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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.]

Comments

  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?

Learn a Flower Bobble Technique to Knit a Fun Shawl

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier. 

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project. 

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible. 

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge. 

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects. 

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy. 

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project. 

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Xandy Peters]