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This Simple Ribbed Cowl will Warm You through the Rest of Winter

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plucky knitter ribbed colwI don’t go to knitting events because I live far away from any of them (well, I did go to TNNA once, when my last book came out, but it has been a LONG time), but I love seeing what happens at these events through social media and blog posts.

The Plucky Knitter debuted a simple ribbed cowl at the recent VKLive in New York, and because of the great interest in the project at the show, there’s now a pattern for it on Ravelry.

The fun thing about this one is that it uses three strands of yarn, which could all be quite similar in hue, or throw in one different color for a totally different look.

Either way this is a really quick and easy pattern that uses three different sized needles to shape the project rather than having to do any increasing or decreasing. Which is great when you’ve got a stitch pattern like ribbing, so you don’t have to worry about multiples or messing up the flow as you knit.

The pattern is free on Ravelry, so go grab it and get to knitting!

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[Photo: the Plucky Knitter.]

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Stacking Stars Knitting Pattern

There are so many things I love about the Stacking Stars pattern from Frankie Brown.

First, it looks like a kid’s toy, which it totally could be, though the intent is to stack the stars into a Christmas tree bit of decor.

I love the rainbow gradient, which makes it all the more cheerful, and serves as a reminder that, while you can plan out your colors beautifully, you can also use your stash for your own brilliant hodgepodge of a star tree.

It includes patterns for nine different sizes of stars, from 2 inch to 6 inch, which makes the perfect pile to look like a tree. What’s more, these stars are worked in garter stitch, so it’s a pretty easy pattern, even if you’re new to knitting. And the stars are solid, so not only can you use them to make your own amazing stack of a tree, you can make more to decorate packages, use as Christmas tree ornaments, make a darling garland, or all of the above.

The pattern calls for DK weight yarn but of course you could play with the yarn weight, too, to make stars that are even larger or smaller than the ones shown. And the bigger ones are made by just working more repeats, so you could continue to work as established to make larger ones to suit all your crafty purposes if you like.

Frankie’s patterns are free on Ravelry, but they ask that people who enjoy their patterns send a donation to the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation. Through the years they have raised more that £26,000 for the charity, which helps families of kids with liver disease. You can donate to Frankie’s fundraiser here. They have tons of great holiday projects and other designs you can check out on their designer page on Ravelry.

[Photo: Frankie Brown]

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