Creepy Knit Spider Pattern

A friend of mine recently asked on Facebook if people decorate for fall first, then Halloween, then back to fall for Thanksgiving, or if they go straight into Halloween decor. The overwhelming answer was to start with Halloween decorations, so that must mean it’s time to start sharing some spooky season decor.

This knit spider designed by Revati Poole can hold the line between creepy and cute depending on the color yarn you use to knit it and how many eyes you give it. This one is worth checking out all the different projects on Ravelry to see how different people have made it. The ones with stripes are probably my favorite, but there’s a great fuzzy one, too.

The original uses chunky yarn but if you used thinner yarn and smaller needles you could make a whole arachnid family!

You can download the pattern for free from Ravelry.

Looking for more Knitted Halloween toys? Check these Halloween Toy Patterns out

I rarely understand why something becomes a trend in crafting. Gnomes and geese are both cute I guess, but I never thought we’d be making them for all seasons. (See, for example, this collection of gnome knitting patterns, or these knit geese.)

Another one I don’t totally understand is sardines or little fish more generally. Sure, they’re cute, and the shape is fun, but I had no idea when I was sharing this pattern for a fish-shaped pouch last year that it would become a hugely popular pattern that people are still searching for on the site. It is pretty cute, though, so if you weren’t around then or don’t remember you should got check it out.

Recently another fishy knitting pattern crossed my monitor: the little knit fish from Classical Songbird Designs.

Just as the name suggests, these fish are little, about 4.5 inches or 11 cm from end to end. They look like little sardines and take about 12 yards of sock yarn to make.

You can even make a two-tone fish and use just 6 yards of each color.

This sounds to me like just about the perfect use for the yarn that’s left over after knitting a pair of socks, or a mini skein or several that have been sitting around unused in your stash.

The fish are knit flat in one piece, which makes it easy to stitch on the eyes with more yarn or embroidery floss before stuffing, and you can stitch up the sides while you stuff (though it’s not a very big piece so you could probably stitch and then stuff, finishing with the end of the tail).

Because I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one wondering, I measured an Altoids box and as the pattern is written the fish are a little too big to fit in it (the box is about 4 inches/10 cm long). But you could make the fish a little smaller if you want to make a box of them. Or just make a fishy bag to put them in!

You can grab the free pattern for the little knit fish at Classical Songbird Designs.

[Photo: Classical Songbird Designs.]

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