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Knitting To Fight Addiction

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This knitting news is all over the press as 65 year old Mr perkins aims to knit 1000 hats for community groups.

So what has got everyone’s attention? Is it the 1000 hats? them being knitted by a man ? or the fact he is using it to beat his cigarette addiction?

It’s doesn’t really matter I guess as knitting in the new’s is exciting and this is an article giving it great credability.

If your interested in knitting for charity too the check out this Charity Crafts page to find a group in your area.

If your a man who knits or just want to read about some then check out menwhoknit.com

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  1. You go! I crocheted to Quit. It has been 3 years as of Jan. 7, 2005! All my family members received afghans for Christmas that year. I love to keep my hands busy! Now I am doing knitting as well to lose the weight!

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Knit a Linen Stitch Hot Pad

Linen stitch is one of my favorite knitting stitch patterns that, every time I use it in a project, I think about how I don’t use it often enough. 

It’s an easy stitch to make, with slip stitches done with the yarn held to the front of the work on the right/front side and to the back on the wrong/back side, which makes the strand of yarn a visible part of the pattern. 

It also makes a fabric that is thick and looks kind of like a woven fabric.

I recently used linen stitch to make a double-thick pot holder, which I worked in a kind of interesting way. I didn’t want to have to do any sewing on the project, so I started it from a crochet cast on and picked up stitches from the side of the cast on to make the hot pad all in one piece in the round with the edge sealed. 

This requires working on two circular needles, which is another technique I don’t use that often and am always reminded how much I like it when I do. 

The combination of double thickness and the stitch pattern makes for a hot pad that’s already pretty thick, but I also added a bit of old towel to the inside before I closed up the end to make it super thick and extra protective for your surfaces. 

I found the engineering challenge of this construction method to be a lot of fun, but you could also just knit it as a tube (casting on twice as many stitches as I did) and sew up the ends by hand when the knitting is done. Either way you’ve got a useful and pretty addition to your kitchen, whether you work it in a solid color, stripes or as a stash busting project will all your cotton odd balls. 

You can grab the pattern over at Our Daily Craft, or check it out on Ravelry. 

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