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Fall Trends from Celebrities and Others to Add to Your Knitting

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I’ve already talked a bit this season about fall trends in the context of using big, bulky yarn. Here’s another look at trends for the season based on the scarves and cowls worn by celebrities.

You’ll see here, too, that big is in, as well as detailed stitch patterns and a touch of tweed. This article from Lion Brand Yarn is fun because it shares patterns you can stitch up now to take advantage of these trends.

The Split Leaf Cowl from Plymouth Yarns (via Noble Knits) is a pattern that’s come across my screen recently that features bulky yarn and great details. It’s a quick, one-skein project that will have you warm in style in no time.

Another perennial trend that’s still around this season is animal print. Here’s one where the yarn makes a big difference. The Safari Scarf and Hat from Tahki Yarns use a faux fur yarn called Sherpa that gives the look of animal print in a super-warm set.

Are you knitting anything trendy this season? I’ve been doing lots with bulky yarn, because the first cold day sends me into a frenzy of wanting new knit things. I’d love to hear what you’re working on!

Specific to knitters, you can join our Knitting Patterns Only group to get, well, knitting patterns, ask questions and gain inspiration for what to knit next.

Looking for Yarn online? Check out Lionbrand our preferred source for purchasing yarn online.

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

Comments

  1. I’ll never again knit anything to match what a celeb is wearing! That time I ran into You-Know-Who, the Pop Diva, and she was SOOOOO jealous of my Red Carpet Gown, handknit from strips of bacon – well, it was just TOOOO embarrassing.

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Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use. 

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make. 

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!). 

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn. 

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart. 

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern. 

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.