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Halloween Graphic Novel Coloring Books To Keep The Older Kids Busy

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These Halloween coloring books are perfect for older children, these are not books for babies and allows older children to express their creativity with different depths of coloring and shading or keep it simple and just stay in the lines.

In my opinion, This dracula graphic novel is perfect for ages 10+ and dare I say it, perfect for boys (and girls too).

 

Dracula fans will love to sink their teeth into this version of the classic vampire tale! This unique rendition of Stoker’s novel features the abridged story in a cool graphic novel format. Colorists of all ages will thrill to its retelling of an English lawyer’s business trip to Transylvania — a journey that descends into a nightmare encounter with literature’s most bloodthirsty ghoul!

 

 

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Knit a Blanket with the Texture of a Ceiling

Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal. 

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles. 

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges. 

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to. 

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho. 

[Photo: Purl Soho]