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Cat Knitting Patterns

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I almost titled this “knitting patterns for cats” but the projects shared here make cats, they aren’t strictly for your cats. Unless you turn them into cat toys, which is entirely your business.

If you have a tiny bit of DK weight yarn (though of course you can use other weights to make other sizes) and a few minutes to spare you can make a mini cat with this free pattern from Ravelry. Designed by a person cleverly named A knitter, this pattern takes about 20 yards or 18 meters of yarn, and you can make them any color you like. It calls for tiny doll eyes, but you can embroider the eyes just like you do the whiskers if you want.

The tiny car in a life preserver pattern from Anna Hrachovec is another cute and quick pattern that would be great to stitch up as a gift for the cat lover in your life. It’s made with 20-30 yards (18-27 meters) of fingering weight yarn, and of course you could knit the kitty without the life preserver but I don’t know why you’d want to resist its cuteness. You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

Getting a little bigger but still very cute in a different way, we have these pocket buddies from French Lavender Home on Etsy. The pattern uses worsted weight yarn and you can change up the colors and details to make them look like cats, dogs, foxes, bears… They’re worked flat and the little sweaters are part of the body, but there’s also an optional hat that’s worked separately. This is a great little skill building project because it includes duplicate stitch, stranded knitting and cables, depending on how you style the sweaters.

Gathered has an adorable cat knitting pattern that includes a little pair of overalls. There are different coloring options so you can make one to match your pet, or just use the yarn you have on hand. It calls for DK weight yarn and was designed by Sophie Jordan for Simply Knitting magazine.

Ginger and Smudge are sweet pudgy cats designed by Fluff and Fuzz. They’re shown striped but you could make them solid if you prefer, or add some duplicate stitch to the face to match your feline friend. These are worked with DK weight yarn and stitches flat for ease of knitting.

If you’re looking for the purr-fect knit cat, though, it might be these from Dot Pebbles. They’re worked with mohair blend yarns for the pettable fuzz factor, and they’re worked flat but joined as you go to make an interesting knit. And who can resist those little faces?

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Beyond Basic Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

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.