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  • Holiday Cheer Cardigan

    Holiday Cheer Cardigan

    You guys… my favorite time of year is almost here once again. And with that comes a new holiday design. Every year I knit something that’s holiday related and this one falls right in line.

    I used my big needles for this, you all know they’re my absolute favorite. I’m obsessed. It always lets the gorgeous yarn shine through. And this yarn has sparkle, so I absolutely had to. Knit collage’s spun cloud is one of my top favorite yarns for chunky knits.

    I love the texture, the softness, and the colors are so vibrant and gorgeous. The ones I chose for this are Moroccan ruby, olive, cafe au lait, Sedona, and French vanilla. Like I cannot with how pretty they are.

    And one of the funnest parts was adding the little pocket on the front. I loooove it. This was my first time doing a pocket on a sweater and now that I know how it works, I’m definitely going to be trying that out again in the future.

    You’ll need six skeins of spun cloud or any similar super chunky weight yarn, sizes 15mm (US 19) and 25mm (US 50) knitting needles, and a darning needle for seaming and weaving the ends. This is a fairly easy pattern and something anyone can do!

    Purchase your copy by clicking the shop link above or by clicking here!

  • Christmas 🎄 Sweater Vibes

    Christmas 🎄 Sweater Vibes

    Christmas is almost here! Just a couple more days! I am so excited. My kids are so excited. It’s just been non stop excitement this week. Every morning the kids have jumped out of bed with the announcement of how many days until Christmas. And I’m feeling relieved that all the gifts are bought, wrapped, and under the tree. Everything’s in order. We just need to find some fun Christmassy things to do for the next couple days until it’s the day. Tomorrow we have cake pop making on the agenda, so there’s that! I told them we’d order pizza for dinner and then go do the towns Christmas lights drive. So it’s looking pretty eventful.

    I took a few snaps in one of my Christmas sweaters today! This one is really one of my favs. It was my first time using loopy mango big cotton yarn, and it is amazing. So so soft. The pattern for this and my two other Christmas sweaters are 50% off in my Etsy shop right now, through Christmas Eve, so get them while you can!

    This sweater is a fairly easy knit, beginners can do it! And using larger needles, like most of my winter knits, it will work up in a jiffy. Satisfying! Grab yourself a coffee, a treat, and get to it! Always make the whole process fun!

    Have a blessed Christmas!

    ❤️Bethany

  • Christmas Snowgirl Sweater

    Christmas Snowgirl Sweater

    I hope everybody had a fabulous thanksgiving! We decided on a whim to go to Minnesota for a couple days to be with my family for thanksgiving dinner. We then did a little shopping on Friday for some Christmas gifts and other essentials we can’t get at home.:) Then Friday evening we went over to visit my best friend and her husband and kids. Was a short and super amazing trip!

    I released this new sweater pattern thanksgiving evening, called the Christmas snowgirl sweater. It’s a cozy chunky knit with a duplicate stitch snowman girl on the front. I knit a little scarf for her with some of my favorite yarn, We Are Knitters “yarnicorn”, and then found some cute emerald green Swarovski rhinestone buttons on Amazon. I made little yellow pom pom ear muffs and then more duplicate stitches for the ear muffs band.

    This is a fairly quick knit and could easily be knit up in a few days. My knitting time is pretty sporadic so I can’t ever quite place exactly how long it takes. But it was about a week of work with an hr or so of knitting per day.

    Basic skills are required for knitting this sweater. It starts with a standard longtail cast on, then a few rows worked in 1×1 twisted ribbing, followed by stockinette stitch fir the remainder of the piece. There are some decreases for the front neckline and increases for the sleeves. And then, of course, you’ll need to know duplicate stitch, which is super easy if you haven’t done it before.

    I’m really excited to wear this sweater for the holiday season! It’s just got a happy festive vibe to it and is so warm and cozy to top it off. Plus, you’ll make everyone else happy too wearing it. You know, when they look at it. 😉

    To purchase the pattern for this sweater, clink the shop link in the menu above!:) and it’s currently 25% off through Sunday! As well as all of my other patterns!

    Happy thanksgiving weekend! 🎄❤️