Holiday Knitting Ideas- Part 6

Need a last minute gift idea??? These Wine Bottle Hat and Scarves are VERY fast to knit and make that gift of wine just a little bit special! Use any of your leftover worsted weight yarn.

Mountain Colors would like to wish everyone a joyous holiday season and a happy, healthy 2012.

Wine Bottle Hat and Scarf LINK

Holiday Knitting Ideas- Part 5

 

Missoula Mobius

This week we have our 5th holiday knitting idea!  Knit from our Monarch yarn this snuggly soft Missoula Mobius would make a lovely gift for someone special.  It can be knit with any of our other worsted weight yarns as well.  And explaining the term mobius to the recipient will make the gift even more interesting!

Grab a skein of Monarch and knit a warm gift for yourself or a friend.

Missoula Mobius Link
in the diagram on page 2 the upload will NOT display the lines and has duplicated the letters. I've tried to fix it twice,  SO...for the diagram delete the 3rd and 6th line of letters (the extra letters) and draw two rectangles, one inside each of the A, B, C, D letters that remain.  Sorry I couldn't figure out how to make the lines show up!! 

Holiday Knitting Ideas- Part 4

Great Falls Slouch Hat

 

It is snowing here in western Montana.  It's starting to feel like December!  I guess that means the holidays are approaching FAST.  To help you out with your holiday knitted gift giving we have added another free design... this week we have a slouchy hat knit out of one of our newer yarns, Monarch.  Monarch is so soft and will make this slouchy hat extra soft next to the ears.

The Great Falls Hat will make a quick to knit project for yourself or someone special on your gift list. Knit one up and then be sure to share pictures with us.  We love to see what you have made with our yarn!

Great Falls Slouch Hat link

Holiday Knitting Ideas- Part 3

We hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend.  If you are like many folks you did some eating with friends or family, some shopping, maybe watched some football, and of course knitting!!  In case you need inspiration for your next knitting project check out our fun River Valley Hat. 

River Valley Hat

There are 5 "Just One Ounce" skeins of yarn used in this slightly slouchy textured hat. These yarns are Mountain Colors Mohair, Mohair Loop, Merino Ribbon, Wooly Feathers and Missoula.  Missoula is ONLY available as a "Just One Ounce" yarn.  Yarn stores have been stocking up on kits containing these 5 yarns for our Long Beach Scarf design but if you have the kit you could make this hat with the yarn instead of a scarf!!! OR buy two and make both projects!

Contact your yarn store or Mountain Colors (406-961-1900) for information on how to buy your Just One Ounce kit for the River Valley Hat.  Feel free to share this pattern (click link).  Happy knitting!

Holiday Knitting Ideas--Part 2

Woven Stitch Cowl

The second in our series of holiday knitting projects is a cowl knit with our new 100% merino wool, Monarch.  Monarch is a thick/thin yarn in a heavy worsted weight and it knits up into a super soft fabric.  This cowl only takes 1 skein of yarn and makes a wonderful snuggly neck warmer.

The pattern link is below and you are welcome to share the pattern with anyone.  I am trying a new way of linking to the pattern...if you have any trouble at all opening the file please let me know via email.  info@mountaincolors.com


Woven Stitch Cowl

Holiday Knitting Ideas-- The first in a series

We are planning to share a series of patterns that we hope will inspire you for any holiday knitting you hope to complete.  These are going to be small, quick projects!!

The first one is Lacey Jeannette Wristers, which as the name suggests uses 1 skein of our cashmere/silk yarn, Jeannette.  It is super soft and oh so nice against the skin.  These wristers have a lace panel on the back of the hand and picot edging at the top and bottom.  Two sizes are available.  For those who aren't comfortable knitting lace you could just leave out the lace and knit these in stockinette stitch.

Feel free to share this with your friends!! Just use the little print button that shows up under the pattern box and it should print out for you!!  There is also a gray button in the bottom right corner of that box and you can enlarge to full screen mode, then right click on your mouse and download the pattern!!

Mountain Fusion Teton

Have you seen our Mountain Fusion Teton??  It is fun and extremely popular. Teton is a wonderfully soft 2-ply extra bulky weight yarn.   We dye the two plies...one "fat" and one "skinny" in two different colorways and then the folks at Mountain Meadow Wool Mill in Buffalo, WY ply it for us.

Teton comes in 8 colors.  Check them out here.  The color names describe them for you!  The above photo shows all of them in natural light. Teton Berry, Violet, Woods, Sky, Flame, etc.

Best of all you can knit a VERY easy hat with one skein of Teton.  It knits at 2.5 sts/inch. On the inside of the label is a free hat pattern...or find your own design and knit a quick gift for the holidays!!

Check out this popular yarn at your local yarn store!