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More Holiday Goodies from Red Heart

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holiday patterns red heartI’ve gotten way behind on Red Heart’s 12 Weeks of Christmas free patterns, so consider this your catch up if you’re not getting the emails yourself.

I love this Keepsake Stocking, worked mostly in a multicolored yarn with solid red at the cuff, heel and toe. There’s also the wee Fashion Sweater Ornament, which is a great scrap-knitting project you can make in any color and it will still be adorable on the tree.

And if you’re looking for a collection of knit and crochet patterns for Christmas rather than having to download them one at a time, Red Heart has also put together the free Have a Cozy Holiday ebook, which has 15 knit and crochet projects, many of which have been shared in this email series.

I’m finally starting to think about knitting holiday decor, are you? I’d love to hear what you’re working on.

[Photo via Red Heart.]

Comments

  1. The link to the Keepsake Stocking isn’t working. (You need to remove the craftgossip.com stuff from the URL.) Thanks for posting these, since I’m not on Red Heart’s email list.

  3. I got as far as the right heel slipping the remaining stitches to the right needle. I’m confused by how I would Join B and work over the first 12 stitches. There were seven right heel stitches left (in Color B), and then I would have to work stitches that were on the stocking part.(Color A)I’m frustrated and want to finish this…Anyone help me?

Have you read?

Learn a Flower Bobble Technique to Knit a Fun Shawl

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier. 

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project. 

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible. 

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge. 

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects. 

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy. 

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project. 

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Xandy Peters]