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Get in the Holiday Spirit with the Yarnspirations Holiday Look Book

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Check out the Yarnspirations holiday decor lookbook.OK, I’ve been saying for weeks now that I’m not ready to think about Christmas.

And I’m really not.

But I’ve also been working on a Christmas-related knitting project for CraftBits (which I will share with you just as soon as it’s live), so I am maybe, at least a little bit, starting to think about Christmas knitting.

It doesn’t hurt that husband requested knit gifts for his colleagues, so I need to get cracking.

The Yarnspirations holiday look book has put me in a bit more of a holiday mood as well. This collection (you can see it in ISSUU) is full of adorable knit and crochet things for the Christmas tree, stockings and more.

In the knit area, I’m pretty well in love with the knit Dala horse, the partridge and the pear. The tiny tree ornaments are pretty perfect, too, and great for using little odd balls from your stash (they’d be great as gift tags, too).

There’s an amazing granny square tree skirt for those who like crochet, too, and some great afghans and pillows in both knit and crochet. I adore the Nordic Holiday pillow, complete with jumping reindeer and Nordic stars.

There are cute ideas for wrapping and presenting gifts as well, from knit wine bottle cozies and jar toppers to a snowman gift card cozy.

See anything that catches your eye? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Yarnspirations.]

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  1. Thanks! I like the Dala Horse, too, having been to Dalarna once. Also the three Jolly Stockings, with their motifs close enough together to knit in the round. And the Snowman gift card hugger. I have lots of yarn to use up; these will be fun.

Have you read?

Get Graphic with the Snug Wrap Knitting Pattern

I don’t know if it’s possible to look at the Snug Wrap from Sylvia Watts-Cherry and not smile. There’s so much fun stuff going on in it that if I had a bunch of sport weight yarn in my house I definitely would have cast this one on immediately after seeing it.

There’s stripes and circles of different sizes and colors, worked with intarsia. The wrap is worked sideways in both garter stitch and stockinette, so different sections also have different textures. Color blocking means you’ll use a lot of two main colors, and there are two more colors used for contrast throughout the piece.

As I mentioned, the project calls for sport weight yarn, and it’s already pretty big — 23.25 by 82 inches or 59 by 208 cm — so you probably wouldn’t want to use heavier yarn unless you just want to make it a super scarf. You could use even lighter yarn to make it more of a scarf than a shawl if you wanted.

The yarn used is a combination of Merino wool and recycled threads from La Bien Aimée’s yarn making process, so it’s a fun way to reduce waste while making something awesome.

The color motifs are depicted in charts in the pattern, but none of these are difficult so even if you’re new to chart reading you should be able to handle this pattern. The colors in the sample are so pretty but you can of course change it up with your favorites that will make you smile as you knit and wear this super fun pattern.

As usual, checking out the projects tab on Ravelry will show you some more fun color options. I love the idea of using jewel tones to give it a more wintry look, but the sky is the limit when it comes to color options.

You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Sylvia Watts-Cherry]

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