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Giveaway: 50 Garter Stitch Gifts to Knit

August 29, 2016 by Sarah White

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Cindy is the winner!

It’s my birthday today, so it seemed appropriate to offer a book all about gift knitting as the giveaway for this week.

50 Garter Stitch Gifts to Knit is a compilation book from a large number of knitwear designers, featuring projects that are all or mostly worked in Garter Stitch or one of its variations, and all of which use Universal Yarn Deluxe Worsted.

Here you will find cowls, cardis, blankets, wraps, hats, capelets, toys, booties, scarves, slippers, booties and more (you can check out all the projects on Ravelry). Though the projects skew toward knitting for women and babies, there are some more neutral things as well and this book should cover a lot of people on your list, as well as teach you some tricks you might not have known Garter Stitch could do

If you’d like a chance to win a copy of this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, Sept. 4. I’d love to know if you have a favorite birthday memory or something you love (or would love) to do to celebrate. My husband took the day off so we’re going out to breakfast after we take our daughter to school and I hope having a somewhat lazy day around prepping for her birthday (which is next Monday).

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

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Comments

  1. Debd94 says

    August 29, 2016 at 9:55 am

    This year on my birthday, we are attending the Garden State Sheep
    And Wool Festival. I’m sure that there will be birthday yarn purchases!

  2. knittingdancer says

    August 29, 2016 at 10:27 am

    My favorite birthday memory is when my mother brought my birthday present to my second grade class on my birthday.
    It was a Skipper doll, Barbie’s little sister. My older sister had a Barbie and Midge doll. I still have all 3 dolls at my house some 52 years later.

  3. Margie says

    August 29, 2016 at 11:06 am

    Happy Birthday! I usually celebrate my birthdays with yarny goodness. Hope you have a great day!

  4. middleagecouple says

    August 29, 2016 at 11:37 am

    My favorite birthday memory was when my mom made me a circus merry-go-round cake. I don’t even know how old I was but I remember the cake.

  5. Denyalle says

    August 29, 2016 at 11:57 am

    I don’t necessarily have a favorite birthday memory. I just enjoy the opportunity for friends and family to get together to make more memories.

  6. Marianna says

    August 29, 2016 at 12:00 pm

    We like to make a pie instead of cake to celebrate birthdays here.
    Happy day to you (and your daughter)

  7. spierssusan says

    August 29, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    The best birthday for me & my kids (who are grown), is to go out to our favorite Mexican restaurant. We eat until are bellies are bursting-great fun & oh so good!

  8. Janice B says

    August 29, 2016 at 12:26 pm

    Not my favorite birthday, but I remember when no one remembered my birthday. I think I was 13, so I got out all my old saved cards to put on the mantle piece. Breakfast sounds a good idea but my husband always gets up first and makes his before I hit the shower so he never wants to do breakfast. Hope you have a good birthday.

  9. char venesky says

    August 29, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    currently i knit baby blankets for my church, would love to see new and easy patterns.

  10. Barbara Grenier says

    August 29, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    I never had a birthday party until my freshman year in college when the two upper class gals threw a party for two of us who had birthdays in November. I had parties for my kids.

  11. Sueann Capela says

    August 29, 2016 at 12:50 pm

    for my 25th birthday, my roommates decided to throw me a surprise birthday party. The day of the party, they asked one of our neighbors to take me on an “errand” with him to get me out of the apartment. while we were running the errand, we ran into one of his friends who was throwing a BBQ and invited us to it, so we went to it. my neighbor had forgotten he was supposed to bring me back for my party. I ended up missing my party…lol

  12. Patty M. says

    August 29, 2016 at 1:09 pm

    The birthdays I love best are the ones where I get to see all our grands at once and have a picnic.

  13. Heidi Kirsch says

    August 29, 2016 at 1:18 pm

    Happy Birthday.
    One year I was working on my birthday. The manager said I should take a break, maybe outside since the weather was especially nice. Outside was my best friend and his great Dane, both in tuxs with birthday cake and balloons. He’d set it all up with my boss. Just the thoughtfulness of it.

  14. Martha says

    August 29, 2016 at 1:27 pm

    My best birthday memory was when we had a surprise bbq, for my adult daughter. We surprised her alright but the best surprise was the look on her face when she realize that we were grilling burgers on her new grill.

  15. Zil says

    August 29, 2016 at 1:27 pm

    Happy birthday. I have no specific happy memory just lots! Thank you for the giveaway chance

  16. Kitten With A Whiplash says

    August 29, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    Happy Birthday. I’ll share this memory: A few years ago I left the house for a walk on what I expected to be a completely forgotten birthday, since I’d carefully been keeping mum on the subject. Half a block from home I found a $20 bill. Turned the corner and got a free chiropractic adjustment and massage from a newly opened office. Got home and found I’d won a free movie ticket. What a wonderful birthday – lots of surprise gifts, all without anyone reminding me I was a year older.

  17. Cindy says

    August 29, 2016 at 1:50 pm

    Who doesn’t love the garter stitch. Great carry along projects.

  18. Sandy DeGrave says

    August 29, 2016 at 2:37 pm

    I would love to try the garter stitch projects, even though my birthday is mot until December. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you

  19. Kim says

    August 29, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    My favorite birthday memory was my 35th when I got to tell my guests I was expecting .

  20. Betty says

    August 29, 2016 at 3:20 pm

    Some of my favorite birthday memories are the “from scratch” cakes my mother made for me.

  21. joyce hancock says

    August 29, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    Happy Birthday, Sarah! Since my birthday is on Christmas day, my parents chose a day before then to celebrate my birthday so I would still feel special.

  22. Elena Tucker says

    August 29, 2016 at 3:28 pm

    Happy birthday! We are celebrating my birthday a little early with a trip to Switzerland. Cheese and Chocolate, what more could you want?

  23. yolanda says

    August 29, 2016 at 3:34 pm

    Happy Birthday Sarah!
    My kids always make my birthdays memorable.
    Book looks like so much fun.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  24. Jeanne says

    August 29, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    My birthday is in January, less than 2 weeks after Christmas. My parents always made a special effort to recognize that my birthday was not an extension of Christmas despite all of the “this is a combined birthday & Christmas gift” notes. My birthday tradition included a special cake and some pink roses ??

    I hope you have a great birthday!

  25. Pat morris says

    August 29, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    Happy Birthday!
    I had a great birthday this year. It was the big 60 omg!
    Family gave me a big party. It was a great day .
    Hope that yours is too.

  26. Theresa says

    August 29, 2016 at 5:53 pm

    My favorite birthday memory was when my husband took me on a vacation to Grand Bahama Island. Wonderful diving, got to pet a shark, had a great time. My least favorite birthday memory occurred when I was turning eleven and my mother forgot it was my birthday. My sister reminded her of it late in the evening.

  27. Therese Chauncy says

    August 29, 2016 at 6:37 pm

    As my birthday was Christmas Eve, everyone always remembered it and I always received many birthday wishes but the funniest presents were from my five younger brothers and sisters. I remember getting one earing for birthday and the other for Christmas or one shoe for each day or one glove for each day. It was funny, no surprises though what I was going to get from them for Christmas. PS I love knitting so this book would be lovely

  28. Duane says

    August 29, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    Happy Birthday! I like to knit gifts.

  29. donna reed says

    August 29, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    For 40th my family gave me a big party. tried to surprise me but I figured it out that day.

  30. Stacey says

    August 29, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    Any birthday where we go out to dinner to a place of my choice and we can afford to so I a good one. Hoping this year is going to be a good one. Winning this book would be an awesome start!

  31. Kim Reid says

    August 29, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    My favorite birthday was my 16th, which was a backyard BBQ with friends and family!

  32. Helen King says

    August 29, 2016 at 8:09 pm

    I don’t really have a favorite birthday memory . They are all great spending them with family! Love the patterns in this book, so many awesome ideas!

  33. Terri Heyne says

    August 29, 2016 at 9:23 pm

    My family always waited for my August 2 birthday to eat the first sweet corn of the season. I was raised on a farm in Iowa, and on my birthday my aunt, uncle and cousins would drive out for a wonderful meal, along with cake and ice cream. My aunt, uncle, and one cousin are gone now, and I live in another state, but I will forever remember them with fondness. And I would love to get your free book.

  34. Karey says

    August 29, 2016 at 10:45 pm

    Happy Birthday! My favorite birthday memory was the year my husband took me for margaritas on my birthday!

  35. Jeane Howell says

    August 29, 2016 at 11:22 pm

    My favorite birthday was when I came back to our table and there was a ring under my napkin!

  36. Melody J says

    August 30, 2016 at 3:17 am

    My best birthday memoery is getting a puppy when I was six years old. I thought we were just going to visit the dogs at the SPCA. I had no ideas I was going to get one.

  37. karen powell says

    August 30, 2016 at 7:29 am

    Fav bday is when family gathers with lots of yummy fav foods and hangs together for the day….kep@nbnet.nb.ca thx for having contest love the funky creative projects made from this sitch.

  38. Judith (from Israel) says

    August 30, 2016 at 10:08 am

    My favorite birthday started off with brunch and a movie with my girlfriends and finished off with a romantic overnight in a hotel with my husband.

  39. Sue says

    August 30, 2016 at 11:55 am

    Growing up, my mom always made me a chocolate cake to celebrate my birthday. Chocolate is still my favorite!
    Thanks for a great giveaway.
    Happy Birthday!

  40. lorraine m in sfv says

    August 30, 2016 at 12:36 pm

    I hope you have a wonderful time celebrating the anniversary of your birth. Thanks for including us in the gifts! The ability to look at pictures of all 50 projects, over at etsy, is brilliant. I like the baby garland, buttoned capelet (I think I would add some duplicate stitch), and corded scarf (I think I would add some shiny beading).

  41. Kathy says

    August 30, 2016 at 6:10 pm

    My Mom would make me a homemade Banana Cake because that was my favorite. It was my special day and was always celebrated!

  42. lindarumsey says

    August 31, 2016 at 8:10 am

    My birthday is in August so childhood birthday’s were usually spent at the local park and paddling pool – great fun!

  43. craftyone says

    September 2, 2016 at 10:42 am

    This would be great for gift ideas.

  44. lorraine m in sfv says

    September 2, 2016 at 1:52 pm

    The best birthday is the next one. I still would like to visit Asia

  45. Wendy Hatton says

    September 3, 2016 at 1:43 am

    It’s my 60th birthday on the 24th and I’m looking forward to having my interstate family visit and share cake.

  46. Sam L says

    September 4, 2016 at 4:58 pm

    I really enjoyed going to a Japanese restaurant for one of my birthdays (I honestly forget what age I was, lol).

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Textured Baby Blanket Knitting Patterns

There are so many baby blanket knitting patterns out there I could probably do a post a month full of them and not run out for a very long time. This time I thought I’d look specifically at single color baby blankets that are interesting because of the inclusion of textured stitching. This makes them easy enough for new knitters but engaging for knitters of all skill levels. 

Take the Textured Checks Baby Blanket from Janet Dubbelman for example. This project is mostly stockinette stitch, with some what looks like reverse stockinette and garter stitch thrown in to make the ridges. You can use whatever yarn weight you like to make blankets of different sizes. Find the pattern on Ravelry. 

The Seedling from Modern Made Shop is just about as easy as it comes, combining seed stitch with a garter stitch border. It calls for worsted weight yarn and is perfect for beginners. 

The Julie Baby Blanket by Elisabeth Kristiansen is another one with an easy allover stitch pattern that you can knit up in a flash in whatever size you want. (The pattern notes say any gauge but it also says 28 stitches per 4 inches, which would be a superfine or fine weight yarn. Learn more on Ravelry. 

The Oscar Baby Blanket from Snufflebean is another one with an easy repeating stitch pattern that has a really fun, graphic effect. This is also great worked in a bright color, reminding us that babies don’t have to be in pastels! This one uses DK weight yarn. 

If you want to get a little fancier, check out Sammy Bristow’s Georges Blanket. This one alternates blocks of stockinette stitch with boats and anchors made by purling on the right side of the blanket. It calls for DK weight yarn and has multiple sizes for dolls through toddlers. Check it out on Ravelry.

Another cute texture is this heart blanket with diamonds that are a little reminiscent of argyle. Yarn Sonata Patterns has this one, which is worked in DK weight yarn and comes in four sizes. It includes a chart and row by row instructions. 

Or try the pretty Seton Portage baby blanket from Knitted Wishes, which has a border of trees and textured stitches that look like snow falling. The pattern includes different options for snowflakes and doing a mirror image of the trees on each end of the blanket. It’s worked in worsted weight yarn. This one includes charts, written instructions and video tutorials for special stitches.

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