What are Your Knitting Resolutions?

Now that we’re a couple of days into 2013, maybe you’ve had some time to think about crafty resolutions or goals that you might have for this year. I of course want to knit more, knit more for myself and finish more of the projects I start.

But I have other crafty goals, too, including exploring more crochet and dabbling in art journaling.

I’d love to hear what your knitting resolutions are, too, either here in the comments or over on my poll at About, where the most popular resolution as of this writing is to knit more from their stash. I’m totally there, too!

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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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Comments

Donna H says
January 3, 2013 at 9:53 am
My knitting resolution this year is (strangely) to knit LESS! Whenever I start a knitting project, I have this weird need to get it done as soon as possible. So I knit, knit, knit – sometimes to the point where my wrist hurts – to get it done. I know – it’s crazy and stupid. So for 2013, I plan to slow down and enjoy my knitting projects, and NOT focus on getting them done. I’m only going to start projects that I really want to do, and pick only about 12 projects to do for the whole year!
karen says
December 31, 2014 at 8:49 pm
My resolution/goal this year to first learn to use DPNs and make a hat. And the second resolution is to organize my spare bedroom/craft room.

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