Contemporary Mosaic Artists Meet in So Cal

I was fortunate enough to meet with a group of mosaic artists today for lunch. The meet up was organized by the founder of the web site for mosaic artists, CMA, Contemporary Mosaic Artists. I’ve mentioned the site on this blog before and think if you’re a dedicated mosaic artist this is a site for you to join. Pam Givens put all of this together, both the web site and the lunch today, and she does an amazing job of bringing together like minded people that share a passion for mosaic.

Todays group included a couple of the ladies that work for Piece by Piece, an organization that I have mentioned here quite a few times, Luz and Dawn. There was one of my favorite friends and glass goddesses around, Leigh Adams, who also works with Piece by Piece. There was a lovely couple, Azia and Louise, whose house in Santa Monica is a mosaic piece of art (that’s a whole other post!). The group was rounded out by Brian, Carole, Sue, Mary, who has a mosaic gallery right in my neighborhood, and Ginny, and of course, Pam. Everyone here will get a profile of their own…and I think a good time was had by all!!

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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