Knit the Galaxy with this Star Wars Knitting Book

Attention all Star Wars fans: a new official Stars Wars knitting book is being unleashed on the galaxy, and I for one can’t wait to get stitching.

Star Wars is one of the fandoms everyone in our family agrees on, and I think there’s something to knit for everyone in Star Wars Knitting the Galaxy by Tanis Gray.

This collection of 28 knits includes toys, replicas of costume items, apparel inspired by the movies and home decor. If you’ve ever wanted to knit a porg, or a Death Star pillow, now’s your chance.

There’s so much great stuff in this book I can’t even name favorites, but I do think I need Princess Leia’s Hoth Snow Vest, designed by Stephanie Lotven, or Meghan Regan’s The Order of the Jedi Pullover, which elevates the holiday sweater with lightsabers, Yodas, stars and other symbols. My daughter would love Carissa Browning’s Ewok Hood (she had an Ewok-themed birthday party a few years ago), and the Chancellor Palpatine Scarf might be just the thing to actually get my husband to wear a scarf. The BB-8 blanket Tanis designed is adorable, as are the R2-D2 mittens from Therese Sharp (they say beep, boop, bleep and other droidy noises on the palm side!).

The patterns aren’t on Ravelry yet since the book isn’t released until Jan. 26, but you can see some of them on Amazon.

Patterns are rated by number of light sabers to show degree of difficulty from one to three. Five patterns are rated one, 14 are two and nine are three.

This book is the perfect thing for a knitter who loves Star Wars, or knitter who knows and wants to knit for people who love Star Wars. I will note because I’m sure someone will ask, that this book really just covers the movies so there is no Baby Yoda here, but there is a pocket Yoda pattern that could probably be altered to look a bit more like Grogu. That is definitely not a reason to skip this one, there is so much fun stuff in it!

About the book: 208 pages, hardcover, 28 patterns. Published by Insight Editions, suggested retail $29.99.

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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