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Bring a new look into your home with knitting projects ranging from pillows to washcloths and hotpads to napkin rings.
Knit Tinsel
Knit tinsel is a fun way to add your love of knitting to your holiday decor. This quick and easy project can keep going on forever -- large enough to decorate a large tree -- or you can knit a smaller piece for your fireplace, to put around a door, or wherever you want it.
American Flag Placemat
A simple Garter Stitch American flag placemat is a great table decoration for Memorial Day, Labor Day, the Fourth of July or really any summer gathering.
Olympic Rings
Whenever the Olympics come around, it's fun to knit projects incorporating the famous rings. This project shows them knit in duplicate stitch on a square that could be used as part of an afghan, or you can take the chart and use it on any project you like.
Washcloth Knitting Patterns
I know a lot of knitters who really enjoy knitting washcloths and dishcloths. They're usually quick, easy projects made with inexpensive materials, so it's easy to see why so many knitters like them.
Loopy Washcloth
Loop stitch is a fun way to make a loopy fabric sort of like you might see on bathmats, and it's a good way to embellish a washcloth to make it work more like a bath sponge.
Double Basket Stitch Basket Liner
Double basket stitch is a fun stitch pattern with a lot of texture. Why not knit it up into a great big dishcloth or liner for a basket?
Feather and Fan Dishcloth
This Feather and Fan dishcloth is super-easy to knit and a great first lace project because it's knit on rather large needles.
Cabled Pillow
Knit pillows are a lot of fun and a great way to decorate your home that tells everyone who visits about your favorite hobby. This cute little cabled pillow is a quick knit with great texture that's perfect as an accent in any room of the house.
Bias Knit Washcloth
This super-easy Christmas-colored washcloth makes a cheerful addition to any kitchen or bathroom. Or knit up a couple in different colors and add them to a holiday gift of bath items.
Felted Hot Pad
Hot pads are incredibly useful items to have in the kitchen, whether you're pulling something out of the oven or serving something hot on the table. Using a felted hot pad means you've got something nice, thick and heat resistant that you can knit up in no time.
Felted Fall Place Mat
Felting is a perfect addition to knitting for fall accessories. This felted placemat is generously sized and (if knit with the same yarn I used) is reminiscent of fall leaves or an autumn sunset.
Pumpkin Washcloth
This pumpkin washcloth is a breeze to knit, since it just involves garter stitch, stockinette stitch, and knitting or purling on the opposite side to make the jackolantern image.
Knitting Needle Vase
This easy project allows you to display and organize some of your knitting needles in a knitterly fashion with a knit knitting needle "vase."
Harry Potter Knit Bookmark
This quick to knit bookmark is knit in a color used in the house scarves in the Harry Potter movies, but knit in any color, this is a great and useful quick project.
Broken Rib Washcloth
Broken rib is an easy and lovely knitting stitch pattern that makes a quick-to-knit, easy knitted washcloth pattern.
Cabled Napkin Rings
Cabled napkin rings bring a sweet look to any table. Knit in cotton, they can look formal or informal, depending on the rest of the table setting.
Checkerboard Hot Pad
This two-colored checkerboard hot pad is super-thick because of the stranded knitting on the inside and the double layer of knitting. This easy free knitting pattern is quick to knit and very useful.
Color Block Pillow
Large blocks of color make it easy to learn the technique of knitting with blocks of color known as intarsia.
Dropped Stitch Soap Sack
This soap sack knitting pattern is a fun housewarming gift or part of a spa set for a friend who needs a pick-me-up (or for yourself).
Easy Stockinette Stitch Washcloth
Washcloths and dish towels are a lot of fun to make. They are quick projects and completely useful. This stockinette stitch washcloth has a seed stitch border to keep it from curling.
Garter Stitch Eyelet Washcloth
This free knitting pattern for a garter stitch eyelet washcloth is a great addition to a luxurious spa gift or a wonderful bathtime accessory for you and your family.
Mistake Rib Dishcloth
Mistake rib is an easy and attractive knitting stitch pattern that looks great on simple home knits like this dish cloth.
Spring-Colored Felted Bowl
This quick knitting, spring-colored felted bowl is an easy first felting project and a perfect little bowl to hold yarn or give as a gift.

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