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Feather and Fan Knit A-Long

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Jane Thornley. I first was introduced to Jane’s innovative “free knitting” techniques on Ravelry. She was knitting a beach! Yup! A beach. And not only that, there were lots of others knitting beaches too! Hmmm. Fascinating. That one I couldn’t stay away from.She takes different weights, types and colors of yarns, a free form knitting technique and a certain “anyone can do this” attitude, and jumps in with both feet! “If you can imagine it, you can knit it” Jane says!

So, after having seen all of these beaches that she and her followers have knit, I decided I had to play too, and guess what? She’s got the perfect “next” pattern on her site, and her next KAL starts on Sept 14th!!

I can do this! I only have 16 other projects on the needles, but who’s counting.

She calls this next one a “Ripenings Shrug” but there’s also a Mossy Roving Cardigan included in the same pattern/KAL. This is the one I will be doing.

BTW, her Knit A Beach pattern is still available and the designs are just mesmerizing! Check it out!

Looking for more knitting patterns for knitted Cardigans? Check out these Knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

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.

 

Off to find a few more yarns for this next Must Do!

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Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

There are so many great pumpkin knitting patterns out there, and it looks like I haven’t done a roundup of pumpkin knitting patterns in a few years, so it’s high time for another one.

The Lancaster Pumpkins from Cuddle Bunny Knits on Etsy are classic, made with stockinette stitch in the round and using super bulky yarn. If you’ve never knit a pumpkin before, this is a good place to start.

Jazz it up a little bit by knitting ribbing instead of straight stockinette, which gives your knit pumpkin a little more texture, too. This one is form Jessies Knits on Etsy. This one is worked flat on straight needles and there are three size options to choose from.

Or try the Pumpkin Patch pattern from Blue Sky Fibers, which is a free pattern on Ravelry. It’s worked with two strands of worsted weight yarn held together to give your pumpkins a marled look, or you can keep it solid. 

There’s another free ribbed pumpkin knitting pattern at Yarnspirations that is really cute. These are knit flat and seamed, and they come in three different sizes. You can either stack them as a centerpiece to decorate a table or you can leave them separate. Or make a whole pumpkin patch and do some of both! I love that they chose unconventional colors so you can see you don’t have to be limited to orange when you knit up your pumpkins.

Made by Devrie on Etsy has these cute pumpkins with twisted stitches (they look like cables but it’s only moving one stitch at a time) that you can make in any size with any yarn you like.

The Twisted Heart Pumpkin for Etsy seller Percival Makes Things uses cables to make a heart shape on the side of the pumpkin. It’s worked in the round and the cable pattern is charted.

And while I was really sticking to plain pumpkins here, not knit jack o’lanterns, I can’t resist sharing this beaded jack o’lantern knitting pattern from Knit Cole Studio on Etsy. The base pumpkin is simple Stockinette and you can stitch on beads in whatever design you like to make your face, or keep it plain.

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