Fun, Free Patterns for Fall from Knitting Daily

If you’re looking for the perfect fall sweater to knit or another easy knitting project, check out this free ebook for members of the Knitting Daily community.

Easy Knits includes 6 patterns:

Cindy Taylor’s Simple Wrap Jacket, which looks like the sort of thing you’d want to wear all fall and winter long (pictured here)
Ribby Slipper Socks by Cathy Carron, a super-quick project in chunky yarn
the striped Barrymore Slouch Hat by Lisa Shroyer
Cathy Payson’s adorable and simple Green Tea Raglan
for the guys, Mike’s Easy Fit Pullover designed by Joan McGowan-Michael
Pam Allen’s cute and functional Knitting Needle Purse (yes, the needles are left in the project!)

The ebook is free to Knitting Daily subscribers, and a subscription to the daily email newsletter is also free.

If you snag this one, let me know what you want to knit first. Those sweaters are certainly tempting…

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

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Getting ready for back to school makes me think about pencil crafts, so let’s take a look at some pencil themed knitting patterns!

I recently made a pencil on a circular knitting machine, and it was a fun, quick, easy project that uses little bits of leftover yarn (and if you don’t have yellow you can make it a colored pencil using whatever color’s your favorite). And if you want to make a bigger version check out this pattern from Orange Olive Road on Etsy.

If you want to knit a pencil pillow by hand, check out Sketchy, available on Ravelry from Shana S. Cohen. This one uses worsted weight yarn and has two size options and the choice to make a pencil with an eraser or a colored pencil.

Pencil scarves seem to be the most popular kind of pencil knitting pattern, and there are lot of cute ones. This one from Cosy Craft UK mostly uses garter stitch, with some welts to add texture and what looks like an I-cord edging. It calls for DK weight yarn.

If you want to go all garter stitch try this version from Emsley Co Creations, which uses five colors of DK weight yarn and just a little shaping to make the point of the pencil.

There’s also this fun, mostly stockinette so it looks like it curls a bit, pencil pattern that looks like it’s worked in chunky yarn from Little Knits Studio. This one uses just a little garter stitch and easy shaping for the point.

If you don’t want a pencil scarf, how about some pencil socks? The No. 2 Pencil Socks from The Yarn Enabler are available from Ravelry and use five colors of sock yarn. They feature wide ribs to mimic the texture of a pencil and have options to be worked from the top down or the toe up.

Needs Sharpening by Alexander Walker is a free pattern on Ravelry that uses five colors of sock yarn to make a sort of shortie sock. The little bit of black at the tips of the toes inspired the name. These, too, can be worked in either direction and are available in three sizes.

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