Basketweave Baby Blanket
$4.25

Easy and Quick to Make!

This is a quick and relaxing project with a simple basketweave pattern for the body of the blanket. Edging is picked up and knit in a double seed stitch.

Yarn Choice

Baby blankets should be soft, which will eliminate all but the finest wools from your fiber selection. Cotton, or even acrylic, is a great choice as the new mother will be able to machine wash; she’ll never have time to hand wash a blanket!

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Leg or Ankle Warmers

Skill Level: Intermediate

There are a million ways to knit leg warmers, and they are super easy. A leg or ankle warmer set is simply two matching tubes.

The difference between leg warmers and ankle warmers is length. As you can tell from the names; an ankle warmer fits over the ankle. A leg warmer goes further up the leg, typically to the knee.

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Here's a video showing how to knit two items at the same time, one inside the other. When you are done you don't have to knit the other part of the set!

There is so much that can be done with double knitting. My video shows a very simple leg warmer made with really thick yarn. Below are some books that start to explore the amazing world of double knitting

$4.25

 

Knitting a hat should be an adventure, not a chore. A hat takes just about one skein of yarn, and can be worked up from scraps you have laying around. Sometimes you want it to be easy; you want to simply pick up some needles, grab some yarn, start knitting and see what happens. Thus… freeform hats.

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Cool stuff is happening over at knitknitting.com. This is a sister site to SpinCraft Patterns and we have some new software running that is literally scouring the web for hidden knitting treasures. 

We have videos streaming in on knitting and spinning, and it is amazing what you can find. Sometimes it is nice not to be searching, but to have the search done for you. I have found some beautiful knitting stitches that I never would have found.

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The most commonly used knitting stitches for patterns are 

  • Garter Stitch
  • Stockinette Stitch
  • Seed Stitch and
  • Ribbing

Here's how to do these easy knit patterns:

Juvenile Fiction
$2.25

 

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Thinking about starting to knit lace knitting patterns? Good for you! Don't be afraid, but start with something simple like a few sample swatches, so you won't feel tense through the project. 

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