Berets are an immensely fun hat shape, full of opportunity. Babies are also fun and full of opportunity.
So why not put them together?
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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wool worsted weightPopularity: 49% [?]
Shrugs are fun to wear and good to knit if your attention span is not quite up to doing an entire sweater.
Shrugs are also an excuse to bring out your summer shirts a little bit early. Say, March-ish.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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circular needles double point wool worsted weightPopularity: 46% [?]
The yummiest-looking zero-calorie cake ever.
Although probably a bit woolly, if you dug in your fork.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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acrylic stash yarn straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 55% [?]
Never has a lobster (sorry, lobstah) received such loving treatment as Louie does in this remarkable washcloth.
Difficulty level: Easy
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cotton straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 63% [?]
Sometimes you’re in the mood for fiendish complexity, and sometimes you’re in the mood for elegant simplicity.
This dishcloth is for your elegant mood.
Difficulty level: Beginner
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cotton straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 74% [?]
You have to be feeling ambitious to take on a gloves pattern.
So it sure helps if it’s a pretty one.
Difficulty level: Advanced
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double point merino worsted weightPopularity: 71% [?]
I do love me a good bag, I do. And I do love cotton yarn.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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cotton double point worsted weightPopularity: 81% [?]
I don’t know what I like best about this pattern.
Is it the lunatic idea of knitting a Doctor Who Dalek? Or is it that absolutely appalling pun?
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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circular needles double point stash yarn worsted weightPopularity: 52% [?]
Another great craft fair pattern, for a soapy bath time companion.
Difficulty level: Advanced
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cotton double point worsted weightPopularity: 57% [?]
That favorite pattern of craft fairs and silly aunties everywhere.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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circular needles cotton double point worsted weightPopularity: 71% [?]
A beautifully patterned scarf, perfect for the most oceanic colors available in your stash.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 58% [?]
A slightly more complex cloth with a highly visual texture.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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cotton straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 58% [?]
Got lots of bits in your yarn stash and tired of making small projects?
Why not branch out into stashghans?
Difficulty level: Easy
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circular needles stash yarn worsted weightPopularity: 58% [?]
A radical but perfectly wonderful felted bag shaped like a giant piece of shrimp sushi.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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straight needles wool worsted weightPopularity: 71% [?]
If you’re going to knit washcloths for Christmas gifts, you might as well make them festive.
Difficulty level: Beginner
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cotton straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 100% [?]
A crafty Christmas project to get the kids involved.
Unless they’re too little to braid, in which case you’re still on your own.
Difficulty level: Easy
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acrylic double point worsted weightPopularity: 77% [?]
A pretty holiday washcloth with a thoughtfully-designed ornament pattern.
If I start now, I’ll have enough knitted to decorate my tree with them next year.
Difficulty level: Easy
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cotton straight needles worsted weightPopularity: 78% [?]
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in the hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there.
(Meanwhile, Mommy is hoping that her Kitchener Stitch was strong enough to hold the toe closed and keep all the presents from spilling out. Good luck, Mommy!)
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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double point stash yarn worsted weightPopularity: 71% [?]
Is it possible to have too many patterns for Christmas hats?
Nope.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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acrylic double point worsted weightPopularity: 93% [?]
Another gorgeous Santa hat, this one for grown-ups and without the fluffiness of yesterday’s.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
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alpaca circular needles double point wool worsted weightPopularity: 74% [?]