YarnCraft Episode 125 :: 15+ Favorite Fall Accessory Patterns

11 Sep

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Celebrate the return of fall with fun and fashionable accessory patterns! Zontee and Michelle highlight some of their favorite new patterns from LionBrand.com, ranging from scarves with interesting stitch patterns to socks featuring colorwork.

Patterns discussed include:

We also share interviews with writer/illustrator/teacher Franklin Habit and designer/teacher Edie Eckman, recorded at Stitches Midwest last month. Be sure to check out Franklin’s Knitty column and newest Lion Brand column, as mentioned in the episode.

Then on Stash This: Ideas for Your Crafting Life, Zontee and Michelle share some of their favorite blogs, including Yarn Harlot, The Panopticon, Crazy Aunt Purl, Yarn-A-Go-Go, Purl Bee, Craft Test Dummies, and Craftzine. For more blog recommendations, visit this post and this one on the Lion Brand Notebook. Also, be sure to check out Zontee’s other pursuits at ZonteeHou.com.

In two weeks, join us for our next episode, featuring interviews from the Knit & Crochet Show, coming up this weekend! If you’re at the show, stop by the Lion Brand booth for exclusive savings–and to say hi to Zontee! As always, share your latest projects and pattern ideas with us–leave a message on the blog or email us at yarncraft [at] lionbrand [dot] com! You can also call in and leave a message at 774-452-YARN–that’s 774-452-9276. Direct Download (Right-click — Ctrl+click on Macs — and select save)

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00:10 Intro & welcome
01:13 What’s on Zontee & Michelle’s hooks & needles
04:43 Favorite Fall Accessories
19:56 Interview with Franklin Habit
25:59 Interview with Edie Eckman
29:13 Stash This: Ideas for Your Crafting Life
34:59 Thanks to our guests & listeners

  • Dee Bee

    Great podcast (as usual).  I just finished “half Moon Hat.” I used Wool Ease Thick and Quick in Snapdragon, fro my stash. It was a challenge to work on the DPNs, but it came out beautifully. For my next one, I think that I will use a size 10 1/2 or 11 for the first two or three rounds, and then finish the body of the hat in the 13. I’m also thinking of using a 16″ circ for the majority of the hat and the DPNs once there are fewer stitchs.

  • http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/ YarnCraft Podcast

    Sounds like a great hat! Thanks for sharing!

  • Stitchintime82

    I also knit the half moon hat in Rowan tumble cherry. I prefer to work with DPNs but it was tricky with a bulky yarn and bigger needle. It’s a great first slouchy hat. Just enough slouch to let me get comfortable with the style.

  • OlenaH.

    Hello,  I’d like to share a baby sweater I’ve made. I used the below patterns, and added a hood, then I sc around the edges and sc7 around the chains of the buttonholes. I’m making a matching hat =)
    http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bear-head-applique
    http://bellabambinaknits.blogspot.com/2008/03/cardigan-for-babies.html

  • OlenaH.

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  • http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/ YarnCraft Podcast

    Thanks for sharing! It’s always great to see what our listeners are working on.