Avengers Party Ideas and a Chance to Win a $100 Shopping Spree from AllPosters.com

Iron Man

If you haven’t seen Avengers: Age of Ultron yet, I guarantee you’re missing out. With an all star cast and nonstop action, this flick is poised to become one of the year’s top movies. Of course, this means you can expect your children to be requesting Avengers-themed birthday celebrations soon. To help you start your party planning, I’ve rounded up a few of my personal favorite Avengers inspired ideas.

Lemon Lime Hulk Punch via Mom on Time Out: What better way to start an Avengers party than with a delicious superhero inspired drink?

Iron Man Pizza via Will Cook for Smiles: I’ve never met a kid who doesn’t like pizza and this Iron Man version is sure to please.

Thor’s Hammer Cupcakes via The Horrible Housewife: Adorable and easy to make even if you’re all thumbs in the kitchen, Thor’s hammer cupcakes are the perfect party dessert.

Captain America Shields via The Nerds Wife: Keep the kids busy and send them home with a cute party favor by creating adorable Captain America Frisbee shields.

I firmly believe every party needs a great photo-op. These Avengers: Age of Ultron cutouts from AllPosters.com are just what you need to take your party from drab to fab. As an added bonus, they can be repurposed as room decor when your party is over.

Thanks to the generous team at AllPosters.com, Craft Gossip is offering one lucky reader a $100 shopping spree to spend on Avengers themed party supplies or whatever else your heart desires. To enter, leave me a comment telling me your best Avengers party idea. I’ll announce one randomly selected winner on Monday, May 18.

UPDATE: Lucky #3 is our winner! Watch your email for details about how to claim your prize!

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Stitch dictionaries are a fun way to learn new-to-you knitting stitch patterns or to take a deep dive into a particular technique. Debbie Tomkies offers 100 cable stitch designs and thoughts on how to incorporate them into projects in her Cable Knitting Stitch Dictionary.

Each stitch pattern is shown in a large swatch photo and with written and charted instructions. Any special stitches are included on the page. The stitches are rated on a difficulty scale of 1 to 3, and the pattern notes also indicate how many extra stitches you should add to a project if you’re going to work this cable (since cables pull the fabric closer together you need to compensate for that) as well as how many stitches and rows are in the repeat if you want to design a project yourself.

The cables are arranged into sections: classic cables, combinations, all-over panels, creative cables, motifs and panels and cabled edges and borders.

It’s fun to flip through the designs to think about projects you can add a single cable or two to or make with an allover cabled design. Or you could make swatches of different cables and sew them together into a pillow cover or a throw.

At the back of the book there’s a section on general cable knitting techniques, reading charts, working swatches and avoiding errors (though it mentions working the wrong number of rows between cable turns, it doesn’t share how to count rows between cables to avoid this mistake).

It also talks about how to design your own cables, combine cables in a project, choose the right yarn and needles and determine how many more stitches you need to cast on when working cables instead of stockinette stitch. There’s also a glossary of symbols and abbreviations you may find in cable knitting and other patterns.

The book provides a good overview of things you can do with cables, as well as some fun things you might not have tried like infinity cables and horizontal cables. It’s a great book for a designer who likes to work with cables or a knitter who wants to play with different stitches in their projects.

About the book: 176 pages, paperback, 100 stitch patterns. Published 2024 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $26.99.

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