Get Ready for Christmas with Ugly Sweater Patterns

I hate to admit it, but we’re a little over half way to Christmas. It’s probably already time to start thinking about whether anyone in your circle is worthy of Christmas knitting and what you might like to make for them.

But if you’re not quite ready to face that fact just yet, why not make something for yourself for the holiday season, such as an Ugly Christmas Sweaters?

Knit Picks has a great free ebook with six ugly Christmas sweater patterns designed by Kim Cameron, who apparently wins awards for the fabulousness of her ugly sweaters.

The book includes patterns for bedecking your sweater with an elf, a reindeer, a snowman, a Christmas tree, ornaments on a garland and a mantel full of Christmas stockings.

You’ll also be inspired — if you want to call it that — to embellish your sweater even further with pompoms, lights and other delights.

Have you ever knit an ugly Christmas sweater? (I made a Christmas bra once, but that’s a story for another day.) I’d love to hear about it!

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I feel like a lot of the patterns I have been sharing lately are sweaters that you can use for layering. Maybe that’s because it stayed warm for so long this year where I live that I’m still thinking about lighter weight sweaters.

I love this kind of garment for wearing over a T-shirt when it’s cool in the morning but warm in the afternoon. They’re great for throwing on top of a dress to get more use out of them when it’s cooler, or wearing under a warmer sweater when it finally gets cold.

The Sunset Sweatshirt pattern from Jessie Maed Designs is an oversized, boxy, cropped pullover with slightly dropped shoulders for a cozy fit that’s almost like your favorite sweatshirt. Worked in worsted weight yarn, it will keep you warm through several seasons, and is a great one to throw in your bag to slip on when it’s cool for part of the day.

The pattern comes in nine sizes, to fit a chest from 28 to 60 inches, or 71 to 152.5 cm. It’s designed to have 9 to 12 inches, or 23 to 30.5 cm, of positive ease, so the fit is quite relaxed. There are optional bust darts if you want to add a bit of shaping. The pattern recommends knitting a smaller size and adding darts if you have a full bust in relation to your upper chest. Jessie Maed is known for their size inclusive patterns so I’m sure it’s well explained in the pattern how to do this should you want to.

The design is worked from the top down in one piece with short row shaping for the shoulders and slightly tapered sleeves. To make this one you should be comfortable with working in the round, increasing, decreasing and working German short rows.

You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Jessie Maed Designs]

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