Knit Up a Blooming Good Flower Beanie Hat

I haven’t done a great job lately bringing you whimsical knitting patterns because there’s just so much to talk about in the knitting world this time of year, but I wanted to share this amazing hat that could be your Halloween costume for next year or the hat you wear when you need to be reminded that warm, sunny days actually do exist.

The Bloom Where You Are Planted Hat by Ainur Berkimbayeva has two options for petals so you can make a sunflower or zinnia style hat. The part that covers your head is the center of the flower with the petals radiating out around your head. You can choose to do one or two layers of petals depending on how much yarn you have and how full you want your flower to be.

The pattern has four sizes, to fit a baby, child, small/medium adult and large adult, so you can cover the whole family with flowers if you want. It calls for worsted weight yarn, and you will need three colors for either version.

Ainur says the idea behind the hat is that we shouldn’t be postponing joy until some magical future time when everything is right, because that’s not a time that’s really going to come. We need to hold onto the little bits of happy we can find in our current lives, even if we have to make them for ourselves. And knitting this hat will definitely give you some happy.

This would, of course, be an adorable hat for a baby or little kid, but you should knit one for yourself, too, and shine like the radiant flower you are.

You can get the pattern on Ravelry, and because everyone should be able to enjoy a little knitting joy, there are discount codes available if you’re not able to pay full price.

[Photo: Ainur Berkimbayeva]

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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.

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