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Colorwork Knits for Spooky Season

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I guess technically these are all Halloween knitting patterns, but they are really designs that you can knit and use and enjoy all fall long. From keeping your hands and your coffee cozy to making your couch cute, these designs are easy and fun to have on hand throughout spooky season.

Speaking of Halloween coffee cozies, I know I’ve shared this one a few times through the years but I can’t help but shout out my own Halloween coffee cup cozy (which you can also find on Ravelry, where you can see all the cute faces different people have given theirs). I’m thinking of doing more of these for different holidays (finally) so if there’s something you’d like to see let me know!

The Autumn Doodle Cup Cozy pattern from Jamie Lomax on Ravelry is a little classier than mine, and a fun way to use up some leftovers from other projects. It uses DK weight yarn and has options for stitching pumpkins, bats or ghosts on the design.

Or keep it simple black and orange with the Spooky Love Mug Cozy from Elisha Costa (My Comforting Crafts on Etsy). This one uses worsted weight yarn and has a coordinating hat pattern, too, if you’ve ever dreamed of matching your coffee. I haven’t but you know that would be a perfect look for the corn maze.

Moving on to mitts for you, these super cute Spooky Season Mittens by Anna Henriksson on Ravelry are covered in mini motifs for pumpkins, witch hats, ghosts and cauldrons. They come in one size and use super fine yarn to help get all those details.

And if you’re a fan of Hocus Pocus, you’re going to want to knit this spooky seasonal pillow from While They Dream on Etsy. In addition to the bold lettering it’s adorned with a cat, bat and a couple of spiders. It’s worked in two pieces in worsted weight yarn so you can use intarsia for the colorwork.

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Stacking Stars Knitting Pattern

There are so many things I love about the Stacking Stars pattern from Frankie Brown.

First, it looks like a kid’s toy, which it totally could be, though the intent is to stack the stars into a Christmas tree bit of decor.

I love the rainbow gradient, which makes it all the more cheerful, and serves as a reminder that, while you can plan out your colors beautifully, you can also use your stash for your own brilliant hodgepodge of a star tree.

It includes patterns for nine different sizes of stars, from 2 inch to 6 inch, which makes the perfect pile to look like a tree. What’s more, these stars are worked in garter stitch, so it’s a pretty easy pattern, even if you’re new to knitting. And the stars are solid, so not only can you use them to make your own amazing stack of a tree, you can make more to decorate packages, use as Christmas tree ornaments, make a darling garland, or all of the above.

The pattern calls for DK weight yarn but of course you could play with the yarn weight, too, to make stars that are even larger or smaller than the ones shown. And the bigger ones are made by just working more repeats, so you could continue to work as established to make larger ones to suit all your crafty purposes if you like.

Frankie’s patterns are free on Ravelry, but they ask that people who enjoy their patterns send a donation to the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation. Through the years they have raised more that £26,000 for the charity, which helps families of kids with liver disease. You can donate to Frankie’s fundraiser here. They have tons of great holiday projects and other designs you can check out on their designer page on Ravelry.

[Photo: Frankie Brown]

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