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Cute Little Turkeys to Knit

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These cute Thanksgiving turkey knitting patterns are a fun way to use up leftover yarn while creating handmade decorations, seasonal toys and thoughtful fall gifts. From tiny knitted turkeys and felted designs to plump Thanksgiving table decorations, each pattern has its own quirky personality. Add one to your autumn mantel, use it as part of a Thanksgiving centerpiece or knit a cheerful turkey for a child to enjoy during the holiday season.

These small turkey knitting projects are also ideal for using yarn scraps in warm shades of brown, rust, red, orange and gold. Whether you are looking for a quick Thanksgiving knitting pattern or simply want to make something playful between larger projects, this collection is full of charming ideas to inspire your next cast-on.

If you want something a little whimsical to put on your Thanksgiving table or just a fun little fall-themed toy for the kids to play with, check out these adorable free turkey knitting patterns.

Susan B. Anderson designed a turkey for Spud & Chloe that is completely cute.

Kirsten Hipsky made a really wee turkey out of Valley Yarns Northampton for WEBS.

Anita Wheeless from the blog Mummble-Jummble2 designed a felted turkey with a pilgrim hat that is just a little bit irresistible.

Available as a free Ravelry download, Otto the Turkey from Ruth Homrighaus is a great scrap project that uses bulky yarn for the body and is also mostly felted.

Would you ever knit a turkey? I’m kind of considering it now.

Looking for Thanksgiving projects to knit? Check out these patterns we found on Etsy.

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Easy Knit Baskets to Use All Your Stash

For the past few years I’ve taken part in a Christmas in July blog hop that encourages people to get a jump on their making for holiday gifts. 

I love to use yarn I already have for these projects in the hope that people will consider what they already have that they can use to make projects for themselves or to give as gifts. 

This year it was a couple of knit baskets made using partial balls of yarn left in my stash from other projects. 

They use the same basic pattern but the first one is made with two colors of bulky yarn, and the second used two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, which made the gauge about the same, but I cast on fewer stitches to make a smaller version. 

The bottom of the basket is square, though you can make them rectangular if you’d rather. Then I just knit up the sides in rounds until I was about to run out of yarn. This gave both baskets rather short sides — maybe more like a tray than a basket — but you can keep knitting as long as you like to make the sides of your basket as tall as you want. 

They’re worked in seed stitch, which keeps the edges from curling and adds a nice texture to the baskets.

Of course this also allows you to use even more odd balls from your stash. I’d love to make a big one someday combining lots of different yarn. I mean, I’d probably use it to store more yarn, but that’s a fine thing to do. 

As it is, these little trays are great for sitting on your desk or bedside table to hold little things that always seem to appear there. I like to use one to hold the supplies for whatever project I’m working on, things like little scissors, my tape measure, a crochet hook, etc.

And they would make good gifts on their own or as a container to hold some other goodies if you like. 

You can find the free pattern for these stash busting baskets over at Our Daily Craft.