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Get Ready for Holiday Knitting with This Fun Book

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25 knitted accessories book

Patricia is the winner.

I know, if you’re doing any serious holiday knitting you probably should have started already (I’m starting to feel a bit of a panic and I’m only planning to knit a couple of things), but if you’d like to knit gifts for just a few people, there’s still time to plan it out and get started.

25 Knitted Accessories to Wear and Share is a collection from Interweave that includes previously published projects for hats, scarves, shawls, socks, bags, mitts and more. These project are pretty, mostly pretty small, and very giftable. (Check out all the projects on Ravelry.)

One lucky winner is going to get this book to kickstart or reinforce their gift knitting for any season. If you want it to be you, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, Oct. 29.

I’d love to know if you have a plan for holiday knitting yet and if you’ve started on yours. I always knit something for the girl’s teachers, and I have a plan to make some mitts or something for a few co-workers.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

 

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Comments

  1. I’ve already started on my gift knitting. Hats and finger-less mitts for my friends at knit n natter.

  3. I do not have any projects in line this year due to the stress from last minute knitting last year!! However, our knitting group is looking for a group project and this book looks like it would help us find a great one!

  4. One of our darling grand daughters wants a sweater, but before I start on that I have a bunch of fingerless mittes to knit. So, last night I began knitting leg warmers for a friend’s daughter. I have start itis. I would like very much to win as I need some new ideas.

  6. I would love to win this book! I see several items on the cover that I would like to make. Of course this year, as is always the case with me, I’ve gotten fired up to make gifts for friends, but it is too late to make everything I want to. I’ll just have to start with one item and see how far I can get. There are always birthdays…

  7. I don’t have any big plans for holiday knitting this year, but I love some of the projects in this book. Thanks for this great giveaway!!

  8. It’s always nice to have a lot of small project on hand for when you need an extra gift

  9. I don’t have any knitting plans for this year. I just finished a baby afghan so there is not enough time now. This book has some awesome designs in it and would be great to win. Thank you for the chance.

  10. Definitely started but already feeling behind. Last year I was on a plane trying to hurry and finish a project before meeting clan. Flight attendant teased me that they’d circle a bit to give me time to finish.

  11. I find myself with insufficient time to attempt knitting gifts for anyone this year. Still, I wouldn’t want anyone to feel neglected. Therefor I am enacting Plan NoKnits4U2017. I will spend the next several weeks carefully arranging arguments and fights which will effectively distance me from friends or relatives who might otherwise expect me to knit for them.

    Now, this may seem like it would reduce the number of gifts I myself receive. Worry not, dear reader. Nothing they would have given me will match the sweater I’m knitting for myself.

    And of course, the 25 Knitted Accessories to Wear and Share I will be knitting, for my inconsolably lonely self, when I win this book. Thanks for the giveaway!

  13. I really don’t have any gift projects started this year, I would love some inspiration to start!

  14. I have not started but I need to start – this book would be perfect to get me started. I would like to make a pair of mitts and at least slippers for a few people on my list! tks

  15. I’ve started! I’m knitting hats in bulky or chunky weight so I’m sure that will be finished quickly.

  16. oh, what a wonderful looking book! Yes, knitted a couple hats already. Want to get some fingerless gloves completed, too. Maybe chunky, maybe sport weight – undecided. Thanks for the opportunity to participate.

Have you read?

A Blanket Knitting Pattern Where Yarn Selection is Everything

Many times when I write these posts I will say something like “you can use any yarn you want” or “this would be a great stash-busting project.” That’s just how my mind works. And my stash, too, since I probably have sweater quantity of two or three yarns at most, but tons of singles and odd balls and leftovers.

Blankets are generally a really good way to use up those bits, but in this case, I think you’re going to want to plan it out a bit better.

Looking at photos of the Color Study Blanket from Purl Soho, it looks like it’s made with two yarns held together, and that block in the center is worked with one of each color from the adjoining sides to make a mixed up color.

But that’s not actually how it’s done. This is three separate colors (four, really, with the neutrals in the corners) chosen form a yarn with an expansive palette so they play off each other. The project calls for a worsted weight superwash wool, which is a great choice for a blanket that’s both warm and washable.

This pattern was originally designed by Laura Ferguson and was updated by Hiromi Glover. It is worked in one piece in garter stitch intarsia, which is a great way to learn the intarsia technique if you don’t already know it. It comes in crib or throw sizes.

Despite the introduction to this post, I am going to go ahead and say that, yes, of course you could do this blanket with scraps or odd balls or even just choose five colors that don’t blend together so easily. But I really do love the look of the color play, and I think it would be worth your time to find colors that play well together to get a similar effect.

This pattern is available for free from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]