Cozy fingerless mitts

A definite fall favorite for me is a pair of hand knit fingerless mitts. The crisp air and gorgeous colors in nature make me want to be out and about, near and far, and woolly mitts are just the thing to keep me warm. Secret Grove is wonderfully textured pattern with a secret grove hidden within that is more or less visible, based on your yarn choice.

I used Tuskenknits Brae (sadly discontinued) in Love Struck Baby to knit my pair. Tuskenknits has another BFL base, called Bracken, that you can substitute with. But any fingering weight yarn with good stitch definition will work! You need 220 m / 240 yds to knit a pair. There’s only one size, but the stitch pattern is quite stretchy so it will fit a variety of hand sizes.

A warm hat for autumn

With the approaching cooler seasons, I felt it was time to show some love to another older pattern of mine. Even if it is too warm to wear a cabled hat one now, it’s the perfect time to knit one, right?

The Hilltop hat begins with a familiar rib in the round, but takes a road less travelled to get to the top. The body of the hat is formed by a cable panel that’s knit sideways on to the rib. Then stitches are picked up for the crown, which is again knit in the round.

The pattern has now been updated into the new layout and I got new photos to boot!

Colorwork socks for fall

A knitter’s way of storing summer flowers for years to come is – of course – to knit them in everyday items like socks. This way you can preserve the beautiful blooms to bring floral joy year-round. Knit them for yourself or give as lovely handknit gifts. And the best part about the knitted Pressed Flowers? You can make them in any season, no need to wait for fresh blooms. Just pick two colorways that have enough contrast in them and cast on!

In addition to the big, beautiful flower motif, Pressed Flowers has simple colorwork bands and a contrasting cuff and toe. Besides the ribbed cuff, these socks are knit in stockinette stitch, and worked in sport weight yarn, so they knit up surprisingly quickly.

Garden Delights pattern club

Welcome to the first Lina Knits pattern club, Garden Delights! As delicious as their baked counterparts, all patterns in the Garden Delights club are full of summer fun. They are easy to knit and easy to wear. All designs use just one skein of fingering weight yarn.

The club contains three single skein shawls, released one at a time, on the 15th of June, July and August. All the patterns are exclusive to the club for the duration of the club. You can join at any time from today until the end of August.

The first pattern: Cherry Cake

The deep, dark red cherries speak of warm days. A baker has to be speedy in picking them, as the birds love the berries, too. Just as its baked counterpart, the Cherry Cake shawl is traditional and full of summer fun. 
 
Cherry Cake has an elongated triangle shape. The eyelet patterns in this one-skein shawl maximize the yardage and bring lightness to the fabric. The two halves of the shawl aren’t exact mirror images, bringing a bit of whimsy to the design.

Scrap yarn shawl

Memory Keeper’s Shawl was born out of a desire to knit all of my scrap yarn left over from other projects into a beautiful and meaningful project. I wanted the focus to be on the yarns, on the memories. And I wanted the knitting to be relaxing. I also wanted the design to be somewhat adaptable to different yardages and individual yarn consumption due to slightly different gauges.

The result is Memory Keeper’s Shawl. Easy to knit, this shawl is perfect for picking up here and there when new scraps appear. Or sit down for some relaxing TV knitting with your bag or jar of those precious left-overs and knit all at once.

Your first pair of lace socks, that sweater you knit for your first born, that yarn you got while on holiday. All the memories, all the moments. Knit them all into this shawl and create a fiber scrapbook of your memories. Using a neutral color as a second yarn throughout the shawl creates a cohesive, calming look to the whole shawl so you don’t have to worry about the skeins matching. This shawl will look like you, like the projects you’ve knit in the past.