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Check out the Amazing Bubbles on This Shawl

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This is an older pattern but I just saw it shared on Instagram by Hedgehog Fibres and it looks awesome so I couldn’t help but share it.

Camino Bubbles by Kieran Foley uses a cool drop stitch mesh pattern that would be a perfect use for the wildest sock yarn in your stash.

There are two versions of the pattern, with larger and smaller bubbles. Click through to the Ravelry pattern page and you can see that it looks great in coordinating solids as well.

The pattern is available from Ravelry for $6.

[Photo: Kieran Foley.]

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  1. It would be very helpful, if you would indicate what crafting skill is needed when you post a pattern– knit? crochet? something else?– instead of assuming everybody seeing it knits.

  2. This is the knitting page, so while I don’t assume everyone knits, I assume people are interested in knitting. Even if you are seeing it on Facebook first, the link would show that it is on the knitting page.

  3. I followed this from a general newsletter (Craft Gossip), and there was no indication that it was linked to a knitting page. I was trying to contact the newsletter editor– it could/should have been indicated there. (Also, for whatever reason, when the linked page pops up on my computer, the blog title is at the top of the page– have to scroll up to see that it is a knitting blog),.

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Knit a Linen Stitch Hot Pad

Linen stitch is one of my favorite knitting stitch patterns that, every time I use it in a project, I think about how I don’t use it often enough. 

It’s an easy stitch to make, with slip stitches done with the yarn held to the front of the work on the right/front side and to the back on the wrong/back side, which makes the strand of yarn a visible part of the pattern. 

It also makes a fabric that is thick and looks kind of like a woven fabric.

I recently used linen stitch to make a double-thick pot holder, which I worked in a kind of interesting way. I didn’t want to have to do any sewing on the project, so I started it from a crochet cast on and picked up stitches from the side of the cast on to make the hot pad all in one piece in the round with the edge sealed. 

This requires working on two circular needles, which is another technique I don’t use that often and am always reminded how much I like it when I do. 

The combination of double thickness and the stitch pattern makes for a hot pad that’s already pretty thick, but I also added a bit of old towel to the inside before I closed up the end to make it super thick and extra protective for your surfaces. 

I found the engineering challenge of this construction method to be a lot of fun, but you could also just knit it as a tube (casting on twice as many stitches as I did) and sew up the ends by hand when the knitting is done. Either way you’ve got a useful and pretty addition to your kitchen, whether you work it in a solid color, stripes or as a stash busting project will all your cotton odd balls. 

You can grab the pattern over at Our Daily Craft, or check it out on Ravelry. 

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