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Knit Birds from Berroco

December 24, 2014 by Sarah White

Free bird knitting patterns from Berroco.Fans of Berroco Yarns got a great surprise in their email boxes recently when the company sent a cute little pattern collection of knit birds.

I don’t want to share the direct links here but you can see the newsletter here; while you’re over there, you should subscribe, because it’s a great newsletter full of fun free patterns, technique videos and more.

The patterns include Francisco the cardinal, Chilly Cheeks the penguin (my favorite), Partridge Phil and Chickadee-dee-dee.

So cute, and the perfect little projects to get you through the holidays.

Do you have any knitting planned for your time off this week or next (assuming you get some)? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Berroco.]

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Comments

  1. Jeanne says

    December 24, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    I’ve got this Cardinal pattern printed and in a little bag with yarn & needles… Ready to knit! My daughter is a Louisville Cardinal and this will be a great birthday gift.

  2. Becky PS says

    December 24, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    Oooooh – Love Cardinals! I’m going to see if I can finally finish a big afghan I started about 5 years ago!

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Knit a Linen Stitch Hot Pad

Linen stitch is one of my favorite knitting stitch patterns that, every time I use it in a project, I think about how I don’t use it often enough. 

It’s an easy stitch to make, with slip stitches done with the yarn held to the front of the work on the right/front side and to the back on the wrong/back side, which makes the strand of yarn a visible part of the pattern. 

It also makes a fabric that is thick and looks kind of like a woven fabric.

I recently used linen stitch to make a double-thick pot holder, which I worked in a kind of interesting way. I didn’t want to have to do any sewing on the project, so I started it from a crochet cast on and picked up stitches from the side of the cast on to make the hot pad all in one piece in the round with the edge sealed. 

This requires working on two circular needles, which is another technique I don’t use that often and am always reminded how much I like it when I do. 

The combination of double thickness and the stitch pattern makes for a hot pad that’s already pretty thick, but I also added a bit of old towel to the inside before I closed up the end to make it super thick and extra protective for your surfaces. 

I found the engineering challenge of this construction method to be a lot of fun, but you could also just knit it as a tube (casting on twice as many stitches as I did) and sew up the ends by hand when the knitting is done. Either way you’ve got a useful and pretty addition to your kitchen, whether you work it in a solid color, stripes or as a stash busting project will all your cotton odd balls. 

You can grab the pattern over at Our Daily Craft, or check it out on Ravelry. 

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