Announcing Pandacorn Knits

Finally my long time dream of opening my own Etsy shop has come true. I have opened PandacornKnits with these four Harry Potter inspired Arm Knit infinity scarves. I hope to add some new things soon. It is a learning experience opening this shop so if anyone has any advice please share. I want to learn as much as possible and be able to share my experience with you all to the best of my ability.  

Holiday Project Ideas

The holiday season is fast approaching, and as a knitter we must all start our presents early otherwise they will never get done. Here are some tips to help with the holiday season knitting frenzy.

• Have quick projects that are simple and fast to make:



Frill yarn

• Frill scarf  - made from frill novelty yarn
• Arm knits
• Simple Lace Scarves
• Most hats are nice and easy
• if your a fast knitter a blanket
• Start early. I start my gifts in September
• Buy your yarn in bulk
• I only buy special nice yarns for my mom and people allergic to wool
• Make sure to send out presents early. My deadline for projects that need to be sent within the US is Dec15. My deadline for oversees is Dec1. 
• Include a hand-written note with care instructions
• have fun, don't stress too much it takes the fun out of it

Happy Knitting 

Favorite Yarns?

They are so many yarns fibers to choose from. Different weights, colors, striping and plain, furs, and so much more. I wish I had the money and time to buy all of them but I don't. Now I am the first to see a new funky yarn and buy it to play around. I also have a stash of yarns that I need to clean out. Some times I buy yarns with the intention of a project then I change my mind. When I first started knitting I liked to buy my yarn by the pound. Now four years later I still have all of the pounds some with many projects out of them. I have gotten to a point now that I like buying the expensive, higher quality yarns. Some of the people I knit for have allergies to wool and I like to make sure that those yarns are completely separated from all the others. They stay in a plastic bag. So now I will share my favorite yarns. Feel free to comment and share your favorites. 

My favorite has to be the ruffle yarns.
I make a lot of projects with these.
In fact I am working on an original design with these and hope it is ready soon. 

I LOVE BULY YARN.
It is so comfy, and makes the warmest blankets and scarves.
This was made into the Arm Knit Scarf

I just bought this. It is alpaca. 

This is my first alpaca yarn

It is so soft

I like this style fur yarn. I have tried the bulky fur yarns and ended up not being a huge fan of the finished project. Though the recipient of that project loved it. This is thinner and is easier to work with in my opinion. 

What are your favorite yarns? Please Share!!!

Happy Knitting!!!

Arm Knitting

I was on Pinterest over the weekend when I stumbled upon this post. It caught my eye because it was a bulky yarn Infinity scarf. Those are my favorite, mainly because they take no time at all to make and they still look amazing. Well once I read more into this post I was super excited. Basically you use two balls of super bulky yarn like this:

Any color will do but I choose Sky Blue. This happened mainly because I did not want white since it stains so easy and black was to dark (most of my clothes are black), and my have a lot of pink as well so blue it was.

After you have picked your yarn you get to knit the scarf with your arms as your needles. I am not joking. This is the best thing ever. The tutorial on how to knit with your arms is here.

And here is the finished product:

Happy Knitting !!