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A Bunch of Little Booklets

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This week the closet-cleaning giveaways continue with four little Leisure Arts booklets:

Two-Hour Neckwear by Marly Bird: 12 projects for scarves and cowls to knit in a jiffy

Chunky Winter Knits: a Lion Brand book with 13 projects using Wool-Ease Thick & Quick

Quick and Easy Mittens by Mary Lamb Becker: has a basic pattern with 9 sizing options and color variations to knit or Knook

Cool-Weather Family Fashions: this booklet is full of projects using Bernat Softee Chunky and has nine accessory patterns

If you’d like me to send these to you, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, July 9. I’d love to know what you’re knitting right now. (Me: a sock and a blanket.)

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  1. I would love these! I am working on my husbands sweater, a cabled cape for myself and I am starting a class for a fisherman’s knit scarf.????

  2. I am between projects but am about to start on toddler jackets for autumn. Thanks for the giveaway chance

  6. I’m currently knitting baby clothes to sell on behalf of my local hospice.

  7. Yes, is like these booklets. My knitting guild is making mittens for a public Christmas tree. When the tree comes down, they will be donated to charity.

  8. I’ve been in baby gift overload. Finally a girl. I was getting a little frustrated with every single friend having boys. Bring on the frills

  9. I have a lot of yarn and I love to have new ideas to make with it! These books would help me to have more gift ready for all occasions. Thank you

  10. Hi, I would love to receive those booklets! Right now, I have started a summery Cowl in a light pink silk I got on sale.

  11. Thank you for the chance to win these little books! I am currently working on a pair of throw pillows with deer designs on them for a housewarming gift.

  12. Right now I am making little hats for the NICU. This is always a fun project to work on. Our little group makes scares, hats and mittens for charity. We could use some fast and easy patterns.

  14. Right now I am getting ready to make a hope chest full of kitchen things for my four grandkids

  15. My sister is the knitter in the family, though I’ve been playing with my Knook a little. These would be lovely as a gift for her for her birthday and/or Giftmas.

  17. Ohh, awesome!
    I’m finishing a shrug today (finally!), and I’m still working on a sleeping bag for a friend’s baby and a couple of Mario and Luigi hats for a gamer friend 😉

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Beyond Basic Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork. 

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn. 

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look. 

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me. 

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. 

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.