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Giveaway: Knit Now!

December 28, 2015 by Sarah White

knit now book giveaway

Congratulations to Jennie.

By the title alone this book seems like an appropriate one for the end of one year and the start of another.

Knit Now! by Candi Jensen includes patterns and projects from the first three seasons of “Knit and Crochet Now!” (formerly also known as “Knit and Crochet Today”) as well as some new projects. There are accessories, projects for the home, gifts for babies and more included in the 26 projects in the book.

You’ll also find 12 afghan block of the week squares, enough to make your own throw. A DVD included with the book shows Candi Jensen demonstrating each of the blocks (runtime is 26 minutes).

This book is a lot of fun, colorful, and just the thing to jumpstart your knitting in the new year.

If you’d like a chance to win, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day (gasp) Sunday, January 3. I’d love to know if there’s a particular project or type of project that you’d like to tackle in the new year.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, good luck and happy new year!

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Comments

  1. Helen White says

    December 29, 2015 at 6:14 am

    I also need to really challenge myself in 2016 with knitting and would love this book.

  2. Kathy H says

    December 29, 2015 at 6:27 am

    Knitting is my winter ‘go to’ craft! The projects in this book look awesome!! Have an especially blessed day!

  3. Jan Metivier says

    December 29, 2015 at 7:00 am

    Would love to win
    Been knitting for years but starting to come out of my comfort zone
    Jan

  4. Amy Cloud Chambers says

    December 29, 2015 at 7:16 am

    Looks like a great book to start off a new year of knitting!

  5. Becky says

    December 29, 2015 at 7:23 am

    I’d love to try to start using more than one color in my work. I’ve used color in the past, but not effectively, and hopefully some of these projects will give me the confidence to try!

  6. Amy Laughrey says

    December 29, 2015 at 7:52 am

    Awesome

  7. Pam says

    December 29, 2015 at 9:07 am

    Looks like a great book…I want to tackle a block type afghan in the coming year…I usually do one piece afghans 🙂

  8. Deb Kegelmeyer says

    December 29, 2015 at 9:34 am

    i need to start knitting things for babies and this book looks like it has lots of good ideas.

  9. Megann H says

    December 29, 2015 at 9:44 am

    Love to knit some socks this year!

  10. Marsha Cunningham says

    December 29, 2015 at 10:06 am

    I love color work so would enjoy making the hat.

  11. Cindy says

    December 29, 2015 at 10:42 am

    One can never have too many knitting books, particularly books of things that are quick to knit.

  12. joyce says

    December 29, 2015 at 11:02 am

    I would really like to tackle sock making next year. So far, I have only dabbled in it.

  13. Helen King says

    December 29, 2015 at 11:04 am

    I have been wanting to try fair isle. I haven’t tried yet but hope to in the coming year.

  14. Amy McGlynn says

    December 29, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    Oh, I want it! I would like to learn to knit with more than one color.

  15. archer1955 says

    December 29, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    I am a fairly new knitter and I can use all the help I can obtain! This book surely would be a help in the right direction. Thank you for having this giveaway!

  16. Sandy says

    December 29, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    I need to work on getting a few projects off my needles then I’d probably like to start a fun new hat.

  17. kim says

    December 30, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    Living in the world that if I start Christmas presents now for 2016 I will have more done than this year!

  18. Terry paron says

    December 30, 2015 at 9:16 pm

    Brand new to Craft Gossip! Looks great and I’d love to try out a new knitting book! My kids call me “the book lady” and I love to knit!

  19. Cynthia Escamilla says

    January 2, 2016 at 6:28 pm

    I would love to get back to knitting regularly and finish the wip’s I have languishing in my closet.

  20. Carmen N says

    January 2, 2016 at 6:54 pm

    I’m hoping to conquer brioche

  21. Connie says

    January 2, 2016 at 7:03 pm

    I’d love to be more comfortable with color knitting.

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Knit a Linen Stitch Hot Pad

Linen stitch is one of my favorite knitting stitch patterns that, every time I use it in a project, I think about how I don’t use it often enough. 

It’s an easy stitch to make, with slip stitches done with the yarn held to the front of the work on the right/front side and to the back on the wrong/back side, which makes the strand of yarn a visible part of the pattern. 

It also makes a fabric that is thick and looks kind of like a woven fabric.

I recently used linen stitch to make a double-thick pot holder, which I worked in a kind of interesting way. I didn’t want to have to do any sewing on the project, so I started it from a crochet cast on and picked up stitches from the side of the cast on to make the hot pad all in one piece in the round with the edge sealed. 

This requires working on two circular needles, which is another technique I don’t use that often and am always reminded how much I like it when I do. 

The combination of double thickness and the stitch pattern makes for a hot pad that’s already pretty thick, but I also added a bit of old towel to the inside before I closed up the end to make it super thick and extra protective for your surfaces. 

I found the engineering challenge of this construction method to be a lot of fun, but you could also just knit it as a tube (casting on twice as many stitches as I did) and sew up the ends by hand when the knitting is done. Either way you’ve got a useful and pretty addition to your kitchen, whether you work it in a solid color, stripes or as a stash busting project will all your cotton odd balls. 

You can grab the pattern over at Our Daily Craft, or check it out on Ravelry. 

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