Dig into Knitty’s Deep Fall Issue

I don’t always post about Knitty’s new issues, but it’s been a while and they have some news so it’s worth taking a look at the latest issue.

There are actually a couple of projects in this one that I would love to knit. Linger is a classic, slouchy, ’90s grunge cardigan that I am confident I would wear all the time. It’s made with chunky yarn, which is the only thing that’s kept me from casting on already, because I’m not sure I have yarn in the house that I can use for this project. But it’s definitely getting on my needles soon. It was designed by Åsa Buchta and uses super cozy half fisherman’s rib.

The other one I love is this plaid jacket, called Plaid World and designed by Amy Gunderson. It’s not a difficult project but it is a large project, and it does have some surprises like a folded hem and facings and a short row collar. How great would it be to have the perfect fall jacket and to know you knit it yourself?

You can see all the other patterns for Deep Fall here.

Starting this issue Knitty also announced the beta rollout of Knitty+, a service that will be available to the magazine’s Patreon users. It allows you to select the size of the pattern you want to knit and print out a copy that includes only the numbers you need. If you’re working from the pattern online, it will also save your progress and open up the next time right where you left off (highlighting the row you are working on is a feature for the future).

You can read all about Knitty+ here, and subscribe to the Knitty Patreon here. Patreon is what keeps Knitty free and allows them to inovate in this way, so if you’ve ever knit something from their virtual pages, consider supporting them.

[Photo: David Buchta via Knitty]

A few years ago I wrote a post that was full of patterns for knit mushrooms, but I don’t think I ever did a post that was knitting patterns with mushrooms on them, so today’s the day.

I love the Fungi Beanie from Jacki Bean, which calls for worsted weight yarn and uses duplicate stitch to add the mushrooms and other details. I think the colors she used for the design are tonal/multicolor so it doesn’t use as many colors as it looks like, but you can use whatever red, green, brown and white yarn you have in your stash for those details.

How about some mushroom socks? The Magic Toadstool sock form Stone Knits includes a ring of mushrooms around the leg, contrasting heel and toe and a little more colorwork at the toe for extra cuteness. As shown it uses four colors and comes in three sizes.

Or there’s the Fairy Ring Socks from Katie Green, which have mushrooms of two sizes on the legs, plus a bit of wavy grass. They have a contrasting cuff, heel and toe and some colorwork flecks in the body of the sock as well. This one is available in eight sizes to fit everyone from a baby to an XL adult.

This trippy cowl from Hunt Hand Knits looks like a lot of fun to knit. The Fungus Among Us Cowl is shown using four colors of DK weight yarn, though you can do it with as few as two if you’d rather.

Stitch some mushroom mittens with this cute pattern from Holly C Watson. This design uses three colors, and it’s shown with a self-striping yarn on the mushroom caps, which makes the colors change without you having to do any work. The pattern is charted but it’s a pretty easy repeat. The mittens are one size.

If you don’t feel like knitting mushrooms but still want to give your project a touch of the forest, the Toadstools Cardigan from Julie Taylor may be what you’re looking for. It’s stitched as a plain cardigan worked in DK weight yarn and sized for newborns up to 4 years old. The mushrooms are added with embroidery and the pattern includes the design, which you can trace onto water soluble stabilizer to stitch the mushrooms onto your sweater. Or anything else you want. You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

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