I recently finished the Sooper Sweater from Boost Your Knitting which got me thinking about how useful baby knits are for learning and perfecting new techniques. Like (grown up) accessory patterns, they are small enough to be achievable quickly — a perfect canvas on which to try new skills. Today, I’m taking a look at other baby knits that are great for learning new skills.
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The Skystone Armwarmers, designed by Felicity (Felix) Ford as August’s featured Boost Your Knitting pattern, are the perfect canvas for practicing this month’s technique, choosing colours for stranded colourwork. The pattern calls for three background and five foreground shades of Jamieson & Smith 2ply Jumperweight, giving you lots of room to capture the subtleties of your inspiration source — be it a bouquet of flowers, a mossy headstone, or a towering mountain! But if you’re casting around for more patterns to bring your newfound confidence in choosing colours too, here are a few ideas!
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