Learn To Knit With Lucy Neatby!

Create a new knitter with Lucy’s Learn to Knit Kit: This is the best possible launch for a new knitter of any age!
Our newly minted canvas knitting bag contains everything the new knitter will need to embark on a long and passionate affair with yarn and knitting: A pair of 6 mm (US#10) handmade River John birch needles, one 250g skein of our strong and lustrous aran weight Blue Faced Leicester Yarn (375 m/ 410 yds) and a copy of Lucy’s brilliant Brand New Knitter DVD (over 3 hours of personal instruction). The disc contains free printable scarf patterns for this yarn and needle combination. All the items in the kit have been prepared by small businesses in Nova Scotia.
Let us know if you wish a gift card included with this order.

From Lucy Neatby’s site, here: http://www.lucyneatby.com/tmhold2.html

As a side note, hubby asked what I wanted for Christmas and I told him that I wanted a set of wooden dpns in every size, and he DID NOT know what I was talking about! Sigh!! I’m thinking he needs further training…….

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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?

Book Review – 20 to Knit: Tiny Christmas Toys to Knit

Book Review – Knit Christmas Stockings

Comments

Turtle says
December 1, 2009 at 6:07 pm
wow what a great package! laughing at your hubbys lack of pdn knowledge
Jeanne says
December 1, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I’m surprised that more purveyors of yarn aren’t putting together nice learn to knit kits like this. I made one up myself for my 10 yo daughter with needles, wool and a couple of patterns and a learn to knit booklet. We’re planning a big car ride right after Christmas, so I’ll be able to give her some good, undivided attention. After all, who am I going to leave my yarn to if she doesn’t learn to knit?

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