Celebrate the 10th Annual Worldwide Knit in Public Day

June 12, 2015 by Sarah White

In the past, Worldwide Knit in Public Day has spread out over a week, because it was often at the same time as the big TNNA show in the states. But that’s already happened this year, so everyone is celebrating together, on Saturday, June 13.

You can find local events wherever you are at the WWKIP Day website, or check with your local yarn store if you have one for any special events that might be going on. (Mine is having knitting on the front porch of their shop, which sounds like a lot of fun.)

Do you normally knit in public? I find it really interesting to see people’s reactions when they see you knitting. My favorite recent one was at a dress rehearsal for my daughter’s play; all the kids were swarming me to see what I was doing!

If you have plans for knitting out on Saturday, I’d love to hear them.

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Pat morris says
June 13, 2015 at 6:33 pm
I spent a great afternoon with my daughter and two friends knitting in a park across from American Needle works in Middletown . Then it was off to lunch at a cute cafe right next door to the park. The four of us crossed the street to the yarn shop where we bought our tote bags for the Hudon Valley Yarn shop cruise . I also scored some beautiful lane Cervinia sock yarn.
Then it was off to Warwick New York to get our pass ports stamped at Whistle Stop Yarn . More sock yarn of course….this one Zusammenhalt Opal ,and some much needed stitch markers. We plan to go to at least one or two shops on the cruise each week with side trips into the towns that they are located in. This cruise was a great idea. I knit in public all of the time.

Have you read?

Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]