Free Pattern – Perfect!

You know you have it. That perfect yarn that you bought with absolutely no idea what it would become, only secure in knowing that it would, someday, reveal to you what it was meant to be. Absolutely no idea what to do with it, just knew you had to have it….well, I have it. And I found it, and now I can put 2 and 2 together and come up with something close to 4.

This (flurries from Tilli Tomas):

And this: http://yarnsandmusic.com/TilliTomasNeckwarmer.html

Put together = this:

in the natural color of Tilli Tomas’ Flurries. 80% Austrailian Merino and 20% Glass beads. These two were meant for each other. Gorgeous!

So, yes, I will cast on for this, yet another project, because as luck would have it, knitting doesn’t seem to be my hobby. Nope. My hobby is starting projects.

The neckwarmer pattern is free from Yarns And Music, and the awesome fibery yumminess is from Tilli Thomas. And you know what just doesn’t make sense? Even though it’s pictured in green, and even though green is soooo very much my color…. it’s won’t be knit in green. Hmm. Strange… The space/time continuum may not survive this deviation from norm!

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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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