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Holiday Garland Knitting Patterns

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This is a post that was inspired by something I found when I was looking for something else.

I found this adorable Christmas tree light knit garland from Just Janine Treasures on Etsy and I knew I had to share it. This would be a fun way to use all the leftovers from your projects through the year, or stitch it up in rainbow colors as shown. These use DK weight yarn, but you can use different weights as you like to make different sizes of bulbs.

Seeing this fun project prompted to look for other holiday garland knitting patterns, so let’s check them out!

This one wouldn’t have to be a garland, but I love the Santa’s laundry line pattern from Eleonore von Castelmur, which is free to download on Ravelry. It uses superfine yarn and includes a little coat, longjohns, hat, mittens, pants, socks, scarf and boots. Knit the whole set or just a few pieces as you like.

This pretty holly knitting pattern would be cute as a garland or a decoration on the table. Or turn them into napkin rings? I’m sure you’ll come up with lots of uses for them. The pattern is from By Ladyship Designs on Etsy, and it looks like these were made with worsted weight yarn, but you can use whatever you have.

Frankie Brown’s Advent Calendar pattern has a great collection of little Christmas patterns, including little ornaments, Santa, a snowman and more. Knit one a day to get ready for the holiday or make a garland with repeating patterns as you like. The pattern is available for free on Ravelry.

Emily Ivey’s Smitten is meant to be an advent calendar, but you can stitch it up now to use as decoration and have it ready for next year. This will definitely use a bunch of your worsted weight leftovers as you stitch up 24 mittens (or however many you want). Get the pattern for free on Ravelry.

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Add a Little Lace to Your Knitting Patterns

If you’re new to lace knitting or just aren’t sure how to incorporate the technique into garments, check out these tops and sweaters that use lace as a decorative element.

The easiest lace out there is eyelets, and you can practice them plenty with this eyelet covered sweater from Knitcro Addict. It uses light/DK weight yarn and is worked in four pieces knit flat. It’s intended to be a little cropped and a little oversized, and includes sizes XS to XXL in the pattern.

If you’re in parts of the world where it’s getting colder as you read this, the Nora sweater from Bummbul might be a good choice. This is actually a great one for learning lace because it’s worked in super bulky yarn, which makes it easier to see what you’re doing and makes the lace super graphic. This one just comes in one size, with a 42 inch (106) cm bust, but that could fit a variety of people depending on how much ease you like.

Minimi Knit Design has a cute allover lace cardigan worked in one piece from the bottom up. It’s worked in lace weight mohair held double, which maybe isn’t the best for those new to lace (because it can be hard to rip out) but it sure is pretty. Sizes range to fit from 30 to 66 inches/76 to 168 cm bust measurements.

If you’d rather not have lace all over your sweater, you can knit the Lumi sweater from Originally Lovely, which has a chevron lace pattern on the yoke and is otherwise worked in reverse stockinette stitch. (It’s worked inside out so you don’t have to purl every stitch.) The pattern has 9 sizes from XS to 5XL and uses worsted weight yarn.

Or try the super romantic sookie blouse from Trust the mojo (available on Ravelry). This sweet top is started working flat from the bottom up and has a V-neck and I-cord edgings. The sleeves are worked separately in the round, and the pieces are all joined together to work in one piece to finish off the top. It comes in eight sizes and is available in English and French.

You can also pair lacy sleeves with an otherwise plain top, like on the Starflower Wrap from Annelise Driscoll Gingrow. This intermediate pattern makes a wrap sweater with generous lacy sleeves and a double wrap belt. The pattern has nine sizes, from XS to 5XL, and is available for free from Hobbi.