Aug 162 min read

Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 Knitting Trends

Summer break is over and it's time to start planning for fall knitting projects. And just like clockwork, DROPS opened the vote for their 2024/2025 fall and winter pattern collections. Here are the top 5 knitting trends you'll see in the upcoming months.

If the link doesn't work, it means voting is already over. Keep an eye on the DROPS website for the new patterns — they're released piecemeal over the coming months.

Euro Shoulder Conquers the World

In the European Shoulder construction the shoulder seam is shifted towards the back.

The shoulder construction known as the European, English tailored, or classic shoulder was already a big hit at the beginning of the year when I reviewed the top trends for spring and summer 2024. And the conquest of the European shoulder goes strong, with several designs employing this sweater construction style made popular by many modern Scandi designs, including PetiteKnit's Lyon Sweater.

Big Scandi Energy

Large colorwork designs are in vogue this fall.

Speaking of Scandinavian designs, this fall DROPS are leaning heavily on knits inspired by classic Norwegian ski sweaters. Gone are the round-yoke sweaters with colorwork on the upper body. Instead, they're replaced by sweater designs with large-scale motifs that cover the lower half of the body, often worked flat.

I've Got the Blues for You

Fall color palettes are usually a mix of muted earth tones in warm colors. But this time DROPS are flipping the tables completely: cold is the new hot.

Also hot: colorwork in a blue-and-white color palette.

A big proportion of the designs on the their next pattern collections are either solid blue or a mix of blue with white/cream/natural. Especially trendy are blue-on-white colorwork sweaters similar of Lene Holme Samsøe's Porcelain Sweater.

Marling & Mixing

Mixing colors to produce heathering and marling is very trendy.

Combining a solid color with a silk mohair yarn is nothing new: that trend has been going strong for nearly ten years now. But making a comeback this fall is marling: creating a heathered look by pairing two contrasting colors, such as a self-striping or self-patterning sock yarn with something solid. This trend can be seen both in garments and accessories.

Cowls and Dickies

The eighties called and they want their ski-trip gear back.

Balaclavas were super popular last winter. In 2025 it's dickie time… except they're now called collars or cowls for more street cred. These flappy accessories are sort of cut-off ponchos that cover only the upper body and often come with a funnel or turtleneck. In my childhood both balaclavas and dickies were embarrassing things your mom made you wear in the winter, now they're the height of fashion...

What's your favorite knitting trend for next fall and winter? Let me know in the comments!

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