Decorate Your Home with Spring Flowers

In the past I have shared with you a lot of ideas for knit flowers, and I thought it might be fun this year to look at patterns that include flowers that you can use all over the home.

OK, the flowers on this one are technically crocheted. But the pillow itself — from Better Homes and Gardens — is knit, and it’s really just too lovely to pass up. The crochet involved is simple, or choose a knit flower to add to the pillow instead.

This knit floral tea cosy from Justjen Knits and Stitches is so adorable I want to knit it even though I don’t ever use tea cozies. It looks like a knit garden, complete with little insect buttons for extra cuteness. She has another version that is just done with flowers that would be a great stash-buster, too.

Whimsical Knitting Designs has a nice flower-shaped washcloth, and the semi-famous almost-lost washcloth by Simply Notable has a bit of a flower shape as well.

Lorna Miser has designer a pretty flower pillow that’s offered as a free pattern from Brown Sheep; I know a little girl who would love this one!

And for slightly more whimsical choices, check out Frankie Brown’s posy flower ball and the flowering cactus pattern from Alice Buerkle (it’s actually a TP cover!).

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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