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Giveaway: A Year’s Worth of Projects from Debbie Bliss

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Lennette is the winner.

I’m not quite ready to admit that a new year is almost upon us, but my brain has already started making plans for the clean slate that is 2016.

Of course, those plans include a lot of crafting, and a lot of knitting.

If you’d like to knit more in the next year, this week’s giveaway is for you. The Knitter’s Year by Debbie Bliss is full of 52 projects you can make in a week or so, to fill your year with gifts, seasonal knits and charity projects.

The book includes bags, pillows, socks, hats, gloves and scarves, as well as holiday decor like Christmas stockings, napkin rings and tree decorations. There’s a pumpkin pincushion for fall and flowerpot cozies for spring.

There’s a lot of fun stuff that would make sweet gifts for friends and new babies,a s well as things you’ll want to knit for yourself (always a good resolution). Check out all the projects on Ravelry.

If you’d like a chance to win this book, leave a comment on this post by the end of the day Sunday, December 27. I’d love to know if you have any knitting-related resolutions for the coming year.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing and good luck!

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Comments

  1. I would love to win this it is always nice to have fresh ideas and if I do win I promise to try to get hold of JoAnne Micon and share with her. Sounds like she needs some fresh ideas and a new friend to share them with.

  3. I plan to use sock yarn I bought several years ago and finally make some more socks for my daughter and myself.

  6. I like doing quick project (I think I have a short attention span!) so would love to try a new project each week. I really enjoy learning to do new things- creative variety keeps me motivated.

  7. It’s very reassuring to see so many other people resolving to use up their stash. Problem is that, usually, new projects need more than I have in my stash but this books seems to have smaller projects too. Win win!!!

  9. This year’s resolution is the same as the last so many years-make a dent in my WIPs. Oh but the temptation to start something new is difficult to overcome.

  11. I am a beginner who can’t seem to figure out how to pick up dropped stitches, so that would be my goal for next year.

  12. What a great prize! Thanks for giving me a chance to win!
    I’m hoping to keep growing with my knitting and continuing to create new patterns and try new concepts.

  15. This would be perfect for my niece, Ashley, who’s just started knitting . Thanks the chance to win.

  17. I’d love to win this, even though I have several sweaters I plan to knit, plus some other projects. Seems I want to make everything!

  18. I have really been having fun with a project always in process. I want to learn continental next –oh and how to fix problems without pulling out rows.

  19. My resolution is to continue to use up my stash. This book might give me some further ideas to do so. Thank you for the giveaway.

  22. I used to knit, and have a gorgeous stash of yarn. Then I had twins! But they are getting old enough, and in school long enough now that hopefully I can start back up.

  23. I want to continue to challenge myself with learning new techniques and just knit, knit, knit! And visit my local yarn store more often.

  24. Would love to win this book, I think it could help use odd balls of yarn which should be next years goal.

  25. My annual resolution is to reduce my stash. I continue to knit and I haven’t purchased “that” much yarn, yet my stash continues to grow. That being said, books aren’t stash, and books help with knitting inspiration.

  27. This year I plan to make myself a sweater – something I’ve never done. I tend to love small projects, so my goal is to have a large project. Thanks for the chance to win!

  28. I have no ambitious knitting projects for the coming year but, when I retire, I plan to knit a Dr. Who scarf.

  29. I do have a resolution I’d like to get more finished, now most of my projects are large so I want to break it down to get X% done each month that sort of thing. Some things to just get done by summer Ect. Not fully thought out but it’s a start!

  30. Ooh, a knitting New Year’s resolution! I would say I would resolve to make more time to knit for others; I knit way too much for just myself.

  31. New Year’s knitting resolution – knit from stash…. oh wait that was last year’s resolution and the year before and the year before! Maybe this year I’ll do better.

  35. I no longer make any kind of resolutions – it would just be adding to the list of ways I can disappoint myself. Besides, I have lots of leftover resolutions. For instance I still haven’t knit a litle cushion for my pet rock. He’s getting old now, he’d like that.

  37. I’m planning on starting and finishing a sweater but also learning to spin. I’ve drop spindled but now have a wheel to try. I’m ready for the new year!

  39. I have several unfinished projects that I’d like to complete this year. (That doesn’t mean that I can’t start some new ones, also!)

  41. This year I’m going to read Principles of Knitting cover to cover instead of just the part I need to get past the speedbump in whatever project I have in my hands.
    I’m going to finish loading my stash on Rav so I know what I have to work with (and what I NEED to buy of course!)
    Either frog or finish FO’s. Really. I mean it this time.
    Keep up learning new techniques on a hat with stash yarn and then gifting stack of hats when snow falls to local shelters.
    Buy more yarn. 🙂

Have you read?

Knitting Market Bag Patterns

There are certain things that just make sense to knit at this time of year, and market bags are one of them. We tend to use our canvas bags more often in the summer with trips to the farmer’s market and the library, but string bags and market bags are great to use all year.

I love the Three Oranges Bag by Hana Cho, which looks just like a knit version of a plastic shopping bag, but with three cute oranges stitched on. The bag uses intarsia to make the oranges, but you could use duplicate stitch or intarsia to add a different design if you like. It calls for fingering weight yarn and you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Sharyn Anhalt’s Market Square bag (also on Ravelry) uses worsted weight yarn and a mosaic pattern to make a pretty bag you’ll want to use every time you go shopping. The bag comes in two sizes and is worked in two colors of the same yarn for a fun mixed up effect that’s almost like weaving.

Speaking of fun colors, the Market Bag from Hubbabubbie Art uses a multicolored cake yarn (specifically Lion Brand Mandala) to produce fun color changes without any extra work. This bag is worked from the bottom up with a crocheted bottom and knit mesh sides. It’s a free pattern on Ravelry.

The Pike Place Market Bag from Blue Bird Pine Shop looks like a massive bag to hold all your market goodies (that is a child holding it, but still). The bag calls for worsted weight cotton yarn and the mesh is worked on extra large needles to help it open up to hold everything you want held.

The Knit Farmer’s Market Bag form Design BCB is another good one, made mostly of mes with a little stockinette for extra stability. The base is also worked in stockinette so items you put in it will sit flat.

This mesh bag from Sheep and Stitch doesn’t have a base, and the body is worked flat before being joined in the round to make the top and handles. That makes it easy to make the bag just the size you want because you can stop knitting whenever you feel it’s big enough. The pattern includes a step-by-step video if you need extra assistance.

And the Eco Market String Bag from Mama in a Stitch has a solid knit base worked in a contrasting color from the mesh body. It’s an easy project that comes out a great size for your market needs without being too huge.

Do you have a favorite knit market bag pattern? I’d love to hear about it!