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Now You Can Knit and Read At The Same Time!

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twilightRecently I was able to get my meaty little hands on the Twilight Series audiobooks. Before we get into this, I have a confession to make. Yes, I am a Twilight-a-holic. I’ve read the books, seen the movies and now am listening to the audio books. I love to read, and now, with these audio books, I can score some quality knitting time, while being read to by the heat of my wood stove!

This is great, I’m looking forward to more audio books. No wonder my kids always liked it when I read to them! Next up…. Harry Potter! And you can get them all from Random House Audio, here:  http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/features/stephenie-meyer/

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  1. And when you’re looking for audiobooks, great ones, don’t rely only on the big publishers. Many of the best artists are out their creating their own. Take a look at CD Baby’s children’s storytelling section. Random House and Weston Woods and so on have the big budgets for promotion, but there are many of us out there on our own creating great stuff.

    Check out our Tell Me a Story series http://www.mythsandtales.com.

    Check out Simon Brooks on CD Baby, and many more…

    Cheers, Amy Friedman

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

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?

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