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Giveaway Time! Udon Blanket Kit from We Are Knitters

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Winter might be far away, but here is your chance to make sure that you are prepared for it. The Udon Blanket kit from WeAreKnitters contains 5 balls of 100% Peruvian Wool Yarn, enough to make sure that you will not be left wanting. The final blanket measures 75 cm (29.5 inches) * 125 cm (49.21 inches) and comes with the right sized needles and of course, the pattern to make this gorgeous blanket.

Wouldn’t this make the most perfect Christmas time gift?

And we have one to giveaway to a loyal CraftGossip reader! Read on till the end to find out how you can win.

The Kit Contains:
* 5 Balls Of 100% Peruvian Wool Yarn (200 Gr. Each)
* 15 Mm/ Uk S/e/ Us 19 Wooden Knitting Needles
* The Pattern
* A Small Knitter’s Sewing Needle
* Embroidered Label
* Wak Packaging

* Measures: 75 Cm X 125 Cm

udon-blanket

GIVEAWAY!

And we have one to giveaway, thanks to We Are Knitters!

To win, sign up to WeAreKnitters newsletter and we will draw a winner at random.

Ends 15th June. Open for entries from Europe, US and Canada.

Make sure to visit WeAreKnitters for other kits and heaps of tutorials.

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I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.

One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.

One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.

If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.

But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!

I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:

  • the simple cinching method mentioned above
  • sewing the stitches together
  • three needle bind off
  • grafting
  • crochet bind off

Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.

Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!