Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Close to Christmas-pattern sites


I know that it is getting down to the wire on Christmas knitting, but just in case you all need some inspiration, here are a few sites that have really neat free patterns.

First of all, if you want to make the darling Christmas wreath above, go here.

Here are some great sites for you that have a ton of patterns for free.
http://www.berroco.com/pattern_library.html and http://www.ozarkhandspun.com/blog/labels/patterns.html. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did finding them!!

I have made a few Christmas knits this year. I am going to do something next year that I think will be a great new addition to the Enchanted line-up. We were starting a sock/scarf of the month club, but instead, I have decided to do a Christmas club. Every month, starting in January and ending in November, we are going to offer a pattern and yarn in kit form that would be great for gifting. The pattern for January is going to be announced in our December newsletter. The cost for this club will be announced at that time also. This way, by November of next year, we will all (crossing fingers here...lol) have 11 really great, awesome, unique handmade gifts. I think we can also start a thread on our Ravelry forum to keep each other accountable...what do you think? This will allow not only our closer patrons, but also the long distance ones, to participate in a shop activity. I love the idea and hope you do too! This also disperses your Christmas budget by the month. Let me know whether you make more of one kind of gender specific creation, this will keep us current on what you want to make, ie. more baby items, or a couple of mens things, more girlfriend things, etc. Of course, you are not held accountable as to whether or not you decide to gift these creations. Part of creating, is being able to keep not only the idea, but also the project. wink, wink.

So, keep an eye on your email. Our newsletter will be out within the week!!!

And Merry, Merry Christmas from our Enchanted home to yours!!

3 comments:

SissySees said...

Oh, I *DO* need that wreath, but since I want it for me, I think I need to get my Christmas knitting out of the way first...

Traci said...

Very cool idea for the Christmas Club. I don't have my newsletter. It doesn't like my email addy!

RandiLynn said...

Hello, My name is Randi Lynn. I have done some very basic crocheting from online videos. I am very interested in getting more into it. I was hoping to get more information on your classes, or if you have some suggestions of some classes I should take. I have never tried knitting but I am open to new things!
Thank you!!!