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Giveaway: A Couple of Quick Knitting Books

December 14, 2015 by Sarah White

quick knitting books giveaway

The winner is Lillian!

It’s too late for these to help you with this year’s holiday knitting, but I have been wanting to do this giveaway for a while and it seems appropriate for this time of year.

The winner this week will get a copy of 60 Quick Knits and 60 More Quick Knits from Sixth & Spring Books. The books both have 20 patterns each for hats, scarves and mittens. The first book uses Cascade 220 and the second Cascade 220 Sport.

There books have a great variety of projects, some solid color things as well as fun colorwork, and lots of techniques worked in. Because most of the projects are small, they work up pretty fast for gifts, or when you just want a new knit accessory for yourself.

If you’d like a chance to win these, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, December 20. I’d love to know which is your favorite to knit: hats, scarves or mittens? I’m usually a scarf girl but I’ve been getting into mittens (and gloves) lately.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing and good luck!

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Comments

  1. Mary Ann Dorer says

    December 14, 2015 at 10:20 pm

    I like knitting hats.

  2. Karey says

    December 14, 2015 at 11:23 pm

    I’m a hat girl! I love making hats! They work up quick and make wonderful gifts!

  3. maura says

    December 15, 2015 at 1:18 am

    blankies! my family considers my blankies a legacy and i love to make them. i am learning to knit socks and curse. not necesarily at the same time

  4. MelodyJ says

    December 15, 2015 at 2:36 am

    I love hats!

  5. Ofelia says

    December 15, 2015 at 3:03 am

    I like making scarfs and cowls.
    Thank you for the giveaway.

  6. Dina Corbett says

    December 15, 2015 at 7:59 am

    I love to both knit& crochet. I especially like to do fingerless gloves, they are becoming so popular as of late. I also am excited about how knitting & crocheting is no longer just for “older women”????.

  7. faithnchls says

    December 15, 2015 at 10:35 am

    My daughter loves to knit all of them – scarves, hats and mittens!

  8. boblosan says

    December 15, 2015 at 11:13 am

    I love to knit and give away hats!

  9. lindarumsey says

    December 15, 2015 at 11:20 am

    I used to knit a lot of cowls but have recently started on fingerless mitts. Both are well received as gifts at this time of year!

  10. Tonya Hunt says

    December 15, 2015 at 4:08 pm

    I love to knit hats and mittens!

  11. Monica Pinto says

    December 15, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    I like to knit scarves, and so I don’t feel bad about knitting only straight things, I like different stitches!! I’d love to knit hats and mittens, I’ve never done mittens!

  12. Chris Murphy says

    December 15, 2015 at 6:25 pm

    I absolutely love to make scarves; I’m turning every one I knit into infinity scarves; so fun!

  13. Carolyn Ross says

    December 15, 2015 at 6:54 pm

    I like to knit hats because they can be quick, but almost prefer to knit fingerless and fingered mitts because they seem to span the seasons longer in Texas.

  14. bjcobb says

    December 15, 2015 at 10:05 pm

    I am trying to get back into knitting so I have been doing scarves and baby hats.

  15. Dolores DeFrancesco says

    December 16, 2015 at 12:46 am

    Hats and Mittens

  16. Connie says

    December 18, 2015 at 7:19 am

    Hats! A gift that makes almost anyone happy.

  17. Vera K says

    December 18, 2015 at 7:35 am

    I started knitting blankets. I use 2 strands of yarn and try to use up some of my stash!

  18. Carmen N says

    December 19, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    My favorite to make is hats

  19. Shirley Anderson says

    December 20, 2015 at 3:42 pm

    I love knitting hats and children’s mittens. But, I think I going to get started on learning how to knit socks. Looks like so much fun.

  20. Jennifer Zimmerman says

    November 21, 2016 at 9:46 am

    So far I’ve only knitted a scarf as I’ve just learned how to knit.

  21. Sally Muir says

    November 21, 2016 at 4:05 pm

    Love knitting prayer shawls.

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Knit a Great Button Down Shirt

Just about anything you can make in fabric you can make in knitting, but there are some styles that you just don’t see that often translated into knitting. 

For example, a button down collared shirt. This is a classic design, of course, and it looks great in a knit version, but it’s just not something you see much of. 

Noma Ndlovu’s Guglethu shirt is the pattern to try if you want to knit your own button down shirt. This one is inspired by cashmere tops (though the sample was made out of yak yarn, not cashmere, and uses two strands of lace weight yarn held together) and includes lots of high-fashion details like double-knit cuffs, collar and shoulder seams. 

It has a patch pocket on the front and 10 buttons including the button band and the cuffs. 

The designer says you can also use a DK weight yarn held singly if you’d rather, and that the shirt looks good in a variety of yarns. There is another version on Ravelry that uses Berroco Remix Light, which is a mix of nylon, cotton, acrylic, silk and cellulose fibers. It has a more relaxed look but it still really pretty. 

The pattern has 12 sizes, with a full bust measurement ranging from 32.35 to 72.25 inches, or 82 to 183.5 cm. The designer suggests 2 to 6 inches, or 5 to 15 cm, of positive ease when you pick your size. I could totally see knitting one that’s even bigger to wear more like a jacket, because I do that a lot with button down shirts I already own.

I love all the details on this shirt, which isn’t necessarily difficult to knit, but might introduce you to some things you’ve never knit before (like those cuffs with the plackets, or a shirt collar like this). 

To learn more about this shirt and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself, head to Ravelry. 

[Photo: Noma Ndlovu]

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