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It’s All About The Stockings!

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While meandering around the net this morning (couldn’t sleep – again) I found these. Christmas Stocking Place Setters. Aren’t they cute? Love em!

Do I hear another project just waiting to jump on the needles? It’s not like i don’t have a few, hmmm, 6 or 7 (at least) already there. But these are just cute!

And, the kit is available here:

http://www.knitwitts.com/item/Stocking_Place_Settings/5242/p2c40

Here are some Free Christmas Stocking Patterns that I found:

These cute little stockings are called Deer Tracks, and they’re from thumbknitting.com

These 3 are all free patterns from FreePatterns.com 

Trampled by Geese has a really cool sock pattern, with candy cane lace knitted in, here:

http://trampledbygeesepatterns.blogspot.com/2007/12/holiday-house-socks-free-knitting.html

Get your needles out, oiled up and ready to roll!

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Comments

  1. Wow! these are so cute and I am going to try the Mini-Mitts & Hat Garland they are adorable and felted 🙂 Thanks for the freat site find!

    Linda ( felting)

  2. thank you! I love,love,love stockings.And I wanted a pattern for place settings. I thought it would just make the table look so inviting.
    thank you for sharing

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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. 

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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.

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[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]