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Giveaway: Winter Knitting Magazines

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Linda is the winner!

Every now and then I go through my magazine stack and pull out some things that I think would interest you if you don’t subscribe to all the knitting magazines (I’m actually cutting back on subscriptions because I never seem to actually knit anything out of magazines, but for now I still have quite a stockpile).

With winter coming on, I thought it would be good to offer a couple of winter-themed magazines, so I have the winter 2015 issue of Creative Knitting magazine and the Holiday 2015 issue of knitsimple for this week’s giveaway.

Check out Creative Knitting and knitsimple on Ravelry to get a look at all the patterns. There are 21 in the Creative Knitting issue and 35 in knitsimple (though Ravelry only shows 32). There’s lots of great gift ideas here as well as things to make for yourself.

For a chance to win these, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, September 18. I’d love to know if you’re thinking about holiday and winter knitting yet and if so, what you’ve made or what you’re planning. I have no idea so maybe you will inspire me.

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

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  1. I have started knitting scarves and shawls for holiday gifts. I have to go slow as I have had tendonitis in my hands this summer and I have so missed knitting .

  2. I love winter! Every late summer, I plan to knit decorations for the holidays. I’ve created tree ornaments, a tree skirt and several blankets so far. I was thinking about making some decorative pillows for my couch this year and something decorative for me to wear.

  5. I just ordered the materials for a large shawl knit with super bulky yarn. Should be very useful for the long New England winter!

  11. I am so behind, but busy moving means I only get a few pages a day in. I want to start a blog for diy tutorials for people with big families like us. 10 kids n #11 due Dec. 28th 2016. So I knit a lot of blankets, baby stuff, scarves, hats, gloves, cocoons, shawls n cowls etc. I am really interested in trying to knit some apparel like sweater dresses (which I love) and lace dresses, lingerie, bathing suits, socks, coats, tops n sweaters of course plus baby dresses. So I am always looking for good magazines and patterns. I tend to reinvent most patterns to my desired look, but found it can be problematic for me without a basic pattern. I tend to forget what I was working on or which part etc. I hope I get a chance later.

Have you read?

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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