Fall/Winter Holla Knits is Here!

The new edition of Holla Knits is out, and it looks so cute I can’t even stand it. If you don’t know about Holla Knits, you should. It’s the brainchild of Allyson Dykhuizen, who also runs the website The Sweatshop of Love. I interviewed Allyson over at About when the first edition of Holla Knits came out earlier this year, so check that out for all the backstory.

The new version for fall has six patterns, and I want to knit about five of them (sorry, cabled shorts!). My favorites, though, are the Devon Cardigan by Karin Kemper, a sort of slouchy cardi worked with stripes in a different color and pattern than the rest of the sweater; Lilith Ubberlohde’s Sexxxy Librarian, a close-fitting, cabled, cowl-necked vest; and Allyson’s own New Girl skirt, which may be the thing that gets me to knit a skirt. It’s a circle skirt with an elastic waist and pockets (be still my knitterly heart!), as well as some cute color and texture blocking.

Each pattern is shown both in two sizes and in two yarns: one is an indie yarn maker and the other is Knit Picks. Patterns are available for purchase individually or you can get a yearly subscription for $36, which gets you three issues of six patterns each as well as access to special videos and a chance to win yarn and needles to make projects from the collections.

[Photo via Holla Knits.]Looking for Fall patterns to Knit? Check out these Fall knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

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As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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