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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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Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.” 

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them. 

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits. 

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves. 

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit. 

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy. 

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]