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Booklets Full of Knits to Keep You Warm

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Warm knitting pattern booklets giveaway

Jami is the winner.

This week I thought I’d share some little books full of patterns that will get you through fall and winter with lots of cozy knits.

Warm Up with Knits has 12 patterns for hats, mitts, cowls, wraps and boot cuffs to keep you cozy.

Quick Knitted Scarves contains 18 projects for scarves using all sorts of stitch patterns and techniques (they’re not all warm but they are all fast projects).

Slouchy Beanies and Headwraps by Lisa Gentry has nine patterns for hats and wide headbands to keep your ears warm.

One lucky reader is going to get all of these. If you’d like it to be you, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, October 1. I’d love to know if you’re a hat person, an earwarmer person, or someone who just leaves their head out in the cold.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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Check out these books dedicated to Knitted Cowl Patterns still looking for more cowl patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

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Comments

  3. My head is always out in the cold because I hate hats for myself. However, my family loves them so I like to knit for them. Thank you for the chance to win what looks to be some great patterns!

  5. Hats, the family can’t get enough. Our office also makes many hats and scarfs for the Salvation Army during the year for Christmas.

  11. I like scarves; since I wear hearing aids and a BAHA, I am unable to wear hats, but I do make them for our projects in our knitting/crochet class.

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Knit a Great Button Down Shirt

Just about anything you can make in fabric you can make in knitting, but there are some styles that you just don’t see that often translated into knitting. 

For example, a button down collared shirt. This is a classic design, of course, and it looks great in a knit version, but it’s just not something you see much of. 

Noma Ndlovu’s Guglethu shirt is the pattern to try if you want to knit your own button down shirt. This one is inspired by cashmere tops (though the sample was made out of yak yarn, not cashmere, and uses two strands of lace weight yarn held together) and includes lots of high-fashion details like double-knit cuffs, collar and shoulder seams. 

It has a patch pocket on the front and 10 buttons including the button band and the cuffs. 

The designer says you can also use a DK weight yarn held singly if you’d rather, and that the shirt looks good in a variety of yarns. There is another version on Ravelry that uses Berroco Remix Light, which is a mix of nylon, cotton, acrylic, silk and cellulose fibers. It has a more relaxed look but it still really pretty. 

The pattern has 12 sizes, with a full bust measurement ranging from 32.35 to 72.25 inches, or 82 to 183.5 cm. The designer suggests 2 to 6 inches, or 5 to 15 cm, of positive ease when you pick your size. I could totally see knitting one that’s even bigger to wear more like a jacket, because I do that a lot with button down shirts I already own.

I love all the details on this shirt, which isn’t necessarily difficult to knit, but might introduce you to some things you’ve never knit before (like those cuffs with the plackets, or a shirt collar like this). 

To learn more about this shirt and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself, head to Ravelry. 

[Photo: Noma Ndlovu]

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