Why Not Knit Some Halloween Ornaments?

We all know about knitting Christmas balls, but what about knit Halloween balls?

Yes, some people really do put up a tree for Halloween, but even if you don’t, these would make a cute garland or they’d look great in a bowl on the table or something.

Susann Hajjar designed these free color charts with the Julekuler generator and they don’t have written patterns, just the charts. But you can see from the chart that you would start with 12 stitches, increase every other round 7 times, then work straight for a certain number of rounds until you decrease down again in the same fashion.

Here are links to all her charts, which are downloadble PDFs on Ravelry in English or German:

These are so cute, and all but the bat and the witch use just two colors, so they’re pretty easy to knit, too, if you’re comfortable working in the round, reading charts and doing stranded colorwork.

If anyone knits these I’d love to see them!

[Photo by Susann Hajjar via Ravelry.]

Looking for more things to Knit for Halloween? Check out these Halloween Knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

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As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells, so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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