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What Knitting Looks Like in Stock Photography

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What knitting looks like in stock photographyLots of websites use stock photography to jazz up their sites without having to pay a photographer, but there are a lot of problem pictures out there for people who are really in the know. And sometimes even for people who aren’t.

BuzzFeed recently combed through the archives of some stock photography sites and found some really, really awful pictures related to knitting.

They show people knitting while scantily clad (which, you know, I do all the time), a man utterly confused by his knitting (of course), people holding and laughing at yarn balls, and all sorts of other nonsense.

But I think the one pictured above (which originally came from ThinkStock) is my favorite. So, she’s supposedly knitting the hat she’s wearing, even though that would not be possible. I’m also not even sure how they made the hat look like that, with one side unraveled.

Take a look and let me know your favorite of these stunningly bad pictures!

[Photo via BuzzFeed.]

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  2. At least the knitting is knitting, not crochet. It’s ridiculous how often the two are mislabled, not just by the muggles – which we expect to happen – but by retailers and people in the fashion industry.

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Beyond Basic Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

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.