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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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Adorable Ghost Knitting Patterns

Adding a bit of knitting to your fall decor is a lot of fun, whether it’s knit pumpkins or a bunch of adorable knit ghosts like these.

Knit ghosts can be super simple like this free ghost knitting pattern from Trixie Zynch on Ravelry. Using about 50 yards of worsted weight yarn, they’re worked from the bottom up and are super cute as a pair. 

This fuzzy little ghost from Forest Knitting Toys is holding a pumpkin and wearing a witch hat, though of course the accessories are optional, as is the fuzzy yarn. The main yarn is chunky and the ghost measures about 10 cm/4 inches tall. It’s worked in the round. 

Another fuzzy ghost in more of a Pacman style is this ghost plushie form South Stitch Girls. It’s worked in the round with bulky yarn and includes a sweet little bow you can make in whatever color you like. 

The ghost doll from Edith Grace Designs has little arms and a curl at the top of its head. The body is worked flat using DK weight yarn and you could also work it in glow in the dark yarn for extra fun. The body and head are worked in one piece with the arms knit separately. 

The Grim Grinning Ghosts from Susan Claudino are super cute and you can knit them in any yarn and gauge you like to make ghosts of different sizes. These are worked in the round with the body done in one piece and the arms are knit separately. The ghosts shown were knit in sock yarn, DK and worsted weight yarn. You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Make a ghost with funny striped legs with this ghost shelf sitter design from Claire Fairall Designs. It’s worked in three colors of DK weight yarn, and the letters spelling out boo are made with strips of garter stitch sewn into shape.