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Hilde's Corner May 1st

Yarn crawl is coming!

Yarn crawl is coming!

And have you met our squirrel mascot Dash?




Named after Dash Point State Park, he’s a little nutty about A Little Knitty, just like the rest of us here. To honor our dear little Dash we thought it would be fun to find some squirrel patterns! Most of these tend to be stuffies or stranded colorwork.


If you want to make your own little Dash (don’t forget to make his little red hat!), for the knitters out there you could knit Wee Woodland Wuzzies which is a collection of woodland creatures that includes a squirrel. The collection sells for about $3.80 and uses worsted weight yarn. 


Fuzzytuft Twins is one I knit a few years ago. It sells for $4.16 on Etsy. Ricorumi Solid would work for both of these patterns.


A stuffie pattern for crocheters is Asher the Squirrel by Craft Gibbon for $4.25 on Ravelry. Ricorumi DK would be nice for this little guy. 


Or Hygge Squirrel by Hooked by Kati that sells for $4 on Ravelry and uses worsted weight yarn. I think Uptown Worsted would be perfect for this one.


Other fun squirrel patterns include this cowl by Christelle Nihoul called Hazel & Nut which sells for about $7.23 on Ravelry. It features stranded colorwork squirrels and a tree! 



Or this Kurre Hat by Novita and it’s FREE! For this hat and the cowl before it, one could use Cascade Heritage or Malabrigo Ultimate Sock to make.


These socks are a FREE pattern by Erna de Groot called Squirrelysock pattern. It features stranded colorwork squirrels on the leg.


There’s even a sweater by Petite Knitter called Siksik sweater which has stranded colorwork squirrels and acorns. (I guess they are not actually squirrels but an animal called a Siksik from the Arctic, but they could easily be called squirrels!) It sells for $9.87 on Ravelry and calls for worsted weight wool.



Another crochet pattern is this sweet potholder called Squirrel Potholder by Rafaella Tassoni for about $3.34 on Ravelry. It calls for DK weight yarn and I think Ricorumi DK would work well for this.















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