Idée Noël #1 : Bandana Cowl – Purl Soho

Colorblock Hand Warmers The sweet spot of knitting, for me, is when it starts to feel a lot like painting. When the form is fluid and mutable and when the palette is supple and free, then I feel that knitting really hits its creative stride. Creating these Colorblock Hand Warmers delivers just that kind of deeply satisfying experience. The idea behind these simple mitts was to give free rein to the gorgeous colors of Madeline Tosh Merino Light, to allow the spectacularly hand dyed palette to speak its own story and to create its own beauty: from moonlight gray to buttery yellow to bronzed apricot to blazing tangerine. Follow your own color whimsy or take a page from our book!

Cookie, the Amigurumi Girl Free Pattern I’m super excited to tell you that the pattern for Cookie, the amigurumi girl, the little cutie you all loved so much, is now ready for download :D And, as I had promised in my last post, the pattern is FREE for all you lovely, amigurumi lovers! Cookie is 8.5 inches tall and very, very mischievous. So should you decide to make one for yourself, be warned—she can be quite a handful. So, without further ado, here’s the link to the pdf. If there’s one thing that gets me more excited than designing my own amigurumis is seeing what other crafters make with my patterns. So if you make any amigurumis using this pattern, please free to send me your photographs or weblinks.

Carole Barenys Free Baby Knits, Sweaters, Booties, Blankets All images and patterns in this page ©Carole Barenys. Do not sell pattern or blankets made from it. For your personal use and charity knitting only. This notice must appear with printouts of this pattern. Easy Baby Blanket Will measure approx. 36" wide × 40" or desired length. Pretty Fingerless Gloves – Knitting Tutorial Gloves, fingerless or not are very useful and beautiful wearable and we all know it and the colder the days get the more important do they become for everyday useage. Designers also are gloves of this fact and are making more and more hand glove designs thought the years. Fingerles gloves are worn in order to keep our palms worm, sometimes to keep them from the sun and a lot more times just because they look great. They give your whole outfit refreshing look and most importantly make you comfortable. Today at Beauty-hour.com we are going to teach you how to make pretty puff stitch fingerless gloves you can adjust to different colored ratios to make it even more adorable. They are so beautiful you will find it hard to take them off once you make one for yourself.

Star Wars Costumes and Trick-or-Treat Bags Start the countdown to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opens in theaters on December 18th, with authentic Halloween costumes from Disney Store and DIY trick-or-treat bags. What you’ll need: Felt, scissors, our printable templates, and of course, The Force. Rey Costume & BB-8 Trick-or-Treat Bag Levi’s Baby Blanket Levi’s Baby Blanket About the pattern: Levi’s Baby Blanket is based around the theme of three, which is personal to Levi’s family and also represents Father, Mother and new baby. Ribbed Hand Warmers If you're a careful reader of the Purl Bee, you may have noticed by now what a big fan I am of hand warmers. I love how practical they are (no holding dirty mittens between your teeth while you fish around for keys); I love how fast they are to make (you just can't say that about too many knitted things!); I love how flattering they are on everybody's hands; and, for all these reasons, I love how perfectly suitable they are as gifts (I'm remembering recent recipients: friend Claudia has a pair, so do aunt Bretta, cousin Katie, and sister-in-law Jen.).

Halloween 2014: Lala Lucy and Lil Squirt I know. Halloween is so two weeks ago. BUT….I must share the girls costumes with you! Because they’re so much fun! And if by chance you have a LalaLoopsy loving girl at your house, you can tuck this post away till Halloween rolls around again. Cotton-Ease Baby Blanket This past summer, I wanted to make something special for a friend who was having ababy. I was kind of itching to make a blanket, but I wanted something classic looking and gender neutral, with no pastels or frills. I was having an amazingly difficult time finding what I wanted, so I cobbled together some ideas and made a go of it on my own. It's nothing revolutionary- just mitered squares- but I posted the result on the Lion Brand website and have gotten quite a few requests for the pattern, so I thought I'd post it here for reference. Color Block Baby Blanket Materials:2 balls each Lion Brand Cotton-Ease in Maize, Lime, Violet, Berry, & LakeSize 6 and size 8 needles