Knit Yourself a Staycation (or Two!)

As much as I love knitting from other people’s patterns, so I don’t have to make any choices or do much math, sometimes it’s fun to have more options than a single pattern might give you.

The Staycation from Tif Neilan is perfect for the person who wants to see options because there are actually two versions. They are drop shoulder sweaters knit from the top down, meant to be a little oversized, but there is a marled version for when you want to keep the knitting super simple and a colorwork version if you want a little more work to do (but don’t worry — it’s mosaic slip stitch colorwork so actually super easy to do).

Both are bulky (though the marled version uses two strands held together) and available in nine sizes from 36.5 to 72 inches. It’s meant to be worn with 4 to 12 inches of positive ease.

There are sleeveless and long sleeved options as well, so it’s quite the choose-your-own-adventure of a a knitting pattern. Actually two patterns. You can buy the marled version or the colorwork version seperately on Ravelry for $8 each or bundle them for $10 total. (Just make sure you add both to your cart before you check out and the price will automatically adjust.)

Which one would you knit? I like them both!

[Photo: Tif Neilan.]

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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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