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Knit a SnoBuddy Family

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snobuddy familyIt may seem a little late in the season to be knitting holiday decor, but the great thing about snowmen is that they can hang out for the whole of winter, not just the holidays.

The SnoBuddy Family by Chris de Longpre from Knitting at Knoon Designs is a cute set of snowmen of various sizes that can also be worked in different weights of yarn, from a worsted singles to a heavy worsted and an aran weight. So you can make the project to suit the yarn you have or your time constraints.

The link above is to the project on Ravelry, where it can be downloaded for $10.

[Image via Ravelry.]

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  1. This snow family is so cute. I love the one with the mittens tied around his neck:) Definitely putting this on my knitting list. Thanks for sharing the pattern!!

  2. Hi! Thanks for sharing – these do look super cute to make! Sure wish the pattern was really “free” though, as the title of the article implies! Oh well, there are lots of great free patterns out there for us on super tight budgets! Thanks so much – love this blog – keep up the great work! Happy Holidays to all! Smiles – Linda

  3. You said the pattern is free, but at the end you said it costs $10. Is there really somewhere I can get it for free? It looks like it is $10 on Ravelry.

Have you read?

Stitch a Scarf with Dreamy Waves

As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells,  so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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