How to knit Autumn Leaves: Beech and Maple
How to knit Autumn Leaves? This is today’s free pattern!
I’m sharing how to knit them in two different shapes: Beech and Maple.
Why?
Well, because Autumn is my favorite season, and this year I would love to do an arrangement for my coffee table, using knitted leaves.
In fact, I tried to reproduce all the beautiful colors, combining sometimes two different tones at a time, to get this seasonal feeling. I think I’ll knit a couple of 3D pumpkins, to add to this Fall knitting project…
Honestly, they are easy and quick to do, just a couple of grams of yarn is all you’ll need, and it’s a free project: Use your stash, and the needles you have on hand.
The only thing required is a couple of dpn’s (Double Pointed Needles) or a Circular Needle, to do the I-Cord for the stalk (as we did when knitting the Baby Pumpkin Hat for Halloween).
However, we’ll be knitting flat, so no worries if you don’t know how to knit in the round.
So, grab your needles, and a little bit of yarn, and let’s get busy!
Abbreviations
CO: Cast on
RS: Right side of the work
WS: Wrong side
st: Stitch
K: Knit
P: Purl
k1tbl: Knit one stitch through the back loop
yo: Yarn over
ssk: slip one knitwise, slip the next, put both back onto the left-hand needle, and knit them together
k2tog: Knit two stitches together
k3tog: Knit three stitches together
p2tog: Purl two stitches together
sd: Single decrease (slip one stitch knitwise, knit the next, pass the stitch over)
BO: Bind off
Ok, let’s start with the easiest and fastest:
How to knit Autumn Leaves: Beech
How to knit the Stalk
To knit the I-Cord, CO 3 using the dpn’s or circular needle #ad
Row 1 (RS): Knit across
Row 2: Slide the stitches to the other tip of the needle and knit across.
Repeat row 2 until you have 12 rows in total.
How to knit the Leave shape
Row 1 (RS): K1, yo, k1tbl, yo, k1
Row 2 (and every WS row): P across
Row 3: K2, yo, k1tbl, yo, K2
Row 5: K3, yo, k1tbl, yo, K3
Row 7: K4, yo, k1tbl, yo, K4
Row 9: K5, yo, k1tbl, yo, K5
Row 11: K across
Rows 13, 15, 17, 19, and 21: ssk, knit to last two st, k2tog
Row 23: K3tog or sd.
How to knit Autumn Leaves: Maple
How to knit the Stalk
To knit the I-Cord, CO 3 using the dpn’s or circular needle #ad
Row 1 (RS): K across
Row 2: Slide the stitches to the other tip of the needle and knit across.
Repeat row 2 until you have 12 rows in total.
How to knit the Leave shape
Row 1 (RS): K1, yo, k1tbl, yo, k1
Row 2 (and every WS row): P across
Row 3: K2, yo, k1tbl, yo, K2
Row 5: K3, yo, k1tbl, yo, K3
Row 7: K4, yo, k1tbl, yo, K4
Row 9: K5, yo, k1tbl, yo, K5
Row 11: K6, yo, k1tbl, yo, K6
Row 13: K7, yo, k1tbl, yo, K7
Row 15: K8, yo, k1tbl, yo, K8
Row 16: BO 5 st purlwise, purl across
Row 17: BO 5 st knitwise, purl across, p2tog
Rows 19 and 21: ssk, knit across, k2tog
Row 23: k3tog or sd.
And that’s it! Your leaves are finished!
Enjoy 🙂
Happy Autumn and Happy Knitting…
xoxo
Carolina – So Woolly
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