t have to be limited to orange when you knit up your pumpkins.

Made by Devrie on Etsy has these cute pumpkins with twisted stitches (they look like cables but it’s only moving one stitch at a time) that you can make in any size with any yarn you like.

The Twisted Heart Pumpkin for Etsy seller Percival Makes Things uses cables to make a heart shape on the side of the pumpkin. It’s worked in the round and the cable pattern is charted.

And while I was really sticking to plain pumpkins here, not knit jack o’lanterns, I can’t resist sharing this beaded jack o’lantern knitting pattern from Knit Cole Studio on Etsy. The base pumpkin is simple Stockinette and you can stitch on beads in whatever design you like to make your face, or keep it plain.

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