Giving bottles of wine, olive oil and other goodies is pretty popular this year, whether as holiday gifts or for hostesses of holiday parties.
It’s fun to jazz up such gifts with a little homemade touch like these knit toque … Read More ...
Knit a Great Hat in an Evening or Two
This time of year it’s great to have some quick knitting patterns handy for last-minute gift knitting or charity knitting projects.
The Perky Little Hat pattern from Sharon Lentsch is a sweet hat that she says can be knit in … Read More ...
Knit a Simple Earflap Hat
I have a friend who did some holiday photos with her sweetie and they are both wearing plaid earflap hats. It might have been the thing to push me over the edge of thinking that earflap hats are actually cute, … Read More ...
A Chunky Hat to Use Your Yarn Stash
I am very into trying to use yarn right now, so I’m always on the lookout for stash-busting and scrap-using projects (and forever working on a couple of blankets that use the odd bits, too).
An Apple Hat to Knit for Kids
Kids are always cute in hats, but I think kid’s hats are just that much cuter when they look like something else, whether an animal or another object.
Gina Michele has a cute knit apple hat for toddlers, but the … Read More ...
A Fun Knit Hat with a Twist
I’m all for plain stocking caps and beanies because they are fast to knit and unendingly useful, but sometimes it’s fun to add in a little detail to make the knitting and the wearing that much more fun.
The I’m … Read More ...
Basic Beginner Knit Hat for Kids and Adults
This hat is perfect for beginners and works up quickly, so it’s a great go-to pattern for fall and winter! It’s knit flat, so no need to know how to knit in the round. The shape of the hat is … Read More ...
The Simplest Hat to Knit for Winter
I am loving slouch hats this year. I don’t know if they’re at all trendy, but I want to knit and crochet a bunch of them (I actually did just crochet one, it was so fun!).
Next on my list … Read More ...
An Easy Hat to Knit Before it Gets Cold
For some reason we’ve been having a somewhat cool and really rainy August here in Arkansas, so as much as I want to hang onto the warm weather I’m also already thinking about fall and winter.
I love to do … Read More ...
Help Stomp Out Bullying with Blue Hats
Lion Brand Yarn has teamed up with STOMP Out Bullying (a national nonprofit aimed at changing the culture for kids to reduce bullying, cyberbulling and other forms of abuse) on a project that knitters and crocheters can support, called #HatNotHate… Read More ...
Knit a Kid’s Crayon Hat for Back to School
I’m a little bit in denial that in about two weeks I’m going to have a third grader! I haven’t really done anything to prepare for the upcoming school year (thank goodness for a school that buys all the supplies) … Read More ...
Knit a Baby Hat with Style
I love knitting baby hats. They’re so quick and easy and you can do all sorts of techniques in them on a small scale. And babies look cute in anything, so you can make them a little more wild, colorful … Read More ...
Tina Belcher Inspired Knit Hat
Knit hats are a really fun way to add your personality to your accessories or to make a costume that much cooler.
This hat is the perfect project for any Bob’s Burgers fan! It’s a simple project that can be … Read More ...
Sewing Tools that are Also Great for Knitters
There are lots of times when different crafts cross over, or when tools that might be used for one craft (say, a crochet hook) can be useful for other crafts as well (such as picking up stitches or weaving in … Read More ...
What to Do with Single Skeins of Sock Yarn
If you’re like me, and like most knitters I know, you’ve probably bought a skein or several of sock yarn
(let’s not talk about other kinds of yarn right now, OK?) with no real idea of what you were going … Read More ...