Winter 2013 Trends in Knitting

Hello friends!

Countdown to Christmas: 21 days!

I have been shopping a lot lately to buy Christmas gifts and also knitting a lot.  I have been noticing the recent trends in knitted merchandise in the stores that I did not notice as much last year.  Below are a few that stand out for me.  I really like them and I would love to try to knit them soon once all my Christmas gifts are knitted up!





1. Cable knit Headbands.  
I have seen this one at Chapters and the image below is from the Chapters website.  Many people have been sporting these cute cable knit headbands.  I think they look amazing and I would love to try my hand at knitting one!

Photo source: Photo source 

2. Faux fur and knitted popover from LOFT.

I was at the mall the other day and stepped into LOFT.  They had these “Faux fur cable stripe popover’s”.  I thought it was a cool original idea to include faux fur into the popover.  I was thinking “maybe I’ll give that a try!” so many fun ideas this holiday season. The photo below is from the LOFT website you can find the link below.

Faux fur striped popover from LOFT

 3.  Knitted Pom-Pom hat

Another great find at Chapters.  I saw these at Chapters and the photo below is courtesy of the Chapter's website.  I have seen these around and many people wearing them.  I love the look and think it dresses up the classic knitted hat very nicely.  

I have seen furry pom-poms at Michael's that you can buy to attach to the top of your handmade knitted hats.  I would love to try this out because I think it looks great.

Photo source: Chapters

4. Knitted snood

I have been noticing the lighter infinity scarves in stores have become quite popular.  They also have a lot of shorter infinity scarves and I did not know the term snood until I began researching today.  I like the idea of the shorter and lighter infinity scarf/ snood because it is not so heavy around your neck.  It would also be a very quick knit!   The photo below is a snood from Chapters and I love the color.  I might knit a snood with the wool I just bought in this color.

Photo source:  Chapters

I love the new trends out there and I am excited to start knitting some of them.  I hope that you found some ideas you like as well.  Happy Knitting!

Bunny and Carrot wine bottle toppers!

Hello Friends,

 

I was shopping at Pottery Barn last weekend and came across this basket full of knitted bunny and carrot wine bottle toppers.  It gave me inspiration to knit some of these up for Easter.  Of course along with it I will include instructions on how to knit some of your own!

Merchandise from Pottery Barn

 

Have a good day!

Knitwear everywhere!

Today when I was shopping, I was admiring all the beautiful knitted items for the winter. I was dreaming of one day knitting these pieces. Here are some goodies to look at that are hot this winter at some of your local stores:

H&M

The Bay

Roots

Have a good night
Lisa xo