Free Patterns, Tutorials and Project Ideas
Earlier this week I posted a giveaway from Will Save Nine and she had so much fun doing it she decided to do another. This time it’s for a ball of Woll Butt yarn from Butinette. It’s a wool/polyamide blend, multicolored, with plenty of yardage to go around. Isn’t it pretty?
To enter, comment on her post by next Thursday (Aug. 16). I know a lot of you are sock knitting fans, so I hope one of you gets it!
[Photo by Will Save Nine.]
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]
This is a beautiful variegated sock yarn to make my first pair of socks.
I love this yarn!!
Pretty colors
The yarn is beautiful.
I love wild socks. This yarn would give me the incentive to finally try to knit a pair. I have everything I need, except yarn. I WILL learn to knit socks!!
Cold weather is coming – I need to be knitting socks for many feet!
Great yarn, great socks!
This yarn would also make a beautiful Barbie outfit.
Took a class on how to knit socks on Saturday and I am hooked. Hope my family is ready for socks! I know I am!
That is a really beautiful skein of yarn. I can imagine a lovely pair of socks knit from it. I sure would like to win.
Love the fall colors – they will go with everything
Gotta love the name as much as the coloring.
I love this yarn, it would be awesome for knitting mittens:)
what lovely wool i could make some socks and have enough to knit a dress for the doll i’m knitting
I would be very happy to have this yarn for my own pair of socks. I love these colors.