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Arnie & Carlos

 Arne and Carlos live North of Oslo where the winter comes early and with that snow, cold and the sun barely rises. This allows for a lot of knitting time. The guys run a knitwear design company.

Now you have the opportunity to knit “Easter Knits”, “Knitted Dolls” and “55 Christmas Balls” for yourself in their style. Pick up one of their books. You will find you won’t stop smiling. Their books are almost magical in their miniature vignettes. There is so much to look at in their photographs. The patterns are great yarn stash busters too.

http://www.examiner.com/list/arne-carlos-knitting-book-list

Spring/summer knitting

You are sure to give the cover of the spring/summer 2013 Debbie Bliss magazine a second look. Turbans are the trend and this Great Gatsby design is so pretty, you will want to knit one up today.

 

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Knit Turban

Turbans are this spring’s fashion hair accessory. Perfect for the bad hair day. Barbie has on a tuban designed in the 1940′s. You can see other knit items for Barbie here:

This is the pattern for an adult sized Turban, the one Barbie is wearing. It is worked on size 3 knitting needles and is knit in the moss stitch requiring 800+ yds of fingering weight yarn doubled throughout. The result is a thick and warm head covering.

 

 

Domestic trophies

Rachel Denny is an artist in mixed media. She enjoys the forms of the natural world. Her depictions of “Domestic Trophies” are deer heads that are covered in cabled woolen sweaters.

A more humane way of appreciating animals in a knitting tongue and cheek way.

Wine for New Year’s

Don’t put away your needles and hooks just yet. You have one more gift to make before New Years Eve. This one is a stash buster for sure. If you plan to bring a bottle of wine to your New Years Eve party, you will need to put it in something. Here are some suggestions to knit or felt that requires less than one skein or use yarn from your stash.  For patterns and more info…

Russian hats to knit

Ushanka, shapka, troopers and the bombers hat are all similar. They have fur, ear flaps, a visor and chin strap. Ushanka is the Russian word for earflap. The Red Army wore this head covering as part of their uniform to keep them warm and protect their head upon impact with packed snow.

Faux fur yarn or the Astrakhan stitch can help you achieve the look you are going after for your handknit/crochet hat. Try the pattern from Drop Designs and/or TSC that follows…