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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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Knits for the Table for Thanksgiving and Beyond

As we get into the part of the year with a lot of food-forward holidays, it might be time to start thinking about knitting some new things for your table. While a few of these are more fall/Thanksgiving focused, just changing up the colors would make others work for Christmas, or keep it neutral and use them all year long. 

What got me started thinking about this was the lovely and simple Fresh Bread Dishtowel, a free pattern from Purl Soho. Worked in a lovely cotton and linen blend, the towel is mostly stockinette stitch with a bit of texture on the borders. 

You could use this same kind of pattern to make anything from placemats to a table runner, but let’s look at some specific patterns for those kinds of projects as well. 

The easy moss stitch table runner from Glass Bird Knits is beginner friendly can can easily be modified to fit your table (or, again, to make placemats instead of or in addition to a runner). This version is worked in macrame cord, but you could also use bulky yarn. 

Emielle Design has a garter stitch runner pattern that’s made with braided cotton cord for a lot of texture without a lot of work. But be sure to take a lot of breaks when knitting with cord because it can be rough on your hands!

I also love the diamond pattern on the Hamilton Table Runner from Wyndlestraw Designs. It calls for a DK weight cotton and linen blend yarn and comes in three sizes with different widths and lengths. The pattern has both written and charted instructions. 

Amy Marie’s Table Pumpkins (on Ravelry) is a fun mosaic knitting pattern that would be great to use as a table runner through the fall and for Thanksgiving. It uses a worsted weight cotton yarn in two colors, and you can make it as long as you like for your table. 

The no cable knit placemats from Yarn Culture Studio have a fun faux cable look that would be great for the table through the fall and winter. 

Or here’s another pattern from Wyndlestraw Designs, this time for an easy knit and purl stitch placemat pattern that looks different but still good on both sides. It calls for worsted weight cotton and comes in two sizes for placemats, but also has instructions for coasters, a hot pad and a table pad all using the same stitch.