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Giveaway: 60 Quick Cotton Knits

April 25, 2016 by Sarah White

60 quick cotton knits review

MaryBeth is the winner.

It’s the season for knitting with cotton in the Northern Hemisphere, so this week I’m giving away a book that will help you do just that.

60 Quick Cotton Knits aims to include patterns knit with 100 % cotton yarn that you can use all year, but of course it leans heavily on things you can knit, wear and use during the summer months (or however long it is warm where you live).

There are tops, scarves, shawls, mitts and more in lots of skill levels, and though the patterns all call for Cascade brand cotton yarns, you can use whatever cotton yarn you might have in your stash that has been waiting for the perfect project.

If you’d like a chance to win this book, comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, May 1. I’d love to know if you knit through the summer or take a break when the weather gets hot. As you might imagine, I knit pretty much all the time.

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

This free pattern uses cotton yarn. Check out Lion brands new Re-Up Yarn
Lion Brand’s new recycled cotton, gives knitters and crocheters another reason to love working with cotton. It’s eco-friendly! It takes, on average, 20,000 liters of water to make 1 kilogram of cotton. By using one 70 gram ball of Re-Up you are saving 1,400 liters of water. So try Re-Up for your next cotton project: you’re going to love how it feels to work with and how it feels to help save the planet while doing the craft you love.  You can learn more about it here on this video below.
https://youtu.be/SP1e_baGcJs

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Comments

  1. Karen H says

    April 30, 2016 at 8:50 pm

    I would love to own this book!

  2. Carmen N says

    May 1, 2016 at 6:17 pm

    I knit ALL the time; I just try to steer away from afghans in the summer (doesn’t always work)

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Krampus Sweater Knitting Pattern

Santa and Saint Nicholas generally get all the good press, but Central European kids know you don’t want to just be good so you get presents from St. Nicholas; you also want to avoid the ire of Krampus. (He’s depicted as a human-like figure with horns and usually hairy or furry who gives birch rods instead of gifts to kids who are bad.)

If you’re the type to embrace the naughty side (or you just want to scare the children into good behavior over the holidays), maybe you’ll want to knit a Krampus sweater.  

This one, from Sofie Amalie Laulund, is a top down circular yoke sweater with Krampus faces at the top and cavorting Krampuses further down the body, with some traditional Scandinavian snowflakes thrown in for fun. 

Because of the large motifs there’s not a lot of room for adjusting the fit, but it is available in five sizes (the Ravelry page doesn’t say what the sizing is, and it says its worked with no ease but the photo looks like the sweater has a bit of positive ease, so if you decide to make this one just check the measurements and your own comfort level for ease when picking a size). 

It also uses five colors, but there’s very little red and brown so you can probably use scrap yarn for those parts. It calls for DK weight yarn. You’ll want a background color that helps the creatures stand out. You could also work the snowflake bands in different colors if you want to mix it up. 

The pattern is available in both English and Danish, and you can find it on Ravelry. This is the designer’s first pattern, which kudos to them because it’s such an ambitious (and fun!) project I’m happy to add to my collection of whimsy-filled knits. 

[Photo: Sofie Amalie Laulund]

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