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I Love Yarn Day to Celebrate Fiber for a Month

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I Love Yarn Day asks crafters to Stitch it ForwardI 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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  1. Never heard of the I Love Yarn Day before. I may be teaching a lady to crochet in the near future as an exchange for her teaching me more tai chi techniques.

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Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.” 

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them. 

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits. 

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves. 

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit. 

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy. 

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]