I break the conversation surrounding the Sweater Round up to bring you a little bit of Holiday Inspiration.

I always pick up my needles and knit for the holidays. Always and only in December…usually small things like ornaments and hats. Always thing specifically for gifts and decoration. The exception happen this year when I had the pleasure  of designing in September and publishing in October some holiday knits! I created a few patterns in partnership with Knitting Fever featuring some of the latest  yarns from the Queensland Collection.

Walkabout is a 100% Organic Shetland wool 4 ply yarn in a sport weight. It is put up in 50g pull skeins with 157 yard making it perfect from multi color or small projects. Walkabout is not only lovely heather colors,  it is healthfully raised and priced well around $8 in most local yarn shops.  It comes in 24 colors ranging from naturals and earth tones to floral brights. It is a true Shetland, perfect for color work and has good body for making a nice dense fabric.

 

First up are some super sweet Mini Mittens.  I have been knitting Mini Mittens for my tree for a long time.  In years past I have used them to decorate garland. I have knit them in every weight yarn from fingering weight to aran. I keep a stash of 100% wool in a special bag with needles so I can knit them on the go all season long. I tend to knit way more than I get to keep because they are the perfect holder for a gift card or the perfect tie on for a gift tag. Adding a small handmade ornament elevates the most boring bag of Scout Popcorn making it a much more lovely ( in my opinion) gift.

And if you have tiny mittens you certainly need tiny stockings. Not only are they absolutely adorable, this is the perfect way to learn all the skills necessary to knit any size sock.  And perhaps prepare you for knitting even bigger holiday decorations!!

The patterns for the Mini Mittens and Mini Socking are available through Knitting Fever on Ravelry.  Even better the paper copies are available in Local Yarn shops for your happiest of holiday knitting.