Introducing 30(ish) Days of Gift Knitting

November 27, 2017 by Sarah White

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it’s time to really start thinking about the holidays, and I, for one, am completely unprepared.

I always decide at the last minute (aka, right about now) that I want to knit a bunch of things for holiday gifting, but I also want to knit a few things for myself, so I know that I need patterns that are quick, easy, cute and giftable.

You probably do, too, right?

So here we go. 30(ish) days of gift knitting starts now. I know there aren’t really 30 days left, but that’s OK.

Some days there will be many pattern options on a theme, some days there will be just one. Some will be patterns I designed, some I’ve knit but didn’t design, some I just like the look of and might be knitting in the future.

Each one should be more than doable in the time left before the holidays (though that doesn’t mean you can knit all of them, obviously).

At the end of the season I hope to gather them all into one massive gift-knitting linkfest that will live on to serve us for years to come.

Looking for more Thanksgiving patterns check these out on Etsy.

So, to begin. Speaking of things I want to knit for myself, I give you these Super Bulky Socks (you might call them slippers, whatever, they’re knit like socks) from Liat at KnitFreedom. They’re a free pattern when you sign up for her newsletter.

You can work them toe up or top down and they use less than 100 yards of super bulky yarn so they’re quick and easy on the wallet, too.

I’m definitely making some for myself.

And maybe for someone else, too.

Do you have a favorite go-to holiday or otherwise gift-knitting pattern? I’d love to hear about it and potentially add it to these posts.

[Photo via KnitFreedom.]

Comments

Carol says
November 28, 2017 at 4:14 pm
I like these slippers – I find the pattern easy and good outcome. https://www.studioknitsf.com/froze-toes-knitted-slippers/. I have not seen the show that is advertised with the pattern – I made some in off white (cream) and to date, have not quite got the pom the way I’d like it!

Have you read?

Knit a Log Cabin Blanket with All Your Scraps

I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using all my pink yarn.

It might stay pink if it makes it to baby blanket sized, or I might add in some pastel green and blue, too, to make a bigger blanket. We’ll see. I’m also holding several strands of yarn together to make a kind of bulky yarn, which means it’s deeply satisfying how much yarn is used even as the project is still relatively small.

In Kristen Finlay’s version, DK weight yarn scraps (or fingering/sock yarn held double) are used to make a simple scrappy log cabin blanket that’s lighter weight than my version. Log cabin is a great technique for knitters of any skill level because it’s worked in garter stitch. The only not completely basic technique you need for log cabin knitting is picking up stitches.

If you’ve never worked a log cabin knitting project before, this is a good introduction, and it is really nice to use all your yarn scraps in one big project you’ll use for years to come.

If you use a lot of DK weight yarn you can keep building on it whenever you finish a project, or if you use more worsted weight you can do the same thing with it, it will just be a little bigger starting out than the pattern calls for. How big it gets is totally up to you.

I have really been enjoying working on my log cabin project, and it’s my current sitting at my desk and need a break knit (do you have one of those or is it just me?).

Ready to start your own log cabin blanket knitting project? You can grab the free pattern from Kristen Finlay on Ravelry.

Need more log cabin inspiration? Check out more log cabin knitting patterns.

[Photo: Kristen Finlay]