Stash or Collection?

Do you purchase yarns for their beauty and color, or maybe for the unique texture? Have you bought yarns that were rare, or extremely unique? Do you have a stash of yarns waiting for that next project, the project you havenâ€™t found yet? Do you have more supplies than you can ever use? Maybe then, it is a Collection and not a Stash.

Kate Antonova explains this very well in her article â€œItâ€™s not a stash. . . itâ€™s a Collectionâ€. Kate explains that when we have so much yarn in our stash that we can never use itâ€™s time to no longer thing of it as a stash, but a collection. If you have one-of-a-kind hand painted yarns, how could you possibly change the skeins from their precious state into an article that would deserve this yarn?

Ms. Antonova goes on to describe several categories of yarn, such as Ambition Yarns â€“ donâ€™t we all have those, Bathing Yarns, Shame Yarns and the Best Friend Yarns.

Very cute and fast read, but most important, an article in which we learn why we need to stop apologizing for our collection.

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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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Book Review – Knit Christmas Stockings

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