For the Holidays: Felted Leaves Garland

This simple pattern , courtesy of Red Heart, is easy to adapt to just about any time of year by altering colors. The one shown here is perfect for Christmas, whether coiled up as a candle ring, garlanding the tree, or bedecking  the mantle or banister. You could even use a template for holly, flowers, [...]

Christmas Knits: Felted Stocking

This design has so many embellishment possibilities. Use your imagination to turn out one of a kind holiday keepsakes.

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Knitting News: Drops Advent Calendar

This is so cool! Drops Designs has published an advent calendar, with a new surprise for each day. Starts Monday, 12/1.
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Christmas Patterns to Knit and Crochet

While hopping about on the web this week, I’ve discovered several quirky, original Christmas patterns, and thought it’d be helpful to list them in one place:
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Cute Elf Slippers in multiple sizes
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Christmas Tree Hat, with or without battery powered lights
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Snowflake Ornament
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Button Ornaments
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Christmas Tree
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Angel Bells
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Two Needle Christmas Stocking

Quick and easy. Worsted weight yarns, size 8 (US) needles. Knit flat, seamed up the back.
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Divide for Heel
(RS) K13 and sl to holder for right half of heel; k17 and sl to 2nd holder for instep; k13 for left half of heel. Work on these 13 sts only. Should read k27 [...]

Baby Corina’s Santa Hat

Whipped up this 2 needle chapeau up in one afternoon last November, and had so much fun doing it! Corina, our first grandchild, was 7 months old and needed a Santa hat for the holiday parade we attended in Essex, CT. Used 2 skeins from my stash, both worsted weight. The red is Lion Brand [...]

Christmas Ornament Hat

Very cute, and so simple to knit. Easily adapted to other sizes, too.
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Knits for Christmas: Peppermint pattern

Learn this easy short row pattern, and endless varieties and sizes of round objects can be made: placemats, coasters, even a blanket.
Size 6 (US) needles, worsted weight cotton yarn.
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Knitted Christmas Tree Cloth or Towel

This month I find myself knitting
Christmas hand towels for use by our guests this holiday season. During blocking,
I use an iron on cotton setting to flatten them out a bit. Fun and easy. If I have time,
I’m going to knit up a few more for hostess gifts. Tis the season!
Happy Holidays.
Size 7 needles, worsted weight [...]

Baby Corina’s Christmas Stocking

Last year, my son requested a pink and green striped stocking for his 8 month old daughter Corina, our very special first grandchild. I designed it by adapting this basic pattern .  Knitted completely in garter stitch,  adding a white ruffled top and loop hanger. I  added her name along the top in stick-on [...]