Happy Canada Day!

Wow! With the Canada Day long weekend coming up, Yarnspirations has dropped a Canada 150 edition Lookbook! The day it came out, Kaeleigh and I spent a fair amount of time looking it over and talking about which patterns we liked best.

With a nice variety of Canada-themed Patterns, I immediately felt the urge to make almost every pattern in this Lookbook.

The bad news about this for me as a crocheter is that it's the knit patterns that REALLY shine. There are three knit sweater patterns, all of which I want to make! There's the Canada pullover, and also also the beautiful Nordic Stag Knit Jacket and the True North Knit Jacket. Throw in the Loon Knit Pillow and you've got my favourite patterns in the Lookbook!

It seems the crochet patterns were all a lot more beginner or easy level patterns, and disappointingly, there are no crochet clothing patterns. I can see myself making the Lumberjack Crochet Throw or the Buffalo Plaid Afghan, they're both lovely blanket patterns.

Bernice's Stand Out Patterns:

Favourite Knit Pattern: True North Knit Jacket. I want to make both the knit jackets! It's looking like this winter I may be honing my knitting skills.

Favourite Crochet Pattern: Lumberjack Crochet Throw. It's cute AND cozy! I like the simple yet clever pattern.

No Thank You, Please: Croch-Eh! Throw Pillow. Haha, cute name, Yarnspirations. I'm kind over over the word patterns at this point. Also, eh should have a question mark not an exclamation mark after it, eh?

Kaeleigh's Stand Out Patterns: 

Favourite Knit Pattern: True North Knit Jacket. I love both jackets but this one wins because I'm not a fan of the moose on the back of the other.

Favourite Crochet Pattern: Lumberjack Crochet Throw, though to be honest this was a tough one as I loved the other throws too! I'm a big fan of the worksock similarities.

No Thank You, Please: Maple Leaf Crochet Dishcloth. As much as I do agree with Bernice about the Croch-Eh! pillow, I hate crocheted dishcloths. They are just not my jam. I'd be much more inclined to use this pattern as another applique, but definitely not as a dishcloth. It's not even a good shape for cleaning; what about a trivet or potholder instead?