Old Navy Flagship Stores Gets Yarn Bombed for Christmas

I’m loving the pictures of the huge yarn bombing done by Knits for Life at the Old Navy flagship store in San Francisco. They covered an entire 1950 Chevy pickup truck in knitting, complete with zig-zag patterned bumper, tire cozies decorated with Nordic snowflakes and knit fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror. The body of the truck is mostly done in red with the words “Together All Ways” (don’t ask me why it’s not “always”) stitched into one door.

This amazing feat took 35 hours to design and 45 hours to knit on a knitting machine. It had to be worked in 36-inch wide panels, so 60 hours went to assembly in the overnight hours when the store was closed.

As if that weren’t enough fun to get into, the team also yarn bombed Old Navy’s flagship store in New York City.

Both projects will be up through the end of the year and are just the thing to get you in the holiday — and knitting! — spirit.

[Photo via Knits for Life.]

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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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