Gorgeous Wedding Knits to Inspire You

It’s just about time for my 14th wedding anniversary, and we’re heading into wedding season, so I thought it might be fun to look at some projects that are perfect for weddings and other fancy occasions.

Which of course needs to start with the Wedding Gown originally published in Interweave Knits back in 2003 that’s now available as a PDF. This dress is totally amazing and would be great for any fancy occasion knit in a different color (or still in white, why not?). This dress will give you major wedding goals. (And makes me a little sad I wasn’t really knitting when I got married.)

If you’re not up for knitting a whole dress but do want some knit gloves, this pattern from Knitting Universe is lovely (valid account required).

Scarves and shawls are super popular accessories for wearing with wedding dresses (or for wedding guests, for that matter). The Beaded Wedding Scarf from Knitwerks is a beauty with beads worked in for extra sparkle. If you’re looking for something really ambitious, the Wedding Peacock from MMario is a stunner (shown in blue here so you can see the detail a little better).

The Echo Flower Shawl from Jenny Johnson Johnen is another gorgeous one for bride or anyone else (shown here in gold); it’s inspired by Estonian lace shawls. And the Beginner’s Wedding Shawl from Nina Stein is a great introduction to knitting a circular lace shawl that would be a lovely present to a bride-to-be.

A knit garter would be a pretty quick and easy project, and I love this one from Diane Willett and this one from Pilar R. Mendez (scroll down for a link to the pattern in English).

And don’t forget the ring bearer’s pillow! This cute one from Red Heart uses just a band of lace, so you could adapt it to use a lace pattern you love.

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Linen stitch is one of my favorite knitting stitch patterns that, every time I use it in a project, I think about how I don’t use it often enough.

It’s an easy stitch to make, with slip stitches done with the yarn held to the front of the work on the right/front side and to the back on the wrong/back side, which makes the strand of yarn a visible part of the pattern.

It also makes a fabric that is thick and looks kind of like a woven fabric.

I recently used linen stitch to make a double-thick pot holder, which I worked in a kind of interesting way. I didn’t want to have to do any sewing on the project, so I started it from a crochet cast on and picked up stitches from the side of the cast on to make the hot pad all in one piece in the round with the edge sealed.

This requires working on two circular needles, which is another technique I don’t use that often and am always reminded how much I like it when I do.

The combination of double thickness and the stitch pattern makes for a hot pad that’s already pretty thick, but I also added a bit of old towel to the inside before I closed up the end to make it super thick and extra protective for your surfaces.

I found the engineering challenge of this construction method to be a lot of fun, but you could also just knit it as a tube (casting on twice as many stitches as I did) and sew up the ends by hand when the knitting is done. Either way you’ve got a useful and pretty addition to your kitchen, whether you work it in a solid color, stripes or as a stash busting project will all your cotton odd balls.

You can grab the pattern over at Our Daily Craft, or check it out on Ravelry.

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