Knitting Through It

RRP: $17.95

ISBN 10- 0760330050
Knitting Through It is a book filled with inspiring stores for “Times of Trouble”. This book has short stories and excerpts about knitting and how it has been, and continues to be used during Polictical agendas, War and poverty and heart warming stories of personal times of despair where knitting has lifted spirits, helped with rehabilitation and eased pain and anguish.

You do not have to be a knitter to enjoy this book, it has short chapters making it a perfect book to pick up during morning tea or a cup of coffee in the afternoon. It’s not only inspiring it’s educational and leaves you feeling the urge to pick up your knitting.

It will make you stop and appreciate all that you are giving to your knitting. It’s not just about yarn over and under it’s about lifting your hands, using your heart, focusing on the recipient, deep breathing, relaxation, calming your racing spirit and knitting an item out of love, hate, fear, happiness or pain.

Sitting down to knit will never be the same again…..

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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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