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Wishing you all a Very Happy Thanksgiving! As we prepare our family feast, I wanted to take a minute to thank all of you for following KnittingGuruDesigns and to give you all a Black Friday / Cyber Monday treat. Just write Code #BlackFriday10 in your coupon code box when you check out of my Etsy shop and you'll receive a 10% discount on your purchase(s). Here's just a sampling of what you'll find in my Etsy shop. I've put together some things in an Autumnal colorway to celebrate the holiday. Of course, there's much more to see and many other colors in my shop. Enjoy your Holiday and please stop by at http://www.KnittingGuru.etsy.com

Christmas will be here soon and if you're like me, you're knitting and crocheting lots of gifts. It's always good to find some quick knits at this time of year, so I did want to let you know about a book I came across recently called Cozy Knits edited by Tanis Gray.   This book includes 50 projects to knit divided among 5 Chapters: Heartfelt Hats Warm & Wonderful Mittens Cuddly Cowls & Scarves Snuggly Sweaters, Shawls & Shrugs Quick & Clever Gifts There are excellent illustrations and clear directions. All the stitches used are charted, so if you like working from charts you'll be happy with this. While there are some larger projects for sweaters, shawls and blankets, there are enough quick projects to make this a good book to use for holiday gifts. You can find the book here from Interweave/F+W Media. I hope you find some nice things to make! I'll be posting some other patterns soon for very quick knits and crocheted projects that you mi...