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Knitted Calendar….I Think….

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Well my Swedish is a bit rusty, but I think this is a calendar. A knitted calendar. With the dates going from the bottom to the top, so this way, as time passes you can unravel it. How do I know this?

Well I knew you’d ask so I have an answer for you! I Clicked on This Link and looked at the pictures!

There ya go! Since there was a picture of a shopping cart on that page, I don’t think the pattern is free, but if you can get past the 2nd language thing, you might be able to create something similar!

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Comments

  1. You know Google Translator will translate the whole page, right? When I open the link in Chrome, it automatically identifies the language and asks if I want it translated.

  2. It’s German actually and you’re exactly right. It’s machine knitted and you unravel it. Loving the idea, but the price tag is a bit hefty!

  3. I think that would be a really fast year – once the kids or cat or dog got ahold of the yarn end, the calendar would go VERY quickly! Still a neat idea, though. It would be fun for a countdown-to-vacation or advent calendar with the things that would normally be in pockets on stitch markers or rings instead, so they would come off when you unraveled that day…hmmm…..

  4. as the commenter above me said, it’s German, not English.

    And the price looks to be for the calendar, not the pattern. I’m not sure that the dates/numbers are knitting. They seem to be printed on there. The letters are a little too perfect and similar.

    So I think if one wants to make it, knit a really long scarf. I think block printing would give the best print on the scarf without stretching it (so that unraveling it would line up with the dates), but that’d be a lot of work. Hm.. I’ll have to think about this.

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Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.” 

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them. 

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits. 

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves. 

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit. 

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy. 

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]