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