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A Few More Knits for Fall and Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving knitting patterns

As the leaves start to change color and the air gets crisp, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about fall knitting projects.

Whether you’re looking for cozy sweaters, warm accessories, or festive decor, there are plenty of patterns out there to choose from. In this roundup post, we’ll be featuring a few of our favorite knits for fall. From classic cable sweaters to cozy scarves, these patterns are sure to keep you warm and stylish all season long. So grab your needles and yarn, and let’s get started on some autumnal knitting!

turkey knitting patterns

fun knits for Thanksgiving

more crafts to knit for Thanksgiving

and I just checked Ravelry and there is not a lot of new ground to cover in terms of free knitting patterns, anyway. I did notice a knit acorn from Kim Hamlin that I don’t think I’ve shared before, as well as the Pumpkin dishcloth from Knit Picks, designed by Teresa Gregorio.

Are you knitting any fun fall or Thanksgiving decor, hats, or other projects? I’d love to hear about it!

Specific to knitters, you can join our Knitting Patterns Only group to get, well, knitting patterns, ask questions and gain inspiration for what to knit next.

Looking for Yarn online? Check out Lionbrand our preferred source for purchasing yarn online.

Looking for Fall patterns to Knit? Check out these Fall knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

 

Comments

  1. I hadn’t thought of Nov knitting – tho, am signed up for an all day mitten class using bulky yarns. (at local knitting store). The pumpkin is classic!

Have you read?

Knit Back at AI Patterns with the AIlephant

Lots of craft designers are understandably frustrated about the proliferation of AI “designed” patterns and photos of projects that have no basis in reality. People who don’t know how to tell if a project is AI are often also frustrated when they see a picture for something but there’s no pattern because it’s not real, or they buy a pattern that doesn’t actually explain how to make the thing or ends up looking totally different from the picture. 

Some designers have taken it upon themselves to try to make some of those AI patterns that we see online, often with hilarious results. 

Katherine Foster was inspired by a famous AI elephant to make what she calls “AIlephant,” which is now a free knitting pattern on Ravelry. 

Her prototype uses worsted weight yarn, but you can use whatever yarn you like to make different sizes of elephants. 

The elephant features a cable running down the trunk and a different cable pattern on the back. It’s worked in pieces that are joined and stuffed as you go. It uses German short row shaping on the body and includes written instructions as well as a chart for the cable patterns. 

Reading through the pattern, it sounds a little fiddly, which makes sense because it was designed to look like a pattern that isn’t real. But it’s doable, as evidenced by the handful of projects you can find on Ravelry. The ears on her version aren’t quite as big and round or maybe don’t sit in quite the same place as the AI version (which if you haven’t seen it there’s a photo of that on the projects page, too). But it’s a pretty honest replica of a dishonest photo, and a really cute elephant in its own right. 

If you make this one I would love to hear about it!

You can grab the free pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Katherine Foster]