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Get a Deal on a Pattern for a Gift with the Indie Designers Giftalong

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One of my favorite knitting related events of the year is the Indie Designers Giftalong on Ravelry. While it technically is a knitalong complete with prizes and crafty fun, I’m in it for the pattern sales.

Many independent designers have some of their patterns on sale for the giftalong, from now through Dec. 2 (use the code giftalong2019 for 25 percent off all patterns listed in the giftalong bundle).

Browsing through the offerings is a great way to learn about some designers whose work you might not have seen before and to get some good deals on knitting and crochet patterns to make as gifts or for yourself.

I haven’t been through the full list yet (I’ve only looked through about 10 of the 113 pages!) but I’m eyeing this classic Mary Jane Mucklestone Fair Isle Skirt, the Waipi’o Cardigan from Kristen TenDyke, the super-bulky lace shawl Ovate from Tori Gurbisz, Wondrlanding’s intriguing wrap skirt Citta, the Ease pullover from Alicia Plummer, Anna Dalvi’s striped and lacy Cheshire Cat Shawl, and the fun retro-inspired belted jacket Mod Podge by Adriana Hernandez-Bergstrom. That ought to keep me going for a while!

See anything you like? I can’t wait to hear about it.

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Knit a Simple But Fun Sweater

From the front, the Simply Me Blouse from NORgardknitters looks like a plain, boxy, garter stitch sweater. The kind of thing you’d want to throw on every day, like the knit version of a sweatshirt.

But when you look at the back, you realize there’s more going on than meets the eye.

This sweater also has a giant pleat on the back, giving lots of volume and interest without making the knitting any harder.

Simply Me is worked from the top down, starting with the yoke being worked back and forth in rows. Extra stitches are cast on at the back to form the pleat (which is crocheted closed when the knitting is done) and the body is joined in the round under the underarms.

But if you know anything about knitting in the round, you know that to make garter stitch you have to knit and round and purl a round. To avoid that this pattern uses short rows so you can still knit every round and come out with garter stitch.

The sweater has a wide boatneck and a cropped, boxy shape with three-quarter sleeves. There’s no edging to interrupt the pretty waves of garter stitch.

The pattern comes in six sizes, to fit a bust from 31.5-33.5 inches, or 80-85 cm, up to 43 to 47 inches, or 110-120 cm. But there is a lot of positive ease worked into the pattern, so if you want less ease you can work it for a larger range of sizes. There are lots of projects on the project page on Ravelry, most of which show it in a solid color, but you can also see ideas for stripes or a fade. It calls for DK weight yarn.

You can find the Simply Me Blouse pattern on Ravelry, where it is available in English, Danish, French, German and Norwegian.

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