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3 Tips for a Strong Start on Your Temperature Blanket
For years I thought about doing a temperature blanket, but I could never make the decisions needed. Once I decided to do one for 2023 there were still a lot of decisions to be made, which I’ll explain in a coming post! But there are 3 things that made it difficult for me to actually start, and to stay on track. Here they are so you can learn from my mistakes before you start yours! 1. Choose your pattern I wanted to do a crochet temperature blanket rather than a knit one. And I wanted it to be granny squares rather than crocheted across or in another pattern. This meant…
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Little Ghosts Free Washcloth Pattern
Perhaps in part because I got really into the show Ghosts this year (it started with the US version then I discovered I could watch the UK version on CBC Gem), I got some fall/spooky season/Halloween inspo for a washcloth to add to my collection of Halloween washcloths (Broomsticks, Pumpkin Patch, and Candy Corn). While I’ve had various ideas come to me since I last posted many, many months ago, the timing worked out this time for me to act on the inspiration to pick up my needles and make this washcloth, and then to do the equally time consuming part of writing everything up and posting! I hope you…
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How to Add Ear Flaps to a True North Toque
Some (not all) of the links in this post are affiliate links, which provide a very small commission to me for the referral, at no extra cost to you. A few years ago I knit my whole family True North Toques (pattern by MbyMKnitwear). (If you don’t know, toque is Canadian for “beanie”). The year before I had made myself one and was so pleased with the buffalo plaid effect from the three colours of Lion Brand Thick & Quick, and my family was definitely interested in having their own (I may have mentioned this in my On Repeat post). I believe when the pattern was first released it only…
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A Love Letter to the Bennet Sister Shawl
Somehow, even though this knit was one of my all-time favourites in terms of the process of knitting, it didn’t rate highly in my priority list to write a blog post for. Considering just how much time has passed since I finished knitting my Bennet Sister Shawl, you would think there would be no point in writing this, but the joy that knitting this shawl, my first, brought me is still pretty vivid, and on this, the anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, I thought this pattern deserved a little love letter. Why is this pattern so great? As I mentioned above, I had never knit a shawl before.…
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Little Trees Washcloth Knitting Pattern
The sister to the Christmas Tree Farm Washcloth, this pattern features just 5 Christmas trees (or plain evergreen/coniferous trees, seeing as they’re not actually decorated). These are more shapely trees, and remind me of what I consider to be the standard Christmas tree cookie cutter shape. The progression of the Christmas tree size was of course partly inspired by my series of cactus washcloths, this one in particular along the lines of the Little Cactus Washcloth. And more tree washcloths were possible simply due to the size of a ball of Knit Picks Dishie. There was no question that I would be able to knit, at the very least, a…
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Christmas Tree Farm Washcloth Knitting Pattern
Christmas trees have been the theme of this Christmas season for me. They’re always an important part of course – it’s not really Christmas until the tree is up. But many of my favourite Hallmark movies this year have focused on Christmas trees, such as You, Me and the Christmas Trees. My sister and I also often talk about farms, and usually a Christmas tree farm would be included amongst the many other aspects of our imaginary farm. So it seemed more festive, despite the fact that given some of my other naming patterns for washcloths (Mini Cactus Washcloth, Little Cactus Washcloth, Cactus Washcloth (which also hints at another tree…
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Cables Fir Christmas Tree Skirt
Cable knits and Christmas are becoming a strong association in my mind. You may already have noticed, given the 3 patterns I released for Christmas 2020, all on the same cabled theme. I really wasn’t intending to release much in the way of knitting patterns this Christmas, maybe a washcloth pattern (stay tuned!) but nothing else. With a full time job, part time job, and being a part time student, I was less than inspired to knit in general through the summer and early fall, let alone come up with patterns! But then inspiration struck. First of all, largely because it’s the biggest, a tree skirt. A very knit-worthy friend…
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Prickly Pear Cactus Washcloth Knitting Pattern
Free knitting pattern for the Prickly Pear Cactus washcloth.
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Mini Cactus Washcloth Knitting Pattern
Free knitting pattern for the Mini Cactus Washcloth featuring 9 small, blocky cacti.
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Little Cactus Washcloth Knitting Pattern
Free pattern for the Little Cactus Washcloth.