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Knit a Field of Flowers in Your Knitting Projects

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I know it’s said April showers bring May flowers, but we already have plenty of flowers in bloom where I live, and it’s got me in the mood to knit some projects with flowers on them. Or at least talk about knitting projects with flowers on them, LOL. Let’s take a look. 

I love the bold, folk art flowers on the Harvest Flowers Sweater from Jessie Mead Designs. This project uses DK weight yarn and comes in nine sizes, with a fit range of 28 to 60 inches, or 71 to 152.5 cm. There’s 6-8 inches (15-20.5 cm) of ease built into the pattern, so the actual smallest finished circumference is 36 inches/91.5 cm. It uses four colors of yarn and has two chart options. The charts indicate where you should catch the long floats, which is super helpful for those with less colorwork knitting experience. Get the pattern on Ravelry. 

Another pretty floral sweater is the appropriately named Rosie Sweater from LE KNIT by Lene Holme Samsøe. This one uses a lace and a fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight (you could also just use a DK weight if you don’t want to use a mohair carryalong). It has six size options, with an actual chest circumference ranging from 40.5 to 63 inches, or 103 to 160 cm. It’s meant to have 7.75 to 12.25 inches, or 20-32 cm of positive ease. This one is also on Ravelry. 

Maybe you don’t feel like knitting a giant sweater right now (I know I don’t!). So how about a pretty floral cowl instead? This one, by Daphne Knits, is called the spring cowl, though you could make the flowers a different color if you want it to look a little less spring. You can make the pattern as a cowl, a double loop, a triple loop or a scarf. Either way it uses three colors of sock yarn and features a pretty lace edging. 

I also love this floral patchwork knit blanket from Yarnspirations. The Meadow Mosaic Knit Blanket calls for seven colors of super bulky yarn, but you can use as many or as few as you like. The flowers are actually worked in duplicate stitch so this is an easy knit (but admittedly has a lot of finishing work). If you wanted to make a little less work, make the squares in panels instead of knitting each one individually, and don’t put flowers on all the patches. 

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Pencil Knitting Patterns

Getting ready for back to school makes me think about pencil crafts, so let’s take a look at some pencil themed knitting patterns! 

I recently made a pencil on a circular knitting machine, and it was a fun, quick, easy project that uses little bits of leftover yarn (and if you don’t have yellow you can make it a colored pencil using whatever color’s your favorite). And if you want to make a bigger version check out this pattern from Orange Olive Road on Etsy.

If you want to knit a pencil pillow by hand, check out Sketchy, available on Ravelry from Shana S. Cohen. This one uses worsted weight yarn and has two size options and the choice to make a pencil with an eraser or a colored pencil. 

Pencil scarves seem to be the most popular kind of pencil knitting pattern, and there are lot of cute ones. This one from Cosy Craft UK mostly uses garter stitch, with some welts to add texture and what looks like an I-cord edging. It calls for DK weight yarn. 

If you want to go all garter stitch try this version from Emsley Co Creations, which uses five colors of DK weight yarn and just a little shaping to make the point of the pencil.

There’s also this fun, mostly stockinette so it looks like it curls a bit, pencil pattern that looks like it’s worked in chunky yarn from Little Knits Studio. This one uses just a little garter stitch and easy shaping for the point. 

If you don’t want a pencil scarf, how about some pencil socks? The No. 2 Pencil Socks from The Yarn Enabler are available from Ravelry and use five colors of sock yarn. They feature wide ribs to mimic the texture of a pencil and have options to be worked from the top down or the toe up. 

Needs Sharpening by Alexander Walker is a free pattern on Ravelry that uses five colors of sock yarn to make a sort of shortie sock. The little bit of black at the tips of the toes inspired the name. These, too, can be worked in either direction and are available in three sizes.