Knitting Patterns – Knit Costumes for Halloween

After reading Knit Your Own Moustache I started thinking about different ways you can add knitting to costumes for Halloween or any occasion that might call for dressing up. And of course there are a lot of options out there.

Here are a few.

A crown is a great addition to a lot of different costumes. I have instructions for a custom-fit crown over at About; you can also find a cute felted one at Lion Brand Yarn’s website.

Knitty has been a great contributor to the knit costume world through the years. I have always loved the Hallowig by Meagan Reardon, and Jennifer Tallapaneni’s angel wings known as Allete are pretty gorgeous, too.

This kid’s chainmail hauberk is amazing, as is the knitting chain mail hood for men (that one’s a PDF, by the way). If you have a little geek in your family, you’ll want to check out the Baby Link outfit, which you could also see as a baby Robin Hood, I suppose.

More adorableness for little kids includes this knit ladybug pattern from DROPS and the knit lamb by Margot Stevens (Ravelry download). These sweet cat ears are pretty excellent, too, and kids will love them for dress up all year.

I cannot get over the vintage men’s bathing suit pattern translated by Vintage Purls (or the bravery of this male model!).

And sometimes you just need a quick little knit addition to make it’s own costume or to add to other stuff. For those instances I offer the Viking hat, brain slug, fu manchu, steampunk hat and witch hands. You’re welcome.

Looking for more Halloween Knitting patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

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Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal.

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles.

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges.

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to.

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]

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