Knit The Licorice For Full Effect This Christmas … A Fun Idea From Knits For Life!

Posted by Danielle | Dec 23, 2013 | Beyond Knitting, Food Hacks | 5 |

Submitted by Lorna Watt aka Knitsforlife who explains, “what do you do with all that candy while the gingerbread houses are baking? Knit it, of course! I knit these Twizzlers on 4 mm DPNs and transferred them to candy canes for full effect.”

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5 Comments

Irene Covington
on December 23, 2013 at 6:42 am

Make curtains for the ginger bread house!! Love it!
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Sally@prettilyunraveling on January 2, 2014 at 3:25 pm

That is awesome!
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Alison Perkins
on January 14, 2014 at 10:40 am

Next year our Elf on the Shelf will be knitting. 😀
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Anna casino
on January 20, 2014 at 4:42 pm

I want to try it soo bad. It looks super cool! How did you get the idea and how did you be able to do it in stockenette,have you been able to do other stitches
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Irene Covington
on January 20, 2014 at 5:07 pm

I would probably knit on #10 needles then slide onto candy cane.
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