New Twist Collective is Out

The spring/summer 2015 Twist Collective was just released, and if you’re looking for something fun to knit for spring or summer, this is a great place to start.

I love Placid, a cardigan by Amy Gunderson with eyelet panels along the sides and down the back; Anne Ginger’s Minthe, a zip-up cardigan with kangaroo-style pockets and welted details; the sleek, simple and pretty Celosia shell by Robin Melanson; Deirdre Lejeune’s pretty Goedita tank with a mandala-style floral motif on the back and picot edgings; and Fish Isle by Angela Hahn, an adorable kid’s sweater with fish swimming around the bottom.

There’s also a fun article on the history of the wool industry in the American west, a look at swatching drop-stitch patterns with different combinations of yarn (a drop-stitch shawl is one of the patterns in this issue), a meditation on the benefits of stash reduction, a look at the color red and lessons in provisional cast ons.

See anything you like? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Twist Collective.]

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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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