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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?

Learn a Flower Bobble Technique to Knit a Fun Shawl

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier. 

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project. 

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible. 

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge. 

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects. 

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy. 

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project. 

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Xandy Peters]