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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