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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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    Make the Nowel Christmas Tree Skirt

    I have had a number of ideas for Christmas tree skirts floating around in my head for years. It’s partially because I have had my own Christmas tree for 5 years (this is year 6), and have never had a tree skirt, mostly because I couldn’t find one I really liked. Or couldn’t decide, I am a very deliberative person. Then this year my sister asked me for a tree skirt for herself. She has a pencil tree because when she and her husband first got married they lived in a pretty small apartment that was just over 400 square feet, and even though there wasn’t much space, there was…