Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton on Sale

Summer is the time for knitting with cotton, if you ask me, and Lion Brand has a limited time sale on its Kitchen Cotton yarn happening right now.

At 15 percent off a ball of this beauty costs just over $3, and it’s the perfect yarn for washcloths, bags and other accessories.

It’s a medium weight, 4-ply yarn that’s made in the United States and comes in a bright, retro-inspired palette of 14 solid colors. There are 99 yards per skein, which is enough for a washcloth or allows you to mix and match these fun colors on placemats and other home accessories.

Try your hand at the Bright Stripes Dishcloths, for example, which are super simple, mostly stockinette stitch with a garter stitch edging. They use eight bright colors as written, but you could use as many or as few as you like. It’s a great stash buster project if you have a variety of cotton yarns lying around, or stock up with this sale and you can knit a bunch of cloths with a variety of stripe patterns.

Have you ever used 100 % cotton yarn? I actually have a ball of it sitting in my office that I haven’t played with yet, so I’d love it if you’d spill your thoughts!

[Photo by Lion Brand.]

This free pattern uses cotton yarn. Check out Lion brands new Re-Up Yarn

Lion Brand’s new recycled cotton, gives knitters and crocheters another reason to love working with cotton. It’s eco-friendly! It takes, on average, 20,000 liters of water to make 1 kilogram of cotton. By using one 70 gram ball of Re-Up you are saving 1,400 liters of water. So try Re-Up for your next cotton project: you’re going to love how it feels to work with and how it feels to help save the planet while doing the craft you love. You can learn more about it here on this video below.

https://youtu.be/SP1e_baGcJs

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You probably know by now if you’re a regular reader (and if you’re not, welcome!) that I love a knitting pattern that’s a little silly or a little different from the usual. Classic patterns are great, too, but sometimes you just want to make something with a bit of whimsy. And when it’s super functional, too, that’s even better.

That’s the case with the Bananen-Socken pattern from Susanne Shahin. These banana socks are one of those patterns no one seems to be totally sure where it came from, and this free pattern on Ravelry explains how she makes them based on how she learned it.

It’s a sock that’s curved and when not on a foot it looks rather like a banana. There’s no heel, and you can use whatever number of stitches you need to make it fit your foot. If you’ve knit enough socks to know how many stitches you like you can just use that number, or the pattern notes include sizing charts to help. (It needs to be multiples of 2 for the ribbing.)

After working a traditional cuff, the body is made with ribbing on the back and welts (or what the pattern calls horizontal ribbing) on the front, which is what gives it the curved shape. There’s no heel, but there is toe shaping, but for the leg and the foot you just keep working the same pattern as long as you like.

I’m a little skeptical about how these socks will feel with ribbing on the bottom of the foot, but I’m definitely intrigued and will probably give them a try.

The pattern notes are available on Ravelry in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. If you head to the pattern page you can see a photo of what it looks like on a foot, and it just looks like a normal sock.

Have you ever knit banana socks or do you want to now? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo: Susanne Shahin]

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