Resource Finds and Reminders

Holiday knitting is getting into full gear for many of us. Some of you have been in full holiday knitting mode for months, but some of us take a little longer to get started.

I’ve recently come across 2 online resources that might help some of us with our holiday gift knitting.

Ysolda Teague has compiled a sizing chart for women’s garments based on CYC sizing standards. Eleven body measurements are provided, so the chart is useful whether knitting a sweater or dress or many things in-between. The size range is extra small to 5X (bust sizes 28 to 62, for example). The chart is available for download in either PDF or Excel formats. To get your chart, click here.

Many knitters make hats for holiday gifts. They’re also a popular choice for charity knitting projects. But what happens if you can’t find the exact pattern you want? Well, you design your own.  In her Knitting Pattern Tutorial for Hats, Michelle Miller, Fickle Knitter, shows you it’s not as difficult as it might seem. She even takes the fear out of the math! Now you can give the hat you really want to give (or keep it for yourself!).

REMINDERS

We’re closing in on the completion of a few things, so here’s some handy reminders for your schedule:

• The KP/Knit-a-While Cuffdown Smackdown is reaching its deadline, but there’s still time to enter. Click here for information.
• For a chance to win a copy of Joanne Seiff’s Knit Green, leave a comment on my blog entry of October 27, 2009. Only comments left for that post are eligible.
  
• And those of us in the United States on Daylight Savings Time, don’t forget to turn back your clocks–and check your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors–Sunday.