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Get Ready for Fall with Cozy Country Knits

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Suzanne is getting this one.

I’m deep in denial about it, but fall really is right around the corner. It’s high time to start knitting new sweaters, hats, socks and other things that will keep us warm through the cooler days.

With that in mind this week’s giveaway is Cozy Country Knits by Manuela Burkhardt and Dorothea Neumann, which has 24 patterns (but is somehow not on Ravelry) full of rustic style. Think chunky knits, cables, big coats, sweaters and vests to relax in, wraps for layering, and hats and socks for keeping the extremities warm.

This book is great for people who like classic, cozy projects with details that make them fun to knit and easy to wear.

If you’d like a chance to win this one, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, Aug. 20. I’d love to know what you love most about fall. (Me? Cooler temperatures that make sweaters socially acceptable, though I’m wearing one in my house all year long.)

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing and good luck!

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Comments

  1. Since I’m not a big fan of shorts, skirts, or the beach, I’m most excited for fall because of the cooler temps.

  2. This book looks like it has some really cool knits. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.

  3. What I love the most about fall are the changing leaves back in my Adirondack NY hometown. Cooler temperatures are always welcome and I appreciate them here in Colorado now, but there’s nothing like a ride through the Adirondacks on a sunny fall day. I’m fortunate enough to go back each year for Rhinebeck and get my foliage fix.

  4. I love the cooler days and gorgeous colours of Autumn. Going for a walk all wrapped up from head to toe in my hand knits!

  5. This book looks like it has comfy, warm items! What I love about fall is camping in NH every year with my husband, taking long walks through the woods and trails to see the wonderful colors of fall and wearing a warm sweater. Autumn is my favorite time of the year. Thank you for the opportunity to win this book.

  14. Cozy looking knits! I like Autumn – was married in October and is always a special time for DH & I. I enjoy the Fall colors in the trees & enjoy knitting during milder temperatures.

  16. We’re already into fall here in SF. Overcast almost all day for the last week. Great knitwear weather.

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Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use. 

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make. 

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!). 

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn. 

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart. 

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern. 

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.