As we kick off the holiday season, I thought today would be an ideal time to revisit the Pixie Dust ornaments I made last year on the blog.  Making them is so simple and easy. This is the PERFECT gift for a holiday party hostess. They work really well with our Pixie Dust yarn. I used 2 colors, Aqua Frost & Snowflake, striped together at different intervals. Of course this would work with any of our yarns and is a great idea for little left over snippets. Here's how to make your own! 

For smaller ornaments for your Christmas tree I'd recommend tinier styrofoam balls- 2"-3" in diameter. Here's what you will need: Styrofoam balls (from Micheal's or any craft store), straight pins & Pixie Dust yarn (or any bulky yarn).

Start off by pinning the yarn into the styrofoam ball.  Wrap the yarn around in a spiral shape, pinning as necessary to keep the yarn securely in place.

This does take a lot of pins! Continue to wrap your yarn around your styrofoam ball as shown below. Wrap your yarn all the way around the ball until there is no white styrofoam showing!  Below, is an example of how my larger styrofoam ball looked as I covered it with yarn. This one is 12" in diameter.

And voila!  Add a yarn loop at the top by pinning the yarn look in place. You may need a longer or sturdier pin for this part to keep the yarn loop pinned tightly to the styrofoam.  Happy Christmas Crafting!

Happy Early Turkey Day everyone! We thought we'd end this short week on a high note by releasing another pretty pattern. The Chevron Pixie Blanket is our answer to knitters who want to make simple, quick knits for holiday gifts this season. This blanket is a definite wow piece because of our Pixie Dust yarn, which is striped throughout it. Pixie Dust with all its sparkles and cocoony awesomeness lends itself perfectly to projects for the home. Happily, this project won't take you months to complete since it knits up on size 17 needles. Find out more about this pattern here. Also, be sure to check out the rainbow color combo that designer Susan Sheby knit up below!

It has been a crazy week here at Knit Collage- I think it's just that time of year! We've been as busy as bees shipping yarn out all over the world. Yesterday we shipped two big boxes to Unravelled in Sydney, Australia and today two more boxes will go out to Gossamer Knitting in Oregon.  Craziness aside, we somehow still found time to give you another beautiful gem of a pattern. Today we welcome the Dash Scarf pattern by Cheryl Kubat to the Knit Collage collection. Cheryl has come up with a new way to use our bulky, sparkly Pixie Dust yarn in this scarf. Instead of knitting it, she's woven it throughout her knitting. The end result is sheer awesomeness! To find out more about this pattern, click here. You'll need 2 skeins of our Sister yarn and 1 skein of Pixie Dust. I don't know about you but I think this is my pic of holiday gift knitting this year!

Photos by Meg Manion Silliker