Easter Sock Knitting Patterns

Looking to knit something for Easter that’s totally different from your traditional baskets and eggs? Why not knit some Easter socks? Of course bunnies don’t have to be for Easter; these are all socks you can wear all spring long and beyond, but would be especially fun around Easter.

I love these multicolored bunny socks from Naehbenwirkung on Etsy. The yarn does most of the work but the designer says they are for more experienced sock knitters because there are no tutorials included. The pattern, which is for a single size, is charted and available in English and German.

Renarde Endormie‘s spring rabbit socks are also cute and would be a great little stash buster as they are shown using four colors of yarn. The socks include stripes, stranded colorwork and contrasting heels, toes and cuffs (here shown in two different colors but you could make them all match if you’d rather. The pattern comes in three sizes.

I love the bunny on the Bunny Wishes socks from Grey Owl Knits By Sarah. It looks like it just hopped off an ancient tapestry. These socks are worked in two colors from the cuff down and using different needle sizes to accommodate the colorwork. I think this one is one size.

If you like shortie socks and lots of whimsy, stitch up the Bunny Got Back socks by Amy Gunderson for Universal Yarn. These sweet socks have a row of bunnies around the foot and a bunny tail pompom on the back. The pattern is free and comes in one size.

Use reverse stockinette stitch on a stockinette stitch background to make the bunnies on these socks from Nicloa Susen (available in German and English on Ravelry). They use a single color of yarn and are worked from the top down with a chart for the rabbits. The pattern comes in 5 sizes.

Another one in English and German (and also on Ravelry) is Spring Socks with Bunny (or Frühlingssocken mit Hase) from Tanja Steinbach. These sweet socks have a bunny peeking up from the toe end of the socks. The pattern page shows this done both with colorwork and reverse stockinette stitch, so you can take your pick. The pattern includes three designs in English: the bunny socks, a colorwork sock with circles in squares, and a striped sock.

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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