Here's something different from the usual construction paper and doilies: knit Valentine's Day cards!  It's a very quick pattern, you can knit them up lickety-split.  The hearts begin on Row 8 and you make them by  following the Heart Chart below (via About.com Knitting). 

 

 

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Some of you have expressed an interest in learning how to cable.  As I've proclaimed on numerous occasions, cables are much easier to knit than they look.  If you don't believe me, here's a quickie little owl pattern that you can turn into a hair clip or a brooch.  Just in time for Halloween!  [via Ysolda]

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Everyone winds up with those little scraps--one yard here, three yards there--and you may think there's nothing you can do with them.  Guess again, knitters!  Try playing with different fibers and textures and make a pincushion [pattern here].  This would be a much-appreciated gift for the knitters and sewers in your life  [via Craft].

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