Knitting Crawl Walkabout

Do you live in [tag]Manhattan[/tag] or are you visiting soon? Check this out to find off the beaten path stores.

“[tag]SusanSez NYC Knitting Crawl Walkabout[/tag] will get you to the most unique [tag]knitting shops[/tag], bead and trimming shops and galleries throughout Manhattan and then some. Visit the shops, meet the owners and perhaps even experience a [tag]workshop[/tag]. As we stroll through the neighborhoods you will also learn the history and the culture of these unique enclaves. Tours are led by a native New Yorker and avid knitter and will surely be a “real” New York experience. This tour is for knitters and sightseers alike! As we shop ’til we drop for the lush handpainted luxury yarns as well as the basics, we will visit:

a knitting shop in the heart of the financial district that won’t break the bank
a knitting cafe
a shop that is like an impressionist painting
a fabulous bead shop
the quintessential NYC trimming shop
a homey craft shop
a zenlike studio
shops that are off the beaten path”

Visit SusanSez NYC Walkabouts to learn more. Dates through June are currently posted at the website. SusanSez NYC Walkabouts are a “real” New York Experience.

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A Terry’s Chocolate Orange is a classic Christmas gift in the UK that has become more popular in America as well. And if you know knitters, you know they’re going to cover something in knitting if they can, so there are lots of different Christmas themed chocolate orange knitting patterns out there (which you could use for an actual orange as well if that’s in your traditions).

Chocolate orange covers seem to be one of those projects where a designer makes a lot of variations on the theme, so we’ll just touch on a few here but you can further explore the designer’s works if you like what you see.

Wild Welsh Knitting has a cute little set of orange covers that look like little drawstring bags. There’s a snowman, a Christmas tree and a robing, and they are all worked in DK weight yarn. This designer has lots of cute little Christmas projects, not just for oranges.

Wendy Morgan has a bunch of chocolate orange cover knitting patterns, not just for Christmas, but for our purposes I wanted to point out the set that includes a Santa, reindeer and Christmas pudding. It’s available on Ravelry, and the pieces are worked flat using DK weight yarn.

Rebecca Roberts is another designer on Ravelry who does a bunch of Christmas chocolate orange cover knitting patterns, but I wanted to share this post box one because I think it’s really cute and not a design I’ve seen from others. It has a little bird on top and you could change up the colors to make it a TARDIS (yes I know that’s a phone box, not a mail box, but still) if you wanted.

Made by Marianna has a great set of her Christmas orange cover knitting patterns available on Etsy if you want to make a bunch of different designs. This collection includes six patterns: a Christmas pudding, Santa hat, snowman, Christmas trees, elf hat and Santa’s belt. The Christmas tree is shown above. All of the patterns use DK yarn.

Secret Garden England has a bunch of cute holiday patterns, too, but if you’re stitching for someone who doesn’t have a lot of Christmas cheer, you’ll want to make this Grinch one. The details are so cute, and while you’ll need more supplies to add all those things, it’s well worth the effort!

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