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Friday, April 20, 2012

Favorite Pattern Friday - Summer Time

Only about two weeks left until summer break!

Even though, I will be busy interning at Stillwater Living Magazine (I'm so excited!) and taking three courses during the summer, I should still have a little bit more time for crafting than usually during a semester. YES!

Time to share some of my favorite summer patterns!

Whole Wheat Cardigan by Alexandra Charlotte Dafoe

Published in Delicious Knits

I'm actually going to knit this cardigan for my mother soon. She will send her kiwi-colored Mille Fili cotton yarn in a few days! By the the it arrives, the Eyelet Pullover I'm currently working on should be long finished. Really looking forward to this one!

Razor Cami by Katie Marcus free!

Available on Ravelry.com

Monteagle Bag by Ann Hahn Buechner free!
Published in Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines;
also available at the Mason-Dixon Knitting Blog

Semele by Åsa Tricosa

Published in Åsa Tricosa Designs

Laar by Gudrun Johnston

Published in The Shetland Trader-Book 1

My favorite Laar project is NoTailKit's version by far.

It fits perfectly and I love the yarn she picked!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Easy Last Minute Presents

All my relatives and friends are excited about getting handmade presents, but we all know it takes a lot of time and effort to make them. Most of the time I also don't have the money to buy multiple skeins of yarn or order patterns I would only use once. As a solution for all of us busy present crafters, I created a little list of great last minute presents.

All of these patterns are free and use less than 400 yards of yarn! Depending on your knitting skills and available free time, they should all be relatively quick and easy to make.

Each picture is linked to the patterns' page on Ravelry and details about its name and designer are below.