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Get in the Holiday Spirit with the Yarnspirations Holiday Look Book

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Check out the Yarnspirations holiday decor lookbook.OK, I’ve been saying for weeks now that I’m not ready to think about Christmas.

And I’m really not.

But I’ve also been working on a Christmas-related knitting project for CraftBits (which I will share with you just as soon as it’s live), so I am maybe, at least a little bit, starting to think about Christmas knitting.

It doesn’t hurt that husband requested knit gifts for his colleagues, so I need to get cracking.

The Yarnspirations holiday look book has put me in a bit more of a holiday mood as well. This collection (you can see it in ISSUU) is full of adorable knit and crochet things for the Christmas tree, stockings and more.

In the knit area, I’m pretty well in love with the knit Dala horse, the partridge and the pear. The tiny tree ornaments are pretty perfect, too, and great for using little odd balls from your stash (they’d be great as gift tags, too).

There’s an amazing granny square tree skirt for those who like crochet, too, and some great afghans and pillows in both knit and crochet. I adore the Nordic Holiday pillow, complete with jumping reindeer and Nordic stars.

There are cute ideas for wrapping and presenting gifts as well, from knit wine bottle cozies and jar toppers to a snowman gift card cozy.

See anything that catches your eye? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Yarnspirations.]

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Comments

  1. Thanks! I like the Dala Horse, too, having been to Dalarna once. Also the three Jolly Stockings, with their motifs close enough together to knit in the round. And the Snowman gift card hugger. I have lots of yarn to use up; these will be fun.

Have you read?

Beyond Basic Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork. 

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn. 

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look. 

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me. 

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. 

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.