Free Knitting Pattern: Shoulder Hug

I’m the sort of person who is cold pretty much all the time. It doesn’t matter how hot it is outside, I’ll get a chill as soon as the air conditioning comes on. I live in the South, so everywhere is over-air-conditioned for my taste (including my house a lot of the time), so I try not to leave the house without some kind of shrug or shawl if I know I’m going to be in a building.

That’s why I love the Shoulder Hug, a super-easy pattern from Yarn Rhapsody (click the link and the pattern is a PDF). It’s a lace weight pattern but it’s worked on size 7 US (4.5 mm) knitting needles, so it doesn’t take as long as 1,100 yards of yarn sounds. It’s worked in Garter Stitch with short rows to shape a series of triangles. When you’re done, you fold the piece so the cast on and bound off edges are together, then sew part of one side seam to hold the piece on.

This leaves triangles of fabric that cane be placed to the front, back or sides when you wear it. Easy, cute and just enough coverage to keep you warm when it’s a little too cool inside. Sounds like a winner to me.

[Photo by Yarn Rhapsody.]

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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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