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Fall ’14 Twist Collective is Out

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twist collective fall 14The newest issue of Twist Collective has been released, and it’s full of great projects for fall. There’s a lot of heavy cabling, stranded colorwork, textured stitches and other details that make for fun, warm and striking knitting.

In addition to the patterns there are articles about charity knitting, yarn composition and lace knitting, raising mohair goats, substituting yarn smartly and working stranded colorwork like a pro.

There are lots of patterns to love but some of my favorites include Sandi Rosner’s fun zig-zaggy Hullaballo socks; the pretty hat, cowl and mitten set Kokliko by Barbara Gregory, festooned with bright colorwork flowers; Alison Green’s trim Smarty cardigan, which features cool colorwork diamonds and twists on the surface; the cowl neck vest Ashling by Rusty Baker, with a funky woven and holey look; Marnie MacLean’s Heyday, a bottom up raglan with complex little details at the edges; the pretty beaded wingspan shawl Hausti by Susanna IC; Kate Gilbert’s Paria, a simple looking sweater with shaping provided by panels of twisted rib; and of course the cover sweater Greenery by Hélène Rush with its pretty leaf details.

Patterns from Twist Collective are sold individually as PDFs and run between $6 and $7 each.

See anything you like? I’d love to hear about it.

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

 

[Photo via Twist Collective.]

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Beyond Basic Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

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.