Broken Rib Knitting Patterns

Broken rib is a fun and easy knitting stitch that can be worked on any number of stitches. One row is knit and the second row is worked like ribbing. Repeating those two rows gets you a knit fabric with a more interesting look but still some of the stretchiness of ribbing. It’s great for all kinds of projects, as we shall see.

Why not start learning to use this stitch with a scarf? Jacque McClure’s Broken Rib Reversible Scarf is a free download on Ravelry and uses worsted weight yarn.

Jessie at Home on Etsy has another variation on the broken rib scarf, this time with three strands of yarn held together for a more colorful look and a warmer scarf.

Or you can try a hat, like the Easy Beanie from Nix O Clock on Etsy, which has a folded brim and uses a heavier worsted weight yarn. Or there’s the Cocoon pattern from La Maison Rililie, which has the option of being worked with a rounded crown or a more pointed, slouchier crown, and in a single color or multicolored version.

Ellen M. Silva has a super cute pair of broken rib fingerless gloves available as a free pattern on Ravelry. They use worsted weight yarn and are sized for adult women, and they have an interesting asymmetric thumb gusset that is said to improve the fit. There are also broken rib mittens for the whole family, worked in bulky weight yarn, designed by Knifty Knittings for Yarnspirations.

Once you’ve got the technique down, which takes no time at all, you can move on to other projects, like sweaters. The sammensat 3 sweater by Elsebeth Judith uses an allover broken rib pattern and is worked with fingering and DK weight yarns held together (or use a single strand of worsted weight). This top-down raglan has options for a regular crewneck or a mock turtleneck, and it comes in seven sizes. The pattern is available in English and Danish.

Gabriella Calderin’s broken rib vest, called Timbo, is a free Ravelry download and it looks so cozy stitched up in bulky weight yarn. It’s worked from the top down and comes in five sizes.

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.

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