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Daisy Cardigan by Marie Grace Smith of The Garter Belt

A sweet child’s cardigan for your little fashionista.

Watch out for those mud puddles, though.

Difficulty level: Advanced

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Popularity: 77% [?]

Belle Felted Handbag by Brooks Jones of Bruxknits

Sometimes the urge to give yarn a spanking is just overwhelming.

It’s not a fetish if you call it “felting”.

Tips sheet here.

Difficulty level: Easy

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Popularity: 85% [?]

Santa’s Ho-Ho Hat by Cider Moon

Another gorgeous Santa hat, this one for grown-ups and without the fluffiness of yesterday’s.

Difficulty level: Intermediate

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Popularity: 66% [?]

Baby Santa Hat by Erssie Major of Skeinspotting

A luxurious Victorian Santa hat, specially designed for little heads.

Difficulty level: Intermediate

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Popularity: 76% [?]

Blush by Midnight Knitter/kpixie

A lightweight neck tube, to give the bit that sticks up out of your winter coat a nice warm hug.

Difficulty level: Intermediate

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Popularity: 67% [?]

Sproingy by Cider Moon

When you’re talking about an Etch-a-Sketch, straight up and down is king. But with sproingy scarves, diagonal is the way to go.

Difficulty level: Easy

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Popularity: 40% [?]

Yarn Stash Bash

Steeling myself, emotionally prepared, I dragged out my yarn stash today. And I may even have cried a little. How far we have fallen, dear yarn stash.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

A period of straitened domestic economics - screw the fancy talk, we were broke - meant that like it or not, I was stashbusting. I didn’t mind, actually: instead of buying yarn for projects, I was forced to be be creative in combinations. For the kind of lazy knitter/impatient crocheter/mediocre weaver that I am, I worked a lot harder when I had to think instead of just shop. But after a few years of not buying yarn, my once-glorious yarn stash looks like it’s been ravaged by yarn locusts.

Even my husband pitied it, laid out on the living room carpet. And he fears the yarn stash. It was now so sad, even he could not triumph over it.

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Popularity: 20% [?]

Elle Felted Handbag by Brooks Jones of Bruxknits

The designer calls it a “selfish” design. Of course it’s a selfish design. Designers wake up in the morning and say, “I want to make something fantastic today.” And the rest of us just wait for them to publish the results.

Difficulty level: Intermediate

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Popularity: 28% [?]

Branching Out by Susan Pierce Lawrence of I’m Knitting as Fast as I Can

A floaty lace scarf designed for knitters new to lace. Get your basics and a great scarf at the same time.

Difficulty level: Advanced

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Popularity: 27% [?]

Lacy Beret by Aida Costa of Knitting Divine

A gorgeous, ethereal beret. Now if only I could knit myself a head to match.

Difficulty level: Advanced

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Popularity: 26% [?]