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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.

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Knit a Classic Aran Cardigan with this Free Knitting Pattern

Not too long ago I did a test knit for another designer that was for a cabled cardigan. It’s really cozy and nice but it just about broke me in a ton of different ways. I couldn’t get gauge, which I suppose is my own problem, but mainly I was somehow both bored and forced to pay attention at the same time. 

Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring. 

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn. 

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row. 

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves. 

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body. 

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy. 

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn. 

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]