Knit a Bouquet of Flowers

If you’re feeling impatient for real flowers to bloom, you can always knit your own! This collection of flower knitting patterns will bring color into your home that never fades. They make great gifts or decorations for gift bags, too.

This sweet little daisy from Linda Dawkins is easy to knit in DK weight yarn, and you could make them in lots of different colors to be different kinds of flowers if you want. The pattern is on Ravelry, and she also has an ebook of knit flowers if you’re looking for a bunch of different designs.

Daffodils are so cheerful, and this pattern from Love Fibres on Etsy shows you how to make a bunch that will look great throughout the season. These are made with DK weight yarn and you can use wire in the stem so they will stand up, or make a bloom and use it as a brooch.

Loani Prior has a really pretty rose knitting pattern that’s worked in stockinette in individual petals so you can make each rose look different. I love the idea of making a bouquet for a wedding or other special event.

Cathy Ren’s calla lily pattern, available on Ravelry, would be another fun one to stitch into a bouquet. Use DK or light worsted weight yarn and a chopstick or skewer in the stem.

A simple sunflower is one of the happiest flowers around, and you can stitch one for your desk or anywhere else that needs a little brightening up with this pattern from Liana OCF. It also calls for DK weight yarn and uses wooden skewers to hold it upright.

If you want to make a flower to wear as a pin or decorate a knitting project, this one from Little Pretty Boutiqu is a nice one. Use different yarn weights to make different sizes and decorate all sorts of projects, gifts or make a garland.

You can also knit a whole pot of flowers that will never wilt. Check out this pattern from iKnit Designs, which can use up all your leftover DK weight yarn as you stitch flowers of different colors.

Looking for more knit flower patterns? Check out this collection of knit flowers!

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There’s always room for more stitch dictionaries on your shelf, but Andrea Rangel’s Knitovation Stitch Dictionary is unlike those stitch pattern books you might already own. That’s because this one is full of colorwork stitch patterns rather than textured stitches, lace or cables, so the designs are ripe for adding to hats, sweaters and other projects with a stockinette stitch background.

The book starts with a quick introduction to knitting colorwork that’s also unlike what you’ve probably seen before, because it’s less about the colors themselves and more about the kinds of fibers you choose, how the yarn is prepared and the gauge you’re working at and how those things all change the look of a design.

Most of the book is filled with motif designs and swatches. The motifs were designed and named by Andrea’s husband Sean, who is an artist and brings a bit of whimsy to the designs.

You’ll find some classic looking leaves and flowers, mosaics and waves, but also rubber ducks, penguins, puzzle pieces, cherries and cows, snails and teapots, eyeballs and chess pieces, to name a few. Many of the designs also have funny names, like a fish named toilet bound, or cats in suits called corporate fat cat.

Of course you can use the designs in any way you want on any project you like, but there are also three patterns in the book — for a hat, a sweater and a pair of fingerless gloves — plus discussion of how the motifs were added, adjusting patterns for a different size or gauge, and adding your own motifs.

If you like adding a bit of colorwork to otherwise plain projects that other people have designed, or you’re ready to start making your own designs with fun motifs, this book is a great place to start. The fun and funny motifs are sure to inspire you to want to pick up your needles and add a little more color to your projects.

About the book: 160 pages, hardcover, 150+ motifs and three knitting patterns. Published 2023 by Interweave, suggested retail $28.

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