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Cute Ways to Wrap and Decorate for the Holidays from Our Readers

December 11, 2014 by Sarah White

Chirstmas ornaments and wrappings using yarn.I love getting user submissions because there’s no way I can keep up with all the yarny goodness happening out there in the world without a few spies. If you ever have anything to share, whether it’s a pattern on your blog or something you see somewhere else that you just love, you can click on that link at the top of the page that says “suggest a DIY” and give me all the details.

That said, here are a few great posts my readers have shared recently that revolve around the theme of getting ready for Christmas and wrapping presents. A couple use knitting and a couple just use yarn, but they’re all cute.

On the knitting front, there’s this super cute Santa Knit Gift Card Holder from Kara at Petals to Picots. Inspired by Santa’s suit, this is a fun way to give a gift card, use up little bit of yarn and make a present that doubles as a decoration.

And Dee Hardwicke has a really cute “pot stand” with a reindeer worked in stranded knitting back and forth in rows. It’s really pretty and would be great to use as a hot pad or an extra large coaster for your hot chocolate.

In the yarn but not knit category we have purl3agony’s cute yarn-wrapped Christmas ornaments (I love the one with the buttons!) and the super-cute ice cream cone themed wrapping decoration from Let’s Wrap Stuff.

Do you add yarny embellishments to your packages, or your tree? I’d love to hear about it!

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  1. Heather Cummings says

    December 13, 2014 at 4:33 am

    I also use knitting patterns that are on a grid like this for Cross Stitch! 🙂

Have you read?

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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