Perfect Knitting Projects for a Wedding

When I got married I actually wasn’t doing that much knitting. I don’t intend to get married again, but if I ever did, you can bet there would be knitting crafts involved on a much bigger scale.

I mentioned the other day that my lacy mitts would be great for a wedding, but I wanted to offer some other options, too.

Check out this free knitted coat hanger cover pattern on our sister site here.

Knitted coat hangers are a lovely handmade gift for a bridal party, as it allows the bride to be to hang her delicate dress on a soft hanger to prevent her dress for having fold lines. Knitted coat hangers are perfect for cashmere sweaters and delicate fabrics too. You can even add some dried lavender for knitted fragrant clothes hangers.

Looking for more Bridal or wedding patterns? Check out these Knitting patterns on Etsy.

In the category of “requires almost as much commitment as getting married,” I offers you the wedding gown by Linda Daniels and Jill Montogmery. This dress is amazing, gorgeous, and though not exactly difficult since most of it is a gathered skirt worked in mohair yarn, it will still take a lot of time (and more than 7,500 yards of mohair) to knit.

Shawls are a great choice for weddings, for the bride, bridal party and anyone else, because bare shoulders and air conditioning don’t mix well. The Wedding Peacock from MMario is a spectacular choice for show-stopping piece, and the page on Ravelry shows it knit up a bunch of different ways, including the original circle, half circle and with beads.

The Posh Wedding Shrug by Cecily Glowick MacDonald is another great option that will knit up a lot quicker and keep your shoulders cozy throughout the ceremony and reception.

Other options for hand coverings include Lois S. Young’s Wedding Day Gloves, which have columns of eyelets running down the fingers and hand (free membership to Knitting Universe required to download) and the Wedding Belle Lace Gloves by Cathy Maguire for Lion Brand Yarn. These sweet little mitts are knit flat in ribbing with a lace pattern that goes across the front of the hand.

Lion Brand also has some great patterns by Nicky Epstein that are perfect for a wedding day, including a cummerbund and bow tie, a ring bearer’s pillow and a little bag for the bride.

Eloping by Abigail van Roode and Kristi Geraci is a sweet little lacy garter that was originally worked with handspun, but there are some great alternatives listed in the pattern.

Have you ever knit for a wedding? I’d love to hear what you made!

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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