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Boxer Press Audio and KnitPicks.com Entertain Craftsters with Free Holiday Audio

The knitting up of an elaborate stocking brings an amorous ghost to West Hill along with a most unusual proposal, an intrepid thief, and more than a few second chances this December. Boxer Press Audio and internet yarn retailer KnitPicks.com team up to offer Miss Eiderdowns Stocking as a free MP3 download in two parts.

 Part One Release: Live December 4th, 2009, 9am Pacific Time  http://media.libsyn.com/media/knitpicks/Eiderdown1.mp3

 Part Two Release: December 12th, 2009, 9am Pacific Time  http://media.libsyn.com/media/knitpicks/Eiderdown2.mp3

Every craftsperson has a dream project. Miss Lillian Eiderdowns just happens to be a holiday stocking as elaborate as her imagination can make it. When her partner in Entwhistle-Eiderdown Wools dies, Lillian closes the shop and sets her needles to work. Will the knitting up lead her to a new beginning or is this knitter destined to never bind-off?  

Everyone stresses during the holiday make-athon, so why not have someone read you a yarn about second chances? asks Kate Godfrey, writer/producer of Boxer Press Audio. We love the crafts community as much as the folks at Knit Picks do so we were delighted when they agreed to partner with us to tell Miss Eiderdowns story. May this audio gift make the season a merrier one for everyone rushing to finish one more last minute gift.

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

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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