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Fun Turkey Knitting Patterns

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Turkey is eaten a lot during the holiday season, but turkeys are also a fun thing to knit. These turkey toys are great to decorate the holiday table, make a fun wreath out of or just give to the kiddos to play with while they’re waiting for the real turkey to cook.

Speaking of real turkeys, this roast turkey Christmas dinner chocolate cover is so funny and cute! It comes with sides of carrots and sprouts, and was designed by Rebecca Roberts. You can get the pattern on Ravelry.

Wingman from Knit Click Shop on Etsy is another chocolate cover, though this one looks like a live turkey. If you don’t have a need to cover chocolate oranges, put him on top of a real orange or just stuff with stuffing.

This little turkey ornament is great to use as part of the place setting at the table, or you can make it an ornament for the tree. It comes from Handmade Mary Ellen on Etsy.

Tom Turkey from The Byrds Nest on Etsy uses a funky textured yarn to make his feathers that much more interesting, but of course you can use whatever yarn you have on hand. He’s also knit flat so he’s great for newer knitters.

The Knitting Gnome has an adorable Tim Turkey with cute little feathers that are all different colors. What a great way to use up tiny bits of yarn!

Nicola Riley has another turkey called Wingman, which is also knit flat and sewn together. It looks like he’s wearing an old-fashioned football helmet, too. You can grab this pattern on Ravelry.

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A Blanket Knitting Pattern Where Yarn Selection is Everything

Many times when I write these posts I will say something like “you can use any yarn you want” or “this would be a great stash-busting project.” That’s just how my mind works. And my stash, too, since I probably have sweater quantity of two or three yarns at most, but tons of singles and odd balls and leftovers.

Blankets are generally a really good way to use up those bits, but in this case, I think you’re going to want to plan it out a bit better.

Looking at photos of the Color Study Blanket from Purl Soho, it looks like it’s made with two yarns held together, and that block in the center is worked with one of each color from the adjoining sides to make a mixed up color.

But that’s not actually how it’s done. This is three separate colors (four, really, with the neutrals in the corners) chosen form a yarn with an expansive palette so they play off each other. The project calls for a worsted weight superwash wool, which is a great choice for a blanket that’s both warm and washable.

This pattern was originally designed by Laura Ferguson and was updated by Hiromi Glover. It is worked in one piece in garter stitch intarsia, which is a great way to learn the intarsia technique if you don’t already know it. It comes in crib or throw sizes.

Despite the introduction to this post, I am going to go ahead and say that, yes, of course you could do this blanket with scraps or odd balls or even just choose five colors that don’t blend together so easily. But I really do love the look of the color play, and I think it would be worth your time to find colors that play well together to get a similar effect.

This pattern is available for free from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]