Knitting Patterns to Keep Your Head Roasty Toasty Warm

The leaves are turning, the temperature is dropping and it’s finally fireplace season. Nothing is more relaxing to me than sitting by the fire and knitting. Although I learned to knit as a child, I was never very good. Over the last few years I have worked on my knitting skills. I have knitted some simple hats, washcloths, fingerless gloves and small toys. All of this knitting has helped me to  become a more proficient knitter. I no longer have much issue with circular needles and I am familiar with various ways of increasing and decreasing, although I swear I end up pulling out 1/4 of my knitting to correct mistakes on each and every project.

This year as knitting came to mind and yarns called to me from the shelves of the local craft store I decided to try my hand at cable knitting. I have see friends make amazing things with cable knitted patterns, but I have stuck with simple things myself. My first adventure into cable knitting was this Star Crossed Slouchy Beret from Ravelry. It knitted up surprisingly quickly and was a great introduction to cable knitting.

This emboldened me and I took on a more adventurous cable knit hat for my husband. The pattern I chose was this Winter Beach Hat that I found over at Suemitch Loves to Knit. This pattern was a little more complicated and took quite a bit more time but I still finished it fairly quickly. I knitted this pattern with a nice rust colored yarn.

Now that I’m done those I plan on starting in on this  Trellis Inspired Beanie which I found over at Crisis of Praxis, with the remainder of my rust colored yarn. I have a couple of friends who have had babies lately and I’d love to give them a little something to help keep them warm as the air chills.

What are you planning on knitting up this fall?