Autumn is here - 3 of my patterns are inspired by autumn

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I like knitting something new for every season, and there is no doubt autumn is the first real sweater season. In autumn you can wear your new sweater without a coat or a jacket over it and really show your beautiful handmade sweater to the world. After knitting for many years shelves in my wardrobe with sweater have become very well stuffed. I therefore like to knit smaller projects for every season as well. All my own knitting patterns are accessories, figurines, practical items or just smaller fin projects. Over the 3 years I have published my own patterns I have published 3 patterns inspired by autumn. I’ll give them a little chapter each with a link to the pattern on Ravelry, and remember my permanent store discount - if you have 4 patterns or more in your chart a 25% discount will appear. There’s no code needed, but it only activates when it’s 4 or more patterns in the chart.

My first published autumn inspired pattern was the Halloween figurines. I had so much fun creating these, but I found it very difficult to write this down. The pumpkin is very easy, the ghost has some more use of techniques, and the bat was the most difficult to write down. It’s only basic techniques, but it has a bit of shaping on the wings. All the figurines come in 3 sizes where the gauge is what makes them different in size. There are some more rows on the bigger ones, but all the techniques are the same. I have used my small figurines as autumn decoration on one of my house plants, and this year I added the two other pumpkins in the window as well. The link to this pattern is here.

My second autumn inspired pattern was published in October 2023 as well. This time I made 3 charts with autumn inspired motifs for potholders. I have had homemade potholders for my kitchen all my life. I made some myself many years ago and have been gifted some. After I started making my own design it was very important to me to make authentic items and publish patterns on items I will use myself. I have switched to my potholders with the leaves now after using a some with a summer color the last few months. The motifs are pumpkins (of course….), mushrooms and a larger leaf. You can use any cotton yarn on these, but it is very important that it is cotton so the item can be used as it is supposed to. Pure cotton can handle the heat, and when it’s stranded colorwork they also become thicker because of the strand that is carried and the strand that is knitted on every stitch. You can put some isolating fabric between them before closing. I have not done that with mine, but I am very used to using potholders like this. I have been using similar items all my life. They are knitted on needles 4 mm/ US 6 using double strand of thinner cotton yarn in each color, or one strand of thicker cotton yarn in each color. The whole piece is knitted din stranded colorwork and is finished/ closed with a crochet edge. The link to the pattern is here, and I have made a supporting video for the crochet edge.

My last autumn inspired pattern was published this year, and are my pattern for Reflex Tags. I got some reactions on the name - tag, what is that? I was thinking a lot about this name, and landed on tags. But it can be a chip, a mark, a patch or a charm. I have used items like this I plastic with a company name on made as an advertising item all my childhood on the finer outdoor wear. When we had our running-around-clothes on we used reflex vests. I live in the northern part of Norway, and it’s dark here all winter. These tags are perfect to put on a zipper on a jacket, on a bag strap or on a dog leash. They can also have a pin at the end to fasten it on the inside of a pocket so it can be taken out when needed. The garter stitch ones are super easy, the stockinette stitch requires some more techniques in the cast on and finishing, but they are very versatile in adding decoration. Knitting with the added reflecting thread was harder than knitting with the yarn that was made with reflecting thread in the skein. The link to this pattern is here.

I hope my three autumn patterns will inspire you to do some small knits in between the larger ones this autumn. And again - if you have 4 patterns or more in your chart a 25% discount will appear. There’s no code needed, but it only activates when it’s 4 or more patterns in the chart. My shop now has 24 different patterns in addition to my 6 free patterns. My RGB collection of accessories is also perfect for smaller knits for autumn and winter.

Happy knitting everyone, and I wish you a beautiful autumn!

Best regards,

Knit_tech - Aina