View Stick – Knitting

When I was given the View Stick a couple of years back to try out, I passed it along to my mom thinking that it would be the perfect aid for her to read the fine print of knitting patterns. Being (relatively) young and well-visioned myself, it didn’t even occur to me that this gadget was something that would be equaly useful to me. Well let me tell you, I was wrong. Sundown Products was nice enough to give me another one last week at TNNA and as luck would have it, I’m currently working on a lace scarf that requires more pattern attention than I normally pay. I attatched the View Stick to the chart I’m working on and let me tell you, this is the handiest tool I never knew I needed!

It magnifies the text so that your eye is automatically drawn to the correct place, it underlines the row you’re on so you’re not wasting time playing the guessing game, AND it’s adjustable so it’ll clip onto pretty much any page/paper/notecard that a potential pattern could possibly be printed on.

I love efficient little inventions like these!

Pssst…It’s available at your local JoAnn & Hobby Lobby Stores.

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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Comments

Renna says
June 12, 2008 at 11:55 am
Neat! Thanks for the tip! My middle-aged eyes can use all the help they can get; and yet, I can remember when I was in my early 20’s doing lots of cross-stitch, this would have been helpful for me, too, as I was constantly losing my place on the charts!
Tammy Constable says
February 7, 2017 at 10:27 am
How or where can I purchase a view stick?

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