Fall Harvest Pillow Knitting Pattern

Fall is a great time to freshen up the inside of your home with some new decor. Seasonal pillows are pretty fast projects that easily change the look of your couch.

This Fall Harvest Pillow from Yarnspirations looks complicated but it’s actually pretty easy stranded colorwork (reading a chart is required) and only five colors of Paton’s Classic Wool are used in the project.

To make it even easier, the back is solid color knitting so it will go a lot faster. You could even flip the pillow over and just show the back as the front when you don’t feel like squirrels and acorns anymore.

Download the free pattern from Yarnspirations.

[Photo: Yarnspirations.]

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

Looking for more fall craft ideas? Check out these fall crafts from our sister site Craftbits.com.

Did you know that only Americans call it Fall? When English poets started using the phrase “the fall of leaves” it became popular to call the season fall. But by the mid-1800s, after the split of the colonies from England led to language change, England reverted back to Autumn and the Americans retained the name fall. But it is also known as Harvest,

Oversized pumpkins made from metal serving trays. Pumpkin Serving Tray Hack They are perfect for popping onto a mantle, hanging on the wall or placing on a porch.

This lovely fall lantern is perfect for decorating your Thanksgiving table. Made from items from the dollar tree, it is very inexpensive too make. Dollar Tree – Race Track Fall Lantern — CraftBits.com

We have over 20 DIY Fall Wreath tutorials with detailed instructions showing you how to make your own Fall or Thanksgiving door wreath. You can see the full list of tutorials here.

How to make your own Fall Wreath

Here are some more Fall articles which may be of interest to you.

9 Thanksgiving Crafts To Keep Your Kids Busy While Dinner Is Cooking — CraftBits.com

No Sew Sweater Halloween Pumpkins — CraftBits.com

Dollar Tree – Wood Block Pumpkins — CraftBits.com

How To Preserve Fall Leaves – Home and Garden

Do you know why maple leaves are so red? The color orange/red and yellow are created from the sugar levels in the leaves, hence why Maple leaves are bright red.

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There are certain things that just make sense to knit at this time of year, and market bags are one of them. We tend to use our canvas bags more often in the summer with trips to the farmer’s market and the library, but string bags and market bags are great to use all year.

I love the Three Oranges Bag by Hana Cho, which looks just like a knit version of a plastic shopping bag, but with three cute oranges stitched on. The bag uses intarsia to make the oranges, but you could use duplicate stitch or intarsia to add a different design if you like. It calls for fingering weight yarn and you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Sharyn Anhalt’s Market Square bag (also on Ravelry) uses worsted weight yarn and a mosaic pattern to make a pretty bag you’ll want to use every time you go shopping. The bag comes in two sizes and is worked in two colors of the same yarn for a fun mixed up effect that’s almost like weaving.

Speaking of fun colors, the Market Bag from Hubbabubbie Art uses a multicolored cake yarn (specifically Lion Brand Mandala) to produce fun color changes without any extra work. This bag is worked from the bottom up with a crocheted bottom and knit mesh sides. It’s a free pattern on Ravelry.

The Pike Place Market Bag from Blue Bird Pine Shop looks like a massive bag to hold all your market goodies (that is a child holding it, but still). The bag calls for worsted weight cotton yarn and the mesh is worked on extra large needles to help it open up to hold everything you want held.

The Knit Farmer’s Market Bag form Design BCB is another good one, made mostly of mes with a little stockinette for extra stability. The base is also worked in stockinette so items you put in it will sit flat.

This mesh bag from Sheep and Stitch doesn’t have a base, and the body is worked flat before being joined in the round to make the top and handles. That makes it easy to make the bag just the size you want because you can stop knitting whenever you feel it’s big enough. The pattern includes a step-by-step video if you need extra assistance.

And the Eco Market String Bag from Mama in a Stitch has a solid knit base worked in a contrasting color from the mesh body. It’s an easy project that comes out a great size for your market needs without being too huge.

Do you have a favorite knit market bag pattern? I’d love to hear about it!

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