Which Pattern Won the Knitting Bracket Challenge?

After hundreds and hundreds of votes, the results are in. You have crowned the Mountain Sorrel Cowl by Tamy Gore as the winner and the 2025 Favorite Fall Accessory. Enjoy snagging this gorgeous cowl pattern for free through Sunday, November 23, 2025. Happy knitting!

Get the Winning Pattern

This Mountain Sorrel Cowl is the winning pattern of the 2025 fall accessory bracket.

About Round 2

We tallied over 550 votes from round one, and these were the four patterns you selected as the finalists. Now it’s time to cast your vote for the winning pattern. Round 2 starts today and runs through Sunday, November 16.

Note: Even if you voted in Round 1, please vote again to pick your favorite and then share with your friends so they can add their vote!

Help us crown the winner by visiting your favorite Farm & Fiber Knits pattern listed below and clicking on one of the reactions under “What do you think?” on the library pattern page.

Click any of the reactions to submit your vote.

Here is how round 2 works:

Round 2 (runs 11/10-11/16) – You will once again submit your vote by visiting the pattern page(s) in our library. Once there, click one of the reaction buttons to add your vote for that item. You can vote for as many as you’d like (but remember, we are trying to pick the fall favorite). The FINAL FOUR are:
We will announce the winner on Monday, November 17, and you can download that pattern for free for a limited time.

Vote now for your favorite project in the second and final round.

Help choose the 2025 favorite fall accessory—and get it free for a limited time! Photos by Gale Zucker

Introduction and About Round 1

Autumn is here, which means it’s time to dig out your favorite cool-weather accessories—think cozy hats and cowls, toasty socks, and warm mittens. To jump start your fall and/or holiday knitting, we’d like to offer our readers a free pattern for one full week this November. But first, we need your help in crowning the Farm & Fiber Knits 2025 Favorite Fall Accessory.

This will be played similar to how the brackets work for the annual NCAA college basketball tournament known as March Madness. In this “tournament” of favorite fall projects, eight patterns will compete for the 2025 Favorite Fall Accessory. Then, the winning pattern will be made available free to our audience for a one-week period starting November 17, 2025.

Here are a few more details (no purchase necessary, and anyone, anywhere can add their vote!):

Round 1 (runs 11/3-11/9) – Visit the pattern page in our library and click one of the reaction buttons to add your vote for that item. You can vote for as many as you’d like (but remember, we are trying to pick the fall favorite). Round 1 contenders:
11/10 – We will tally the round 1 votes and announce the four finalists.
Round 2 (runs 11/10-11/16) – Submit your vote among the finalists to help us crown the winner.
We will announce the winner on Monday, November 17, and you can score that pattern as a free download for a limited time!

Vote now for your favorite project in the first round.

And the contenders are:

Mountain Sorrel Cowl, by Tamy Gore
This cowl is knitted on the bias with a structured selvedge edge, then seamed to create a cowl that’s easy to wear and style. A garter-stitch base with slip-stitch panels and dropped stitches creates a light and cozy combination that is perfect for autumn or any time of the year.

Twisted-Stitch Cowl, by Meg Swansen
The three main motifs of these textured cowls are all taken from Twisted-Stitch Knitting by Maria Erlbacher, an Austrian knitter who wrote a series of booklets on the technique. The motifs are separated by a “filler” that may be expanded or reduced as desired.

Woodcutter Socks, by Rachel Coopey
Inspired by the hero of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale and reminiscent of tall, strong trees, these classic socks are knit with a luscious, naturally dyed organic Merino yarn.

Farmer’s Favorite Socks, by Debbie O’Neill
These comfy socks have a touch of colorwork and surprise cables running up the backs of the heels. Knit up in soft, lofty DK-weight wool, they fly off your needles—making them a good fit even for the sock-averse knitter.

Rustic Colorwork Cap, by Jen Geigley
In the countryside, on campus, or on the slopes, this beanie is a quick knit in worsted-weight yarn with clever crown shaping and a band of graphic colorwork. Plus, it would make a great teach-your-friend-to-knit colorwork project.

Montadale Beanie, by Benjamin Krudwig
The Montadale yarn in this hat is known for its soft, springy nature. Create the texture of the Montadale Beanie as you work in the round using simple combinations of knit and purl.

Mosaic Mitts, by Sandi Rosner
Using only one color at a time, you can create complex geometric colorwork with only slipped stitches and knit stitches. Knitting these mitts from side to side allows you to keep the palms and thumbs plain and simple, while showing off your mosaic patterning on the back of the hand

Columbia Mittens, by Star Athena
Wrapping the cable pattern around the heel of each hand is a quirky design element that makes these mittens interchangeable. When you press your hands together, as though holding a book open, the full motif appears.

Follow us on Instagram @FarmFiberKnits for updates to see if your picks have made it to the second round and then vote again! The winner will be crowned on Monday, November 17th so act fast!

Have fun playing along! And we hope this collection will inspire you to cast on a favorite accessory or two this fall.

Orginally published November 3, 2025, updated November 17, 2025.