Use Your Stash on this Stranded Knit Sweater

I am known to be a big fan of stash busting projects (I even have a whole little ebook about it!) so when I saw the Stowaway pattern from Wool & Pine I knew I had to share it, and I might just have to make it, too.

The body of the sweater is a solid color, but the sleeves and kangaroo pocket (!) are worked in stranded knitting, which you can make match across the pieces if you have a lot of the same colors, or you can mix it up and use all your odd balls in one place. Or you can use fewer colors than are called for and use a great amount of each color if that’s how your stash works.

This project calls for DK weight yarn, and the pattern lists the weight in grams for each color used so you can go hunting in your stash for just the right thing. And if you don’t have enough leftovers, you can leave off the pocket, though that seems pretty drastic (there’s a cropped and pocketless version shown on the pattern page on Ravelry if you want to see what that looks like.

The pattern comes in 10 sizes, ranging from 32 to 66 inches, or 76 to 168 cm in the chest. It’s meant to be worn with 2-6 inches/5-15 cm of positive ease depending on what works for you. And as mentioned if you don’t want a pocket you can knit a shorter version, or do the longer sweater without a pocket if you’d rather. It’s made by picking up stitches at the bottom front, knitting flat and attaching to the body at the top with mattress stitch; no seaming required!

Check out all the options and grab your copy of the pattern from Ravelry, or buy direct from Wool & Pine.

[Photo: Wool & Pine]

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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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