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Simply Soft Heather by Caron Yarn

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CaronYarn Company introduced the newest member of the Simply Soft family of yarns—Simply Soft Heather. A true marriage of soft lustrous fiber with soft, sophisticated colors makes Simply Soft Heather a truly special new yarn for fashion garments, throws, pillows, even bags and totes. We’ve designed Heathers to complement some of our most popular Simply Soft colors and—even better—the gauge and weight of this new collection is identical to Simply Soft, so you can use it in all your favorite patterns.

One free pattern using the new Heather yarn is this child’s Aran pullover that is rated an intermediate pattern. This yarn is 100% Acrylic, has 280 yards in 5oz skeins and comes 8 new colors.

Looking for knitting patterns for knitted Cardigans? Check out these knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

Looking for pullover and sweater patterns? Check these books out.

Comments

  1. I just discovered this yarn and love it, but can’t find out if it has a dye lot or not. The regular SS does not have one. Any info would be appreciated.

  2. I can’t open the free pattern. Is it archived anywhere?

    It’s a great looking sweater!

    Please let me know.

    Thanks!

    Barbara

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Pencil Knitting Patterns

Getting ready for back to school makes me think about pencil crafts, so let’s take a look at some pencil themed knitting patterns! 

I recently made a pencil on a circular knitting machine, and it was a fun, quick, easy project that uses little bits of leftover yarn (and if you don’t have yellow you can make it a colored pencil using whatever color’s your favorite). And if you want to make a bigger version check out this pattern from Orange Olive Road on Etsy.

If you want to knit a pencil pillow by hand, check out Sketchy, available on Ravelry from Shana S. Cohen. This one uses worsted weight yarn and has two size options and the choice to make a pencil with an eraser or a colored pencil. 

Pencil scarves seem to be the most popular kind of pencil knitting pattern, and there are lot of cute ones. This one from Cosy Craft UK mostly uses garter stitch, with some welts to add texture and what looks like an I-cord edging. It calls for DK weight yarn. 

If you want to go all garter stitch try this version from Emsley Co Creations, which uses five colors of DK weight yarn and just a little shaping to make the point of the pencil.

There’s also this fun, mostly stockinette so it looks like it curls a bit, pencil pattern that looks like it’s worked in chunky yarn from Little Knits Studio. This one uses just a little garter stitch and easy shaping for the point. 

If you don’t want a pencil scarf, how about some pencil socks? The No. 2 Pencil Socks from The Yarn Enabler are available from Ravelry and use five colors of sock yarn. They feature wide ribs to mimic the texture of a pencil and have options to be worked from the top down or the toe up. 

Needs Sharpening by Alexander Walker is a free pattern on Ravelry that uses five colors of sock yarn to make a sort of shortie sock. The little bit of black at the tips of the toes inspired the name. These, too, can be worked in either direction and are available in three sizes.