Dig into Knitty’s Deep Fall Issue

I don’t always post about Knitty’s new issues, but it’s been a while and they have some news so it’s worth taking a look at the latest issue.

There are actually a couple of projects in this one that I would love to knit. Linger is a classic, slouchy, ’90s grunge cardigan that I am confident I would wear all the time. It’s made with chunky yarn, which is the only thing that’s kept me from casting on already, because I’m not sure I have yarn in the house that I can use for this project. But it’s definitely getting on my needles soon. It was designed by Åsa Buchta and uses super cozy half fisherman’s rib.

The other one I love is this plaid jacket, called Plaid World and designed by Amy Gunderson. It’s not a difficult project but it is a large project, and it does have some surprises like a folded hem and facings and a short row collar. How great would it be to have the perfect fall jacket and to know you knit it yourself?

You can see all the other patterns for Deep Fall here.

Starting this issue Knitty also announced the beta rollout of Knitty+, a service that will be available to the magazine’s Patreon users. It allows you to select the size of the pattern you want to knit and print out a copy that includes only the numbers you need. If you’re working from the pattern online, it will also save your progress and open up the next time right where you left off (highlighting the row you are working on is a feature for the future).

You can read all about Knitty+ here, and subscribe to the Knitty Patreon here. Patreon is what keeps Knitty free and allows them to inovate in this way, so if you’ve ever knit something from their virtual pages, consider supporting them.

[Photo: David Buchta via Knitty]

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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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