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Brava From KnitPicks

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I’ve just about got my Brava project finished (save for blocking and sewing on buttons). This yarn is soooo soft, and I love it for the snuggly soft baby sweater. Machine washable and dryable too, and a DREAM to knit with. Perfect for a baby. Used the sport weight, in the Seashell colorway for the main part of the body. And camel, dove and cream for the patterns. This is a definite must-have yarn for baby projects. Knit Picks Brava Sport HERE, this yarn was so easy to knit with that I didn’t have to concentrate on anything other than increases, decreases and pattern stitches. No splitting, no creeping off the needles, very easy on these arthritic farmer hands!

If you look close enough, yes, I realize there is a mistake in the yoke. But it’s hard to see and I’m not going to fix it, sorry. It’s for a baby (who was born Thursday), a good friend of my daughter. The sweater is knit in a size 12 months though, so I have some time to get it blocked, and with Miss Anna’s coloring, the seashell color will look gorgeous on her 🙂

Since there was a bit of a color chart I aquired a new Magnetic Chart Keeper, also from Knit Picks.

The pattern was a FREE pattern, from Garn Studio HERE, I may yet knit the hat and booties, not sure yet.

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Tiny Knits in Team Colors

For years now Berroco has been releasing a tiny set of Christmas ornament knitting patterns, often modeled on human-sized clothes, called Minutia. The ones for this year haven’t come out yet, but somehow I missed last year’s so I wanted to share them, as well as a fun little twist they offered. 

The general 2025 Minutia patterns include a circular yoke sweater, a two-color stocking and a ribbed earflap hat. They’re super cute and perfect for using little (or should I say minute?) amounts of yarn left over from other projects. Make them in Christmas colors or whatever you have on hand. Even if you don’t have exactly the same yarn weight, you can still make these cute additions to your holiday decor. 

But what really caught my eye while I was on the Berocco site was the Team Colors Minutia, which are actually different patterns so I’m not even sure when they were released, but they are definitely worth talking about. 

These patterns include a little raglan sweater with stripes and a stocking cap with contrasting pom pom. 

They call for sport weight yarn, but again you could use sock or DK if that’s what you have in the right colors. And here the right colors are important because you’re stitching your team colors. 

Or anyone else’s team colors.

I immediately thought that this would be an amazing holiday gift for someone who you never know what to get but who also happens to like sports. Or has gone to a university that has colors. 

Another option would be to leave off the stripes and add a number in duplicate stitch if you or the person you’re knitting for has a favorite player. Or stitch a letter or a tiny version of the team logo on the front. There are lots of options!

If you make these, I’d love to hear what you did with them!

[Photo: Berroco]