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Get Ready for Holiday Knitting with This Fun Book

October 24, 2017 by Sarah White

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. lindarumsey says

    October 25, 2017 at 3:31 am

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

  2. Kim says

    October 25, 2017 at 7:16 am

    I already feel like I’m running out of time!

  3. Your Friendly Home Economist says

    October 25, 2017 at 8:27 am

    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. Ellen Moore says

    October 25, 2017 at 10:34 am

    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.

  5. Cindy S says

    October 25, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    I think I’ll make hubby another pair of Thick and Quick slippers.

  6. Linda Atherton says

    October 25, 2017 at 12:59 pm

    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. Donna H says

    October 25, 2017 at 1:12 pm

    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. Martha Donley says

    October 25, 2017 at 1:47 pm

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

  9. Helen King says

    October 25, 2017 at 2:41 pm

    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. Heidi Christine Kirsch says

    October 25, 2017 at 3:09 pm

    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. Kitten With A Whiplash says

    October 25, 2017 at 3:41 pm

    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!

  12. gmhnknits says

    October 25, 2017 at 4:02 pm

    I started my holiday knitting in June or July and I think I still have a few more things to finish… ugh

  13. Kim Reid says

    October 25, 2017 at 6:25 pm

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

  14. Lee says

    October 25, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    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. Calypso says

    October 26, 2017 at 10:11 am

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

  16. Carol Lee Parry says

    October 26, 2017 at 2:02 pm

    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?

Knit a Hat with a Flock of Chickens

It’s well known (among knitters, anyway) that knitters seem to love chickens as a motif and a subject of our knitting projects. The Emotional Support Chicken and all the other chicken knitting patterns are just the beginning of our devotion to farmyard friends. 

For example, there’s Farmer Dennis’ Chicken Hat. This free pattern from Stacy Black is a simple worsted weight beanie sized for adults and decorate with a couple of little rounds of colorwork fences and a flock of chickens strutting around the body of the hat. 

You don’t need a lot of any of the colors for the chickens, their facial features or the fences, so this is a great project for using little leftover bits from other projects. The main color for the body of the hat is less than a skein using the yarn suggested, so you might just have everything you need in your house to start stitching up this hat right away. 

The colorwork is presented as a chart, with a 16 stitch section that repeats around the body of the hat. All the color changes are shown on the chart but I think it would be easier to knit the whole chicken in the chicken color and add the eye, beak and other features using duplicate stitch when the knitting is done. That way you don’t have to carry those yarns around the whole hat for just a few stitches. 

As the name suggests, the original hat was given to a farmer who shared their eggs, but anyone who raises chickens or just has a thing for the fowl is sure to love this cute hat. It wouldn’t be too difficult for someone new to stranded knitting or reading charts to make, either, so if that’s you, give it a try. 

The pattern is available for free on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Stacy Black]

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