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  • 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! 🎄❤️

  • Old Skool Halloween Sweater

    Old Skool Halloween Sweater

    If you’re looking for a super quick knit for the Halloween season, this is it! Knit on sizes 15mm and 25mm knitting needles, it can easily be a weekend project! Or day project if you’re really invested. You’ll need 5 skeins of We Are Knitters “the wool”, plus a few accent colors. I just had scrap yarn lying around and used that. 🙂

    The fit of this sweater is my go to oversized. For those of you who will want to adjust sizing, it’s very easy to do!

    I’m 6 months pregnant wearing this for example. It’s very forgiving!

    Because I love themed donuts. And really themed everything.

    And check out the fun mesh stitch on the bottom! I love adding a little random detail somewhere. This sweater just has old skool vibes to it and I’m loving it. 🧡🎃

    The pattern is available in my Etsy shop. Click the Shop button in the menu link to get your copy!