Spooky Free Halloween Patterns from Lily

Lily is known for being the maker of Sugar’n Cream, which is probably most popularly used for things like dishcloths and washcloths.

But that’s not the only thing you can use it for, as some recently released free patterns from the company illustrate.

The Hagar and Helga (link goes to a PDF) hats are Viking-inspired hats that are perfect for Halloween costumes for your little ones. Hagar comes complete with a mustache and beard, while Helga has long braids. Both have helmets with horns.

Of course you can still make Halloween-themed dishcloths while you’re at it: they have a really cute one that looks like candy corn (what is with all the knit candy corn?) and is worked in Seed Stitch (that one’s a PDF, too).

[Photo by Lily.]

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

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I happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, but I know we have a lot of Southern Hemisphere friends, too, who are heading into the cooler months as we are warming up. Whichever one of the seasons you’re in, you might want to stitch up this sweet little hood.

This pattern by saskie&co is called snug hood and it uses two colors of yarn to make a close-fitting pixie style hood (almost a balaclava but it doesn’t cover your face, though there is a neck covering portion to keep you a little warmer). You can use the fingering weight wool and mohair held together that are called for in the pattern, or use a single strand of DK weight yarn.

The neck portion and the edging around the face are worked in ribbing in a single color, while the body of the hat includes an allover colorwork flower pattern. The project is worked both flat and in the round and there is colorwork that is knit flat, which means you’ll have to purl in colorwork (which some people don’t like; also, you can’t see what you’re doing as well on the back of the work).

The pattern comes in one size and the colorwork is charted. Testers noted this is a quick and easy project and a great way to learn some new skills (chart reading, working stranded colorwork flat) if you’ve never tried those things before. They noted the hood is cute, comfortable and warm, and a few said it didn’t take as much yarn as the pattern suggests, so bear that in mind if you’re trying to use stash.

Speaking of the pattern notes, check out all the cute color variations in the projects on Ravelry. From pink and red to blue and white to gray and cream, there are lots of great options to think about.

You can buy this pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: saskie&co]

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