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Giveaway: Holiday Knitting Books

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holiday knitting books giveaway

Janet K. is our winner!

I’m not quite ready to admit that the holidays are right around the corner, but it’s true. So let’s celebrate this week with a giveaway of some really fun holiday-related knitting books.

This week’s giveaway winner will be sent (and I’ll really try to hurry on this one so you can use them this season!):

  • Knitivity by Fiona Goble, which tells the Christmas story in knit form and has patterns for 16 characters, from wise men and shepherds to Jesus, Mary and Joseph, as well as some animals to help decorate the includes manger scene.
  • ‘Twas the Knits Before Christmas, also by Goble, which tells “A Visit from St. Nicholas” is fiber form, complete with stockings, children, parents, Santa, reindeer and a moon with a striped scarf.
  • Knit a Vintage Christmas by Candi Derr, a fun book full of a dozen classic stocking patterns as well as instructions for a woodland wreath with tons of flowers, owls and hedgehogs that could be used for other projects and gift ideas like knit slippers, a hobby horse with a knit head and a bag to hold your Christmas pajamas.
  • The Stockings Were Knit by Mickey Landau, which is a quick little booklet with eight knit stocking designs.

If you’d like a chance to win these books, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, November 22. Please US addresses only for this one; that’s a lot of books!

I’d love to know if you are doing holiday knitting this year and how it’s going or if like me you haven’t started yet!

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

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  1. I am trying to finish up projects that somehow got put to the side. I have a few holiday projects that I need to start.

  3. The days are shorter in more ways than one as we head into the holiday season. If only I didn’t have to sleep:) These books like they’d be wonderful for festive fare.

    from sunny and bright VT where the grass is still green,
    the Vermonster

  8. WOW! What a marvelous collection of books!! I’m making sweaters for grandkids & DILs. I’m positive I’d find more projects in each of these books!

  10. I am knitting cowls for the three daughters and am always looking for new Christmas knitting patterns. Love having the opportunity to win these books.

  13. Yes, I am knitting gifts for Christmas right now. I have quite a list and knit them in order of importance. So, the bottom of the list items are not a big deal if I run out of time.

  17. I have 3 knitting projects that I hope to finish before the holidays: 2 scarfs and a toddler vest. So much to knit, so little time 🙂

  19. I’m way behind on my holiday knitting this year. But my mother asked me to knit her a Christmas stocking and these books look like they’re filled with great ideas and patterns. Thanks for this wonderful giveaway!!

  21. I just learned how to knit and would love to knit something for Christmas for the very first time!

  22. What a great collection of books—love the titles of the first two, so funny!! I am making doilies and scarves this year. Thanks for the chance to win.

  25. I have not started but I really need too! I have a list made of ideas though! thank you!! This is a lovely giveaway!!

  26. I’ve already finished a Christmas stocking, have a couple of hats to make, and also some knit and crocheted gift card holders. Hope it all gets done!

  28. So far I’ve made a pair of socks, baby blanket. Working on a hat and shawl. So much more to do ghouls. I’d love to win the books to help me with more ideas.

  30. Thank you for this awesome giveaway! I am way behind! I started a witch for Halloween and I am still trying to get her done! So needless to say I haven’t even started on any other holiday knitting.

  31. Oh my! It snuck up so quickly this year! I have a few projects to finish up from last year, but I can’t imagine not starting a few new ones this year! The books look awesome!! Thank you!

  36. I am knitting hats and socks. I would love the Knit a Vintage Christmas. I love all things vintage! Happy Holidays everyone!!!! :.))

  37. Not much holiday knitting for me…. I’m making a couple of knit ornaments for close friends. My daughter asked for a sweater, and I asked if she’d like to go through my cedar chests and have something of mine – she was thrilled with the idea. Since I’ve been knitting my entire life, I’ve got quite a collection.

  38. I probably won’t be doing much if any this year; not enough time and too many other projects going! But I do love knitting!

  39. I’d love a chance at these books. So fun!
    Right now I have a willy nilly shawl on my needles for Mom’s Christmas gift and a mermaid tail lapgan for my niece on my hook.

  45. Oh wow what a wonderful collection of books. I am learning to knit with a little help from YouTube because I am left handed.

Have you read?

Super Cozy Blanket Knitting Patterns

Once you get past the rush of the holidays, it’s time to focus on yourself and your home and what’s going to make you feel good for the rest of winter. For me, that’s having a homemade blanket in every room. I’m currently working on a granny stitch crochet blanket, but I wanted to share some cozy knit blanket patterns with you in case you’re on the lookout for something great to knit yourself or someone you love.

I have really been enjoying log cabin projects lately because they’re a great way to use stash and I love the connections between knitting and quilting. This log cabin scrap blanket pattern is free from Very Pink, and it includes a video tutorial if you haven’t done log cabin knitting before. It’s worked in garter stitch and has blocks that are connected by borders in a single color.

Speaking of scrap busting (since that’s on my mind all the time, but particularly when New Year’s resolution time rolls around), the Hue Shift Afghan by Kerin Dimeler-Laurence is worked in a huge array of colors in garter stitch mitered squares. The pattern has options for working with sport weight or worsted weight yarn, and the blanket is worked in quarters and then sewn together, but the individual squares in each section are worked off each other for minimal finishing. Get the pattern from Knit Picks.

If you’re looking for an easy pattern that has a lot of texture, this quilted knit throw from Mama in a Stitch is a great choice. It uses chunky yarn in a single color to make a simple knit and purl pattern that looks like diamonds. The designer notes that a lighter colored yarn is helpful for making the stitch pattern stand out, but you can try whatever color you like.

Or go even simpler with the Bella Vita blanket from Christaco Design. This one uses super bulky yarn (or make it a stash buster by holding two strands of worsted weight yarn together). The pattern has a seed stitch border and allover knit and purl pattern, and includes sizes from baby blanket to California king. 

If instead you want a project that will challenge you and occupy your mind as well as your needles, try the Aran texture cable afghan knitting pattern from Pattern Professionals. This gorgeous design features panels of cables and other textured stitches, and the pattern is originally form the 1970s. It uses worsted weight yarn and each pattern strip is worked individually and sewn together (though you could combine them into one big panel if you’d rather).

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