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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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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