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Free Knitting Pattern – Northen Lights Fair Isle Sweater

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The Northern Lights Fair Isle Pullover knit pattern is a great way to create a cozy and stylish sweater that evokes the beauty of the Aurora Borealis. The pattern uses Red Heart Super Saver worsted weight yarn, a soft and durable yarn that comes in a variety of colors, making it easy to create a beautiful and unique sweater.

I had the opportunity to travel to see the Northern Lights and it was truly an amazing experience. I will never forget the way the lights danced across the sky, the colors were so vibrant and mesmerizing. Even though the temperature was minus 35 degrees, the beauty of the lights made it all worth it. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I feel so grateful to have been able to witness such a spectacular natural phenomenon.

This pattern is free to download on the Mary Maxim website and is suitable for knitters of all levels. The sweater is worked in the round, using the fair isle technique which creates a beautiful pattern that evokes the Northern Lights. The sweater is perfect for layering and keeping warm on chilly days.

The Northern Lights Fair Isle Pullover is a great way to remember the beauty of the Aurora Borealis and bring a piece of that experience into your everyday life. So grab your needles and yarn and let’s get started on creating this beautiful and cozy pullover.

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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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