Funny Videos and More About Knitting

It must be winter coming on, because it seems like I’ve been hearing about a lot of new humorous videos and websites with knitting as a theme. In case you’ve missed some, here’s a roundup of some of my favorites.

FedEx has a new commercial about its One Rate shipping, featuring a stitchy grandma (who seems to both knit and crochet, and of course the terms are confused in the commercial) who has made a cozy for everything in her daughter’s house.

I hope you have already seen the awesomeness that is swants (aka sweater pants), devised by the great Stephen West. If you want to make your own, there’s a tutorial on his website.

If you’re thinking about holiday knitting again, you might want to check out Holiday Knitting Explained in Gifs from Knit York City. Pretty much sums up what we knitters go through. Every. Year.

And finally, clearly these are not all handknit, but you’ve got to love a gallery of photos of animals wearing sweaters. Really. You have to.

Hope this brightens your day! Have any knitting humor to pass along? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via West Knits.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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