There are only a few days left until Christmas and then the new year follows right after! Can you believe it?
Have you finished your Christmas shopping? Check out our Holiday Gift Ideas on what to get your knitter, crocheter, weaver, spinner and maker. Support your local yarn shop!
For those who still have last minute Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers to buy, I will be OPEN every day except Sunday and on Saturday until 6 pm instead of 4 pm as well as Christmas Eve until 6 pm. I will be closed for the holidays from the 25th to the 27th. The rest of the week will be request. We will be back to regular hours starting January 2nd!
The Wednesday Knit Afternoon and Thursday Knit Night will be cancelled next week but will resume in the new year.
The Terrazzo Hat is PetiteKnit's newest pattern! The Terrazzo Hat is worked from the bottom up. First the hat is worked in rib and then in stockinette stitch. The folded rib edge is knitted down. The top of the hat is shaped with decreases.
Sizes:
2-4 years (4-7 years) S (M) L
Measurements:
Fits head circumference: 50-52 (52-54) 54-56 (56-59) 59-63 cm
[19¾-20½ (20½-21¼) 21¼-22 (22-23¼) 23¼ 24¾ inches]
Gauge:
18 sts x 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches) in stockinette stitch on 4 mm [US6] needles
21 sts x 31 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches) in 1 x 1 rib (k1, p1) on 3.5 mm [US4] needles
Needles:
Circular needles:
3.5 mm (US 4) / 40 cm (16 inches)
and 4 mm (US 6) / 40 cm (16 inches);
Double-pointed needles: 4 mm (US 6)
Materials:
Suggestion: 100 (100) 100 (100) 100 g Silk Garden Sock by Noro (100 g = 300 m [328 yds]) held together with 25 (25) 25-50 (50) 50 g Garnstudio Drops Kid Silk (25 g = 210 m (230 yds) KIT is available HERE or create your own kit.
The Amélie Mittens by Pauliina Pirttiaho is a pair of cozy, striped felted mittens designed for everyday warmth and timeless style. The pattern is FREE until 25.12.2025 11:59 p.m. Helsinki time.
The simple stripe pattern and clean shaping make these mittens a relaxing knit, while the felting process creates a dense, windproof fabric perfect for cold weather.
The mittens are knitted in the round with a classic thumb gusset and finished by machine felting. The result is a snug yet comfortable mitten that molds to the hand with use.
This pattern is suitable for knitters who are comfortable working in the round and want an easy, satisfying felting project.
Perfect for gifts or for keeping your own hands warm on chilly days.
Features:
One size (women / teen)
Striped design
Thumb gusset construction
Felted for extra warmth and durability
Uses 100% wool felting yarn
Gauge:
15 stitches and 21 rows = 4 inches
Needles:
6.0 mm (US 10) DPNs or circular if using magic loop
Yardage:
164 - 186 yards (150 - 170 m)
Yarn Suggestion:
Istex Lettlopi or Cascade 220 Heathers and Solids
The Elf-burgh by Ysolda Teague is the cutest little bonnet for your little (or not so little) elf! The multi-gauge Elf-burgh bonnet pattern can be knit in fingering to aran weight yarns and includes eight sizes from newborn to adult xl.
Matching with baby isn’t required, but it’s definitely an option! Cast-on right away, there’s absolutely no swatching required. If you haven’t knit a swatchless project before, you’ll love how it works. Simply start knitting, measure your gauge after the first few rounds then follow the numbers for your personal gauge and desired size.
Just like the popular Musselburgh Hat the Elf-burgh bonnet is knit from the tip of one crown to the other as a long tube. When you’re done simply turn one layer inside the other to create the cosy, double layered bonnet that perfectly hugs the head. Knit each side in different colours and you have two hats in one, it’s fully reversible with a perfectly clean finish on both sides. The cleverly shaped pointed crown and earflaps are worked entirely with simple increases and decreases. Stripes and self-striping yarn work particularly well, highlighting the chevron shaping on the earflaps.
Yarn
Fingering to Aran weight yarn. Choose a yarn with some elasticity - wool or wool blends are ideal.
Gauge
Swatching is not neccesary for this pattern. Start the pattern and measure you gauge once you have enough fabric. This pattern includes multiple gauges, so that you can use the gauge you get with your chosen yarn
Needles
Dpns or circulars for your preferred method of working small circumferences in the round. Using one size smaller than the suggested needle size for your yarn should be a good starting point.
Notions
Stitch markers: 3 removeable markers and 4 stitch markers
Sizing
A[B, C, D, E, F, G, H]
newborn[3–6 month, 12 month, toddler, child–adult
small, adult medium, adult large, adult x-large]
To fit head circumference of approx: 16[16, 17, 18,
20, 22, 24, 26]” / 38[40.5, 43, 45.5, 51, 56, 61, 66]cm
Yarn Suggestion:
Garnstudio Drops Flora, WYS Signature 4 Ply, Lang Jawoll Superwash Sock, Koigu KPPPM
FOs and WIPs
I must have been have been a little distracted while I have been working on my Confetti Cardigan Mini by Nashwa Sakr for my granddaughter. When I was knitting the sleeves, I couldn't figure out why the instructions seemed to have you knit them too long. I was almost finished the second sleeve when it hit me that the designer was counting each round as a row. Earlier in the pattern, 2 rows made the pattern so I continued reading the pattern this way. I adjusted my decreases sooner but the sleeves were still wide.
I frogged both sleeves back to where the decreases should have started and reknit them! Much better! The sleeves are now finished and I have started the doubleknit button band.
I finished the short row heel on the The Children Dance Around the Trees Stocking by Arne & Carlos.
I still have a long way to go but it will look great next to the one I knit last year!
This was the Jingle Bells Stocking Christmas KAL 2024 by Arne & Carlos. Both are knit using BC Garn Semilla Melange.
KNIT GROUP AND GALLERY
Marilyn knit herself this stunning Cumulus Blouse O-Neck by PetiteKnit holding CaMaRose Midnatssol with Malabrigo Silkpaca. The colourblock at the bottom is Malabrigo Silkpaca held double with Drops Brushed Alpaca Silk.
Bev (Bevyknits46) is wearing her Felix Pullover by Amy Christoffers.
Last week, I included Debbie (@love.knit.spin.weave)'s Gimsteinn by Johanna Vau,this week it is is on her mannequin! Isn't it stunniing?
Debbie knit it using Istex Lettlopi and yarn that she spun with Malabrigo Nube.
Last week, Debbie (@love.knit.spin.weave)'s Dreyma by Jennifer Steingass was also blocking. Here it is looking gorgeous on her mannequin. Yarn is Istex Lettlopi.
Debbie (@love.knit.spin.weave) knit this pair of Best Foot Forward
by Betsy Lee McCarthy.
Arlette knit her Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague using Schoeller+Stahl Fortissima and Regia 4 Ply.
Sandi (sandima0 finished this colourful Threadkeeper Cowl by Helen Stewart using a stash yarn, a hank of Koigu KPPPM from a Koigu Festive 25 Day Kit. and Garnstudio Drops Kid Silk.
Farzana has been knitting the Christmas sweaters for her grandchildren. Here are two.
Two more...
and two more! She had a cardigan pattern and Gramps by tincanknits making modifications to make them different.
Farzana used a combination of Berroco Vintage and Berroco Ultra Alpaca and Berroco Ultra Alpaca Natural.
CLASSES
Our winter classes start Saturday, January 3rd—less than three weeks away! Please note that we rarely schedle classes between May and the end of October.
I've added a second Top Down Sweater class due to demand and rescheduled the Sock class to make room. View the full schedule and register now before spots fill up.
Get a head start: Pick up your yarn and knit your gauge swatch before class begins so you can cast on together on day one.
Happy Wednesday, Happy Knitting, Crocheting and Crafting!