Duck, Duck Knitting Patterns

I feel like I’m seeing ducks (and geese, which we’ll get to soon) everywhere lately, so let’s take a look at some cute duck knitting patterns.

If you want a mallard duck, we have to start with the adorable (and adorably named) Beneduck Cumberquack, which is from Knit for Victory. You can buy just the pattern or the kit, which includes DK yarn, needles, stuffing, beads and thread for the eyes, and a button badge.

The baby duck from Polushkabunny has mallard coloration, and a super cute flower on its head. This one is worked flat using sport weight yarn, and is available for free (email signup required). The pattern includes video tutorials to help with finishing.

How about a duck that’s more like a rubber duckie? J.G. Miller has the Duck Ahoy Duckie, which uses DK weight yarn and was designed as a rubber duckie to hide on a cruise. It’s available as a free download on Ravelry.

Frankie Brown’s ducks are sort of an elevated rubber duckie, because there’s a little more shaping and it has wings. It kind of looks like a pigeon to me, but maybe that’s because I now have Bert and Ernie on the brain. This one can be made in different sizes depending on the yarn weight you use, and it’s a free Ravelry download.

Or there are more realistic looking little ducklings, like this pattern from the always adorable Dot pebbles Knits. This fluffy little duck is worked flat and has minimal seaming as the pieces are joined as you knit. They actually have another version, too, both of which are super cute.

And because I find it hard to resist patterns of ducks wearing clothes, I also have to share the Duckweed Duckling pattern from Huggable Bears. These ducks are worked flat using DK weight yarn and include lots of accessory options such as hats, overalls, a little dress and umbrellas.

This is a project that kind of stopped me in my tracks when I saw it while scrolling Ravelry. It’s such a fun contrast of a semisolid color worked in stockinette stitch and a more tonal yarn worked in a feather and fan variation.

(See more about feather and fan in this post on my blog; I also have a feather and fan scarf if you want to practice.)

The Nitty Wrap from Renate Dziedataja is worked in fingering weight yarn from a Finnish mill, and the name is the Finnish word for meadow. You of course can use whatever yarn you have handy.

It’s even more interesting because the project is worked from one short end across to make a long rectangle, and the two different sections are joined using intarsia. Generally we think of intarsia as being used for colorwork, so this is a fun different use of it. The lace section is charted in the pattern but it’s pretty easy to follow.

And of course it’s totally optional but to add a little more interest and tie the two colors of yarn together the designer also added some embroidery along the short edges on the stockinette side. A drawing of what she did is included but you can also add different designs if you’d rather.

The shawl has I-cord edgings to give it a nice finished look that doesn’t take away from the organic simplicity of the design.

As shown, the shawl measures about 22.5 inches/57 cm wide and 59 inches/150 cm long. You can of course adjust this according to your preference, the amount of yarn you have and the gauge you are getting. Try a thicker yarn to make a wider shawl if you like.

This pattern is available in English and Latvian for free on Ravelry.

Photo: Renate Dziedataja

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