I Love Yarn Day to Celebrate Fiber for a Month

I Love Yarn Day is technically a month out — Oct. 15 — but the people behind it (that’s the Craft Yarn Council, by the way) are starting the celebration early this year with a lot of fun content meant to inspire knitters, crocheters and other yarn crafters to Stitch it Forward, aka to teach a yarn craft to others.

Through the month leading up to I Love Yarn Day, they’ll be releasing conversations about yarn and design with some of our favorite designers and bloggers and they’re hosting a scavenger hunt where you can win some great prizes such as gift cards, interchangeable knitting needles, subscriptions to CreativeBug, subscriptions to magazines and more.

The contest runs from today through Oct. 23. Answer 21 questions for a chance to win.

You can also participate by using the hashtags #stitchitforward and #iloveyarnday on social media, or print out the I Love Yarn Because template (it’s a PDF) and share your answer on social.

Have you ever taken part in I Love Yarn Day? Who can you teach to knit or crochet this year? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[Photo via I Love Yarn Day.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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