Knitting News: Arm Knitting in GIFs, A Gorgeous Knit Dress and More

Probably the strangest knitting-related news of the week (and this is a week when someone was sentenced to knitting following a road rage incident) is the case of a woman accused of smuggling fake $100 into the United States in knitting spindles. I assume by that they mean spools that should have held yarn but instead held $85,000 each in fake bills. Alejandrina Elsa Quispe Ramirez was nabbed at Logan International Airport in Boston.

Faroe Islanders are used to doing things their own way, and when they decided they wanted Google street view, instead of waiting for a Google car to show up, they strapped cameras to five sheep so they can take pictures while they are grazing. The video is actually pretty awesome. OK, maybe that one is the strangest knitting-related story of the week.

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I’m sure you know all about those gigantic arm-knit blankets that sell for hundreds of dollars on etsy. For some reason Tech Insider decided to make a series of GIFs telling the story of the blankets and showing the process. They clearly don’t know much about fiber, but it’s still pretty cool.

In other amazing feats of knitting, check out Samantha’s wedding dress on the Natural Stitches blog. This dress overlay is knit with Berroco Folio in a lace pattern with a pink ribbon accent (and some pretty awesome sneakers to go with it). Spectacular!

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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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