Knit a Stocking for Your Christmas Dinner Utensils

It all started with a pin. I don’t even know where the original pin came from for sure (though I found the image at Mommy Despot) and I know I have pinned somewhere but I can’t even find the pin.

Anyway, this image has been floating around Pinterest of a table set with all the utensils tucked into little cable knit stockings.

It’s adorable, and more than once I’ve seen people on Pinterest asking for the pattern, or people have asked me for a pattern.

The original ones were store-bought, the horror, but we can do better because I just whipped up a few variations on the knit utensil stocking that I’ve shared over at CraftBits.

You’ll find two cabled versions (same pattern, but the cable twists different ways if you want to change it up) and a striped stockinette version, which you could also do solid and decorate with embroidery, or add a little colorwork motif to, or whatever else you wanted to do.

They’re pretty fast projects, so you have plenty of time to knit up a bunch for your holiday table.

Do you know the pin I’m talking about? Do you have it pinned somewhere too? Is this a project you would make? I’d love to hear about it!

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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