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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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]

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