Pumpkin Candle Holder

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As the fall season approaches, many people begin to think about how they can decorate their homes to create a cozy and inviting atmosphere. With the arrival of Halloween and Thanksgiving, pumpkins are a popular choice for fall decor, and there are countless ways to incorporate them into your home. One easy and fun way to do this is by creating your own pumpkin candle holders.

Pumpkin candle holders are a festive and charming decoration that can add warmth and coziness to any room in your home. They are the perfect DIY project for those who love to get creative and enjoy the fall season. Whether you choose to use real or fake pumpkins, these candle holders are a simple and affordable way to bring the spirit of autumn into your home.

To make your own pumpkin candle holders, you will need a few basic supplies, including pumpkins (real or fake), a carving knife or other cutting tool, and tea lights or votive candles. You can also use paint, glitter, or other decorative elements to add a personalized touch to your candle holders.

If you choose to use real pumpkins, you will need to cut off the top and scoop out the seeds and flesh. For fake pumpkins, you can simply use a knife or cutting tool to carve a hole in the top. Then, place your tea light or votive candle inside the pumpkin, and light it up to create a warm and inviting glow.

These pumpkin candle holders are perfect for a cozy night in, a festive Thanksgiving table, or even as a gift for a friend or family member.

You can use real or fake pumpkins.

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Knit a colorwork hat inspired by every state in the United States with Knitting the U.S.A. by Nancy Bates. Like her previous book of hats inspired by US national parks, this book includes a colorful hat design for every state.

The book opens with a very brief section on the basics (which is about choosing colors, gauge, picking a cast on method, using duplicate stitch and blocking). A few more techniques are explored at the back of the book, but this is a book that assumes you know how to knit, read a chart and work colorwork knitting.

Patterns are arranged by geographical location with no clear organization within the sections (not alphabetical, geographical, by date admitted to the Union, etc.). That may only annoy me, but it did so now you know.

Each state has an image like a postcard showing what inspired the hat (snow-capped trees for North Dakota, a grassy field of horses for Kentucky, a racoon for New Jersey to name a few) and a few paragraphs about iconic things and experiences in that state (Massachusetts has a lot of bricks, South Carolina lots of food).

A list of the colors used in the pattern is given, as well as needles, notions and gauge. All the designs say they fit an average adult head and are meant to come out around 20.25 inches or 51.5 cm around.

There is a little bit of written instruction for each hat, and the colorwork is given as a chart. Hats are worked from the bottom up and feature ribbing along the bottom.

The patterns are cute and colorful, though as with any big book like this lots of designs could cover lots of states. Arkansas for instance (since I’m from there I always have to bring it up!) has a sort of textured, not quite chevron design worked in three colors to highlight our hills and forests. It’s pretty but you’d never know it was supposed to represent any state, particularly Arkansas.

Still, these hats are fun and if your state is more distinctive (or even if it isn’t) you might want to knit your state or the hat from your favorite place to travel or where you were born or where someone is moving and have fun knitting your way across America in hats.

About the book: 232 pages, hardcover, 50 patterns. Published 2025 by Weldon Owen. Suggested retail price $32.50.

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