Some Free Ebooks to Start Your Holiday Knitting

If you’re hanging out at home over the long holiday weekend (sorry if you happen to be in a place that doesn’t celebrate, or already had Thanksgiving), now might be a good time to start some holiday knitting if you haven’t already.

Check out these free ebooks to get you started.

Knitting Daily has a lot of free ebooks available to subscribers (which is also free), but the one to note right now is a gift knitting book. It includes nine patterns for hats, mitts, scarves, knit ornaments, a bag and a pair of socks. They’re all for women, but they’re still really cute. And those Winter Twilight Mitts are amazing.

If you’re looking for holiday decor, check out Red Heart’s Decorate and Celebrate ebook, which has 30 projects for knitting and crochet as well as some general yarn crafting (yarn ball ornaments!). There are afghans, snowmen, ornaments, socks, stockings and more.

And while this one isn’t actually an ebook, check out the latest episode of Tea with Shira over at the Lion Brand blog. It’s about quick knit and crochet projects you can make in a weekend for gifting, and all the patterns are free (you have to have a free account to download). So fun.

Are you working on gift or decor projects this weekend? I’d love to know what’s on your needles!

Looking for more Thanksgiving patterns check these out on Etsy.

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I know that my posts can be read at different times of year and in different years by different people, but as I write this we’re on teh cusp of summer. And I know a lot of people don’t knit as much, and certainly don’t wear a lot of knits in the summer, but I want to encourage you to make and to wear your makes no matter the temperature.

To introduce you to the joys of summer garment knitting, I offer the Tied Vest from Lion Brand Yarn.

This easy project is great to make and wear throughout the year but it’s especially good for summer. It’s worked flat in one piece from the bottom up, mostly in stockinette stitch with a seed stitch edging. The I-cord ties are worked directly onto the garment so you don’t have to sew them on.

The project uses worsted weight yarn, and calls for a blend of cotton and hemp that’s great for warm weather.

There are eight size options, ranging from a finished chest measurement of 35 to 62.5 inches, or 89 to 159 cm. That makes it sound like it should be worn with at least a few inches of positive ease, but the pattern doesn’t specify.

The ties at the front give it a casual look and make it great to wear over a tank top or T-shirt when the weather is warm.

I also think this one would be good to knit in wool or a warmer fiber, too, to make a version you could wear more comfortably in the winter months, too. Though of course you could layer the summer version over a long-sleeved shirt and wear it throughout the year, too.

The tied vest is a free pattern available from Lion Brand. You can also purchase a kit that includes the yarn and optional needles and stitch markers if you need them.

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]

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