Great New Collections for Winter

While most of the country sits in the cold, longing for cozy knits to warm us up, Brooklyn Tweed and Quince & Co. have both delivered with excellent winter knits collections.

First up, BT Winter 14, a collection of 15 sweaters and other warm garments. I actually pinned Benton, the oversized striped boyfriend sweater by Julie Hoover, before I even realized this is where it came from. I’ve also got my eye on Jared Flood’s Kelpie, described as a modern triangular Hap shawl, it features little bits of lace worked in stripes that are just lovely.

Nord, a V-neck pullover with an accent cable on the front and designed by Véronik Avery, would be a great addition to anyone’s winter wardrobe as well. View the full look book for more details. Individual patters are $6.50 to $7.

The new Quince & Co. collection is called stripes, and it includes six winter accessories — hats and mitts for men and women, as well as a cowl and a scarf — all of which include stripes, of course. The full collection is $7, and it’s a lovely little set of patterns that you could knit again and again, with or without stripes.

See anything you like? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Brooklyn Tweed.]

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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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