Knit a Shrug with a Free Class from Creativebug

Creativebug is an online crafty education provider that has video courses on everything from mixed media and embroidery to home decor and knitting, of course.

Classes are available for individual purchase, or a monthly subscription rate gets you access to all the classes. Some classes are free, too, to give potential customers a taste of what they’d get if they subscribed or bought a class.

A new free offering is the Prima Shrug class from Maggie Pace. The course runs 45 minutes in four “chapters” or lessons, and will show you how to knit a side-to-side shrug in one piece. The main body is worked from sleeve to sleeve, then you pick up stitches and work in the round to make the collar and lower back panel.

It’s really cute worked in a color-changing yarn, but even in a solid it would be a lovely addition to your spring wardrobe.

All you have to do to access the course is to create a free account at Creativebug. Looks like fun!

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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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