I don’t know about you, but time for hobby knitting can be hard to find. And sometimes there is a project that I love the look of but just can’t help thinking “Well, I won’t finish that any time before Christmas!” But there are some kinds of project that are good for little pockets of time, and if you need one, I have 3 of my patterns that I think are great for that!
The first is the Warm Milk socks (check them out on Ravelry or Payhip). They are simple socks and the joy of socks is that you can put them down and pick them up as needed – especially with a straightforward and intuitive stitch pattern. I’m always surprised by how quickly socks knit up in little moments here and there!
The second is my Goodnight Sweetheart shawl (See it on Ravelry or Payhip). This was designed very much for those of us with little time or brain-space for our knitting. It uses simple textures and can be used with pretty much any 4ply or sock weight yarn. Because it uses simple stitches and there is nothing too complicated there, you can knit a row and put it down until later without being very worried about losing your place!
And the third is the Stacking Rings cowl (Have a look on Ravelry or Payhip). This is great because it is simple stitch patterns and worked round and round. I used minis, but it can be done all in one colour, or you can miss out the stitch patterns and just use stocking stitch! So it can be more or less involved depending on what you need, and it is super easy to see where you’re up to if you are interrupted and need to come back to it later!
What are your favourite projects for when you don’t have much time to knit? Comment below, I’d love to know!
