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Halloween Costumes to Knit for Your Cat

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In last week’s roundup of patterns for dogs, I promised I would share some Halloween knitting patterns for cats this week. While they might have been a little harder to find, they make up for it in cuteness, and how much it tends to annoy a cat when you dress it up in clothes.

Spindles and Spices wins the award for the best and largest number of cat knitting patterns that I can find anywhere. She has a whole series of international themed hats for cats, including:

 

Now I could have stopped looking right there and been pretty happy, but here are a few more options.

Why not a Harry Potter house scarf from GuenKnits? Or a knit bow tie from Channeling Madame Defarge? (Watch kitty carefully with things around his neck, of course.)

A witch hat? (That’s from Barbra Szabrowicz.) Or a cat’s mane? (Mer Almagro.)

And if you’re willing to pay for a pattern, which you should be with all this cuteness, Lindsey Smith also has a Santa hat, bear costume and frog costume for cats (and more for crocheters, so check those out, too, if you’re comfortable with that craft).

Have you ever or would you ever make a costume for your cat? I’d love to hear about it!

 

Looking for more things to Knit for Halloween? Check out these Halloween Knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

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  1. I’d make that lion’s mane in a heartbeat for our ginger boy…that is, if I think he’d put up with it!

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Add a Little Lace to Your Knitting Patterns

If you’re new to lace knitting or just aren’t sure how to incorporate the technique into garments, check out these tops and sweaters that use lace as a decorative element.

The easiest lace out there is eyelets, and you can practice them plenty with this eyelet covered sweater from Knitcro Addict. It uses light/DK weight yarn and is worked in four pieces knit flat. It’s intended to be a little cropped and a little oversized, and includes sizes XS to XXL in the pattern.

If you’re in parts of the world where it’s getting colder as you read this, the Nora sweater from Bummbul might be a good choice. This is actually a great one for learning lace because it’s worked in super bulky yarn, which makes it easier to see what you’re doing and makes the lace super graphic. This one just comes in one size, with a 42 inch (106) cm bust, but that could fit a variety of people depending on how much ease you like.

Minimi Knit Design has a cute allover lace cardigan worked in one piece from the bottom up. It’s worked in lace weight mohair held double, which maybe isn’t the best for those new to lace (because it can be hard to rip out) but it sure is pretty. Sizes range to fit from 30 to 66 inches/76 to 168 cm bust measurements.

If you’d rather not have lace all over your sweater, you can knit the Lumi sweater from Originally Lovely, which has a chevron lace pattern on the yoke and is otherwise worked in reverse stockinette stitch. (It’s worked inside out so you don’t have to purl every stitch.) The pattern has 9 sizes from XS to 5XL and uses worsted weight yarn.

Or try the super romantic sookie blouse from Trust the mojo (available on Ravelry). This sweet top is started working flat from the bottom up and has a V-neck and I-cord edgings. The sleeves are worked separately in the round, and the pieces are all joined together to work in one piece to finish off the top. It comes in eight sizes and is available in English and French.

You can also pair lacy sleeves with an otherwise plain top, like on the Starflower Wrap from Annelise Driscoll Gingrow. This intermediate pattern makes a wrap sweater with generous lacy sleeves and a double wrap belt. The pattern has nine sizes, from XS to 5XL, and is available for free from Hobbi.