Colorwork Knits for Spooky Season

September 21, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

I guess technically these are all Halloween knitting patterns, but they are really designs that you can knit and use and enjoy all fall long. From keeping your hands and your coffee cozy to making your couch cute, these designs are easy and fun to have on hand throughout spooky season.

Speaking of Halloween coffee cozies, I know I’ve shared this one a few times through the years but I can’t help but shout out my own Halloween coffee cup cozy (which you can also find on Ravelry, where you can see all the cute faces different people have given theirs). I’m thinking of doing more of these for different holidays (finally) so if there’s something you’d like to see let me know!

The Autumn Doodle Cup Cozy pattern from Jamie Lomax on Ravelry is a little classier than mine, and a fun way to use up some leftovers from other projects. It uses DK weight yarn and has options for stitching pumpkins, bats or ghosts on the design.

Or keep it simple black and orange with the Spooky Love Mug Cozy from Elisha Costa (My Comforting Crafts on Etsy). This one uses worsted weight yarn and has a coordinating hat pattern, too, if you’ve ever dreamed of matching your coffee. I haven’t but you know that would be a perfect look for the corn maze.

Moving on to mitts for you, these super cute Spooky Season Mittens by Anna Henriksson on Ravelry are covered in mini motifs for pumpkins, witch hats, ghosts and cauldrons. They come in one size and use super fine yarn to help get all those details.

And if you’re a fan of Hocus Pocus, you’re going to want to knit this spooky seasonal pillow from While They Dream on Etsy. In addition to the bold lettering it’s adorned with a cat, bat and a couple of spiders. It’s worked in two pieces in worsted weight yarn so you can use intarsia for the colorwork.

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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