Witches Hat Pattern for Halloween

Today I knitted up this little witches hat for the Halloween season which has so many possibilities... It can be used for a mobile, a little moblie of hats or just a hanging ornament somewhere, Halloween decor... Another nice idea is to use them as Halloween party invitations with the details attatched on a piece of card by string:) It's not too big, about 2.5 inches tall and you could make it bigger by doubling the pattern. Such a quick and easy little knit, it took me about 15 minutes from beginning to end:)

Materials:

Scraps of black yarn.
4mm / 6 US circular needles or 4 DPNs
Wool needle for sewing in the ends
Fleece if you want to stuff your hat, makes it look nice and full.

Pattern:

Cast on 30 stitches and join for knitting in the round with the magic loop technique or your DPNs.
Round 1: Knit
Round 2:(Knit 1, Knit 2 together) across the round. (20 stitches)
Round 3: Purl
Round 4: Knit 2 together across the round. (10 stitches)
Rounds 5 to 11: Knit
Round 12: Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 4, knit 2 together, knit 1. (8 stitches)
Rounds 13-15: Knit
Round 16: Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 1. (6 stitches)
Rounds 17-18: Knit
Round 19: Knit 1 knit 2 tog, knit 2 tog, knit 1. (4 stitches)
Round 20: Knit
Round 21: Knit 2 together, knit 2 together.

Break yarn and thread it through a wool needle and thread the needle through the remaining stitches and pull tight. Sew in all the ends.

You are finished!
Happy knitting:)

Please note this pattern is copy written and may not be used for commercial purposes, thank you.

Halloween Witches Broomstick Tutorial

This is such a quick and easy tutorial to make a minature witches broomstick for Halloween. They are lovely for mobiles, table place setting name tags, broomsticks or as a gift at a Halloween party etc...

Materials:
Stick
Long dry grass
Twine to wind around your stick
Scissors

Take a bunch of the grass and place it around the end of your twig.
Wind your twine around the grass to secure it to the stick.

Once you have wound it around securely, trim the ends with your scissors to neaten your broom.

Take care and Happy Halloween:)
xo
Linda

Halloween Lino Prints

I saw a lovely blog post over at Farmama this morning, where they have made beautiful prints. My girls were keen to give this a try, so we went searching for materials around our home. We had some polystyrene in a  box that our dehydrator was delivered in and we thought we would recycle it to make our prints. It worked really well too:)

Materials we used:
Polystyrene
Carving tools
Ink or paint
Ink roller to roll your ink / paint
Card
Craft knife to cut your polystyrene
Pencil

First we drew our picture onto our polystyrene in pencil.

Then we took our carving tools and carved out our picture along the lines.

Roll your roller in your ink making sure it is covered completely.

Roll your ink all over your carving.

Press your polystyrene onto the card firmly. And there is your print!

These are some other prints Jenna and Erin did today.

Perfect for birthday cards etc...
Happy Monday!
xo
Linda

Bat Knitting Pattern and Mobile for Halloween

It's pattern time again:) I have put together a simple little bat pattern and used all the little bats I knitted to make a mobile for Halloween. I have knitted the bats from side to side flat.

Materials:
Double knitting black yarn
4mm needles
wool needle to sew in ends

Pattern:
Cast on 2 stitches.
Knit 2 rows.
Row 3: Knit 1, increase into the front and back of the last stitch (3 stitches).
Row 4: Knit
Row 5: Knit 2, increase into the front and back of the last stitch (4 stitches).
Row 6: Knit
Row 7: Knit 3, increase into the front and back of the last stitch (5 stitches).
Row 8: Knit
Row 9: Increase 1 stitch, knit to end, increase 1 stitch on end. (7 stitches)
Row 10: Knit
Row 11: Knit across row, increase 1 stitch at the end of row. (8 stitches)
Row 12: Knit
Row 13: Knit 2 together, knit across row and increase 1 stitch on the end of row. (8 stitches)
Row 14: Knit.
Row 15: Increase 1 stitch, knit across row, knit 2 together on end. (8 stitches)
Row 16: Knit
Row 17: Knit 2 together, knit across, knit 2 together at end. (6 stitches)
Row 18: Knit
Row 19: Increase 1 stitch at the beginning and the end. (8 stitches)
Row 20: Knit
Row 21: Increase 1 stitch at the beginning and the end of the row. (10 stitches)
Row 22: Knit
Row 23: Knit across row, knit 2 together at end. (9 stitches)
Row 24: Knit
Row 25: Knit 2 together, knit across row, knit 2 together. (7 stitches)
Row 26: Knit
Row 27: Knit 2 together, knit to the end of row. (6 stitches)
Row 28: Knit
Row 29: Increase 1 stitch at the beginning and end of the row. (8 stitches)
Row 30: Knit
Row 31: Decrease 1 stitch, knit across, increase 1 stitch on the end of row. (8 stitches)
Row 32: Knit
Row 33: Increase 1 stitch at the beginning of row, knit, decrease 1 stitch at the end of the row. (8 stitches)
Row 34: Knit
Row 35: Knit across row, decrease 1 stitch at the end of the row. (7 stitches)
Row 36: Knit
Row 37: Decrease 1 stitch at the beginning and end of the row. (5 stitches)
Row 38: Knit
Row 39: Knit 3 stitches, knit 2 together. (4 stitches)
Row 40: Knit
Row 41: Knit 2 stitches, knit 2 together. (3 stitches)
Row 42: Knit
Row 43: Knit 1, knit 2 together. (2 stitches)
Row 44: Knit
Row 45: Knit
Bind off.

Finishing off:
Sew in all ends.

Halloween Mobile:
Materials:
Piece of drift wood or branch
Orange ribbon
Natural yarn
Scissors

Assemble as in the photo below...

Have an amazing day:)
xo
Linda

Please note, this pattern is for personal use only, and not for resale, items knitted from this pattern may not be sold for commercial purposes, thank you.

Knitted Pumpkin Pattern

Today I thought I would share with you, a little knitted pumpkin pattern which will be perfect for your nature tables for Autumn or for Halloween or kitchen play. They also really work well for decor in a bowl on your dining room table. If you would like to knit larger pumpkins, just double the pattern:)  It only takes about 10 minutes to put together one and you could make a few in a short space of time:)

Materials Needed:
Wool needle for sewing up
Circular needles
2 double pointed needles
Orange yarn for your pumpkin and green for your stem.
Fleece for stuffing

I have knitted this pumpkin using the magic loop technique.

Pattern:
With circular needles cast on 9 stitches.
Round 1: Knit the first round.
Round 2: Increase into every stitch in the second round, you will now have 18 stitches.
Round 3: Knit 1 round.
Round 4: Increase into each stitch in the 4th round, you will now have 36 stitches.
Round 5 to 9: Knit
Round 10: Knit 2 together all across the round.(18 stitches)
Round 11: Knit.
Round 12: Knit 2 together all across the round. (9 stitches)
Round 13: Knit.

Leaving a long thread, break yarn and thread onto a wool needle, thread your wool needle through your stitches, stuff and pull tight. Do not overstuff as this might make your pumpkin look too round, I understuffed my pumpkin and the convolutions of the pumpkin's skin showed up quite nicely. The wool I knitted him in was also a little on the chunky side and handspun and this worked quite well:)
 

Once you have closed the top opening of your pumpkin, take your needle, push down through your pumpkin, pull out on the other side and pull tight. This makes a depression on the top of your pumpkin. Sew tightly underneath.

Concave pumpkin top.

Pick up 2 stitches in the middle of the top of your pumpkin, attach your green thread and knit an I-cord for a stalk.

Sew in all your ends and you are finished, enjoy!!
xo
Linda

Please note, this pattern is for personal use only, and not for resale, items knitted from this pattern may not be sold for commercial purposes, thank you.