What Are Your Knitting Resolutions?

What to do with yarn scraps and leftovers Happy new year! (I almost typed Happy new yarn, but maybe that’s appropriate, too.)

I hope that amid your resolutions to eat healthier, exercise more and get your place more organized that you leave some room for knitting-related resolutions, too. I’ve outlined a few of my favorites to get you started over at About, and I would love to hear yours (if you haven’t already shared them! I am going to read through all those comments and hope to tailor some of my content this year to what you’re wanting to do with knitting this year.).

I always need to get my knitting stuff more organized, and I’m perpetually trying to lessen my stash by knitting more and bigger projects that will use more of my stash (still working on that scrap afghan pictures above). I also want to knit more for fun, which is not to say that all knitting isn’t fun, just that I want to knit more from other people’s patterns instead of items of my own design. Less thinking = more fun. For me, anyway.

I hope that 2016 brings you new knitting skills and yarny adventures! Happy knitting!

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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]

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