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Do You Know the Velvet Acorn?

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velvet acorn designsIf you’ve ever looked at knitting or crochet patterns on Pinterest, you’ve probably seen patterns from the Velvet Acorn.

Designer Heidi May has hundreds of patterns she sells on etsy, which are inspired by nature and styled beautifully and usually pictured on super adorable kids (though her patterns are sized from littles through adults). You can also check them out at a glance on Pinterest.

She does a lot of hats and scarves, but also totally cute pullovers like the Azel Pullover, which uses super bulky yarn and is a super simple knit no matter what size you make. She’s also the designer behind adorable head gear like the Burton Bear Cowl and the Failynn Fox Cowl, both of which I would totally make for my daughter and me.

Her patterns are priced at $5.50 each, and most of them use bulky yarn and simple stitches for quick work that you’ll love to make and wear or gift to a little one in your life.

Have you ever knit (or pinned) any of these patterns? I’d love to hear about it! And if you are or know a great knitwear designer you’d like to see featured, let me know!

[Photos via the Velvet Acorn on etsy.]

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  2. Her patterns are great! I have knit one before and the directions are very good and her designs awesome!

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Knit a Cozy Sweater with Lots of Options

If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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