My Store, My Mountain Pattern Ebook Released

Yarn maker Schachenmayr has a line of bulky, colorful yarns perfect for outerwear made for hitting the slopes called My Mountain. The company has done a lot of interesting things to get knitters excited about the yarn, and the latest was a design contest involving yarn stores.

The winners of that contest have been named, and their projects collected in a free ebook called My Store, My Mountain, which is available on Ravelry.

The book includes 12 patterns, six of which are for hats. The others are cowls, a shawl, a pair of fingerless mitts and a pair of mittens.

True to the line, these projects are bright and colorful, but none are that difficult to knit.

The 3×3 Hats by Carly Stipe were one project that caught my eye. These bulky hats use three different colors of yarn and three different design options to make a bunch of unique hats. I also like Trisha Mitberg’s Mad Creek Mitts, which are super simple but look really classic thanks to the use of self-striping yarn.

If you’re a skier, a fan of the outdoors or you just like the look of having come off the slopes, these projects are worth checking out.

See anything that catches your eye? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Ravelry.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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