Cute Stuff for Kids

A few adorable projects for little ones have come across my radar lately, so if you’ll looking to stitch something sweet for someone small, check these projects out.

The Jelli Beenz Baby Cardigan (from Plymouth via Noble Knits) is a really simple shape but it ups the skill level and the interest by working one side of the sweater in one color and one side in another. Yes, it’s intarsia. No, it’s not hard.

The Tumbling Blocks Blankie from Lion Brand Yarn is super cute in pastels as shown, but could be worked in more grown up colors for a modern baby on the go. Either way, it’s a great way to practice entrelac on a big scale.

When I posted my heart hat knitting patterns the other day, I completely forgot that I had been saving up this one, from Cascade via Love Knitting (free registration required). It’s worked from the bottom up and the colorwork is all near the beginning of the project, so once you get through that it’s smooth sailing. The ear flaps are pretty adorable, too.

When peeking at the recently published projects on Ravelry the other day, I spied this adorable cowl for kids from Blue Highway Hand Dyes. Called Castilleja, the genus name of the Indian paintbrush flower, it’s perfectly sized for a preschooler who won’t wear a scarf.

Toys are always a great choice for little ones, too, so check out a roundup of toy patterns at Love Knitting, and don’t forget to stop and ooh and aah over Barrison, a lovely little bear from Berroco.

Have you come across any cute knits for kids lately? I’d love to see them!

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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