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Giveaway: 60 Quick Cotton Knits

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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

  4. I knit sometimes, but since I hate hot weather I keep myself cold with a fan, so it helps 😉

  7. Looks like an interesting book. I also knit year round, but haven’t had great luck knitting wearable items with cotton. I might be choosing patterns that aren’t appropriate to the yarn.

  8. I knit everyday….I always have one project or two, or three going at all times.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

  9. I knit year round – something everyday, even if it’s just a row or two. I live in S. CA and a book filled with ideas and patterns for cotton yarn sounds terrific!

  10. There is no resting in knitting! Knit every single day–at least a row or two. Big wool afghans in winter and little bits of toys and dishcloths in summer.

    from ‘neath the bright blue skies of VT,
    the Vermonster

  11. I knit everyday…I always have something going whether it’s something easy to take in the car or a more involved project…I can’t imagine a day without knitting…thanks for the chance to win!

  12. How generous an offer! Like most commentors, I knit all the time and just seek out AC or a fan when I get too warm!

  16. I knit so much that I gave myself carpal tunnel syndrome and both surgeries are scheduled this summer. So, maybe no one is as obsessed with knitting as I am but beware that you can get carpal tunnel from knitting. One might think I should get a life beyond a ball of yarn & some needles…..nah, I don’t think so either!

  17. I would love to win. I have been looking for a nice scarf and/or shawl pattern to make for a very good friend. This book would be a great one to try.

  20. Since I’m susceptible to air-conditioning, cool breezes, and the cold in general, due to health issues, I knit all year-round, and the size of the project has never been a problem!! The book that you’re showing looks like a lot of fun, and the sweater on the cover looks especially perky!! I can’t wait to have a look inside, and see all of the other goodies I can make!! Thank you so much for a chance to win such a fun book to usher in Spring and Summer!!

  21. I do knit through the summer, but mostly gifts for Christmas or fall. I have never knit something that I could wear in the warmer months. That sounds intriguing.

  22. I knit every day. I always have several projects going. In summer, I usually try to work on smaller projects, or use cotton yarns but I live in A/c, so it really doesn’t matter! Would love to have this book. Pick me! Pick ME!

  24. I have recently resumed knitting…I have been knitting for 60+ years..decided a need a rest…now am looking forward to starting again. Winning would certainly be an incentive.
    Thank you

  25. it varies when I knit,depending on the things I want to make,however I am more prolific with knitting in the winter

  30. I always have a project (or 4 or 5) on the go year round. One can never have too many patterns. 🙂 Would love to have this book….thanks for the chance.

  31. San Francisco is accused of not having any seasons, or of going through all four seasons in a 24 hour period. Whatever truth is, I don’t let the weather affect my knitting. One of my favorite scarves from when I was just learning to knit is cotton. I loved the feel of it, and got more cotton to work with.

    Next was the project that was meant for a fairly stretchy wool, but I used cotton – not good at all. That was before I read about how knitting with cotton is so very different from wool, and that got nervous. Then my third cotton project never stopped bleeding, and I got scared off completely for quite a while.

    I still don’t knit as much cotton as wool, but I have quite a lot of cotton yarn. This book has lots of patterns I’d like to make, and top on my list is the colorwork Checkered Wristers.
    KittenWhiplash on rav.

  32. I knit a lot throughout the year….but I rarely wear what I knit….not sure why LOL!

  36. I knit all year long too and would like to expand my collection of cotton patterns. Thank you for the chance to win this book.

  38. Cotton yarn is my favourite type of yarn, it would be great to have a collection of projects to go to any time.

  39. I knit whenever the fancy takes me, but the only thing I have ever knitted with cotton is dishcloths, so it would be interesting to try something more ambitious

  41. Hello 🙂 I continue knitting and crocheting all year long, how else can i get all those toys made for the grands??? lol Right now I have a demand for sheep!

Have you read?

Knit a Cowl Full of Variations

I love to see variations on knitting patterns. It’s fun to see what knitters do with a designer’s ideas, and as a designer sometimes it’s fun to think about different ways that you could do things and change the look or feel of a project.

Tif Neilan played with this idea herself with a set of two bandana cowls called Variations.

These projects are both worked in five colors of sport weight yarn, and they’re worked flat in interrupted stripes of garter stitch in different colors. There is shaping worked in different sections to give it the shape it has, and you work a three-needle bind off to finish the project and join it into a cowl.

The bind off is meant to be visible, but since the rest of the project is garter stitch you can decide to wear the seam side in if you’d rather.

The difference between the two projects is their size, with cowl 1 being a smaller version and cowl 2 more like a shawl.

The first variation measures about 24 inches/60 cm around the neck and is 20.5 inches/51 cm long and the longest point. The second option is around 25 inches/62.5 cm neck circumference and 28.5 inches/71 long when worn. The smaller one uses 400-450 yards (402-411 meters) of yarn, while the larger calls for 655 to 660 (599 to 604 meters).

It could go without saying that this would be a great stash busting project where you could change colors even more often as you run out of yarn. But if you know me you know I’m never going to go without saying it. So grab your leftovers and get to stitching, why don’t you?

Both of the patterns are on Ravelry: Variations Cowl 1 and Variations Cowl 2. Don’t miss the projects tabs to see all the, uh, variations, different people have made!

[Photo: Tif Neilan]

Giveaway: 60 Quick Cowls

It’s All About Cowls – Free Pattern