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I’m Terrye, your new knitting editor.

What I want to do with this blog is provide you with new and interesting “stuff” (which is a technical term). We’ll do book reviews, Knit-a-Longs, and virtually drool over new yarns and toys. I’ll introduce you to other knitting blogs and we can talk about new patterns, old patterns, classic patterns or really anything else. It will be fun! We’ll bond.

You can find me on Ravelry, which we’ll also talk about, under the name of redwingschick (yeah, I’m a wing nut – hockey talk for Detroit Red Wings Fan, the license plate on my truck… never mind, it has nothing to do with knitting).

My first post was going to be a book review on a really cool book I got from our local library. (Don’t discount this valuable resource for “everything knitting”). But figured I should probably introduce myself first. If you’ll look at my profile you’ll see I look a lot like Vicki, but actually I just haven’t uploaded my own photo yet. That’s coming, be patient. Also, I’ll refine the bio a bit, and change it from time to time.

Please let me know anything at all you want to talk about or for me to review, and ask me questions, and please, please, please leave me comments, I want to get to know you also (pretend I’m your lonely neighbor, you could bring me cookies too, and don’t forget your knitting!).

Let me hear from you, I’ll put the coffee on. 

T.

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

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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Book Review – Knit Christmas Stockings

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