Keep Someone’s Legs Warm with Reversible Boot Cuffs

I love knit boot cuffs. They’re a simple way to add a bit more knitting to an outfit, and they serve a purpose: filling the gap between your leg and your boot, if there is one, or keeping your leg warmer even if there isn’t.

These reversible boot cuffs from Everyday Art are extra fun because they’re worked with two different yarns, so all you have to do is flip them over for a different look.

The original uses two rather neutral shades of yarn, but you could make yours funky by using brighter colors or combining a neutral with something more fun. They have ribbing on each end and the center section is Stockinette, but only the ribbing shows in whichever color you want highlighted that day. Super cute.

You’ll probably guess that I’m going to say this would be a great, quick knit for the fashionista in your life, or for you if you’re planning to wear boots to any holiday parties.

[Photo via Everyday Art.]

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.

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