Book Review – 20 to Knit: Tiny Christmas Toys to Knit

“20 to Knit: Tiny Christmas Toys to Knit (Twenty to Make)” by Sachiyo Ishii is a must-have guide for knitters who love Christmas! The book contains 20 patterns for gorgeous, quick, and easy tiny Christmas toys that are perfect for knitters of all abilities. The projects are accompanied by clear, easy-to-follow patterns and fun photography, making it easy for knitters to follow along and create their own Christmas toys.

The book starts with a useful page of basic techniques, including making up, stuffing, and simple, decorative surface stitching. This is perfect for those who are new to knitting or need a refresher on the basics. The projects in the book range from a polar bear, angel, penguin, and robin to a Christmas pudding, bauble, snowman, and Santa with his sack, and many more cute and quirky Christmas ideas, all bursting with character.

All the projects are beautifully made, exquisitely designed, and very easy to make. They make perfect gifts and will delight young and old alike. Whether you’re knitting for your own family or as a gift for someone else, these tiny Christmas toys will be cherished for years to come.

“20 to Knit: Tiny Christmas Toys to Knit (Twenty to Make)“ is a great guide for knitters who want to make their own Christmas decorations and gifts. The patterns are easy to follow and the finished products are adorable and charming. This book is perfect for knitters of all levels and will provide hours of crafting fun during the holiday season.

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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