Knit a Simple Christmas Bauble

The great thing about knitting Christmas balls as ornaments for your tree is that you can start with a super easy pattern and embellish them however you like.

Knits’ End has a great easy Christmas ornament knitting pattern, worked flat but really large in size — about 15 inches around and 6 inches tall! That’s a lot of space to embellish if you want.

Here are some ideas beyond knitting a solid-color one, which is, of course, great:

use up little odd balls to knit random stripes
or bigger leftovers to make a stripe pattern
use a simple colorwork band around the middle such as Xs or checks or a snowflake design
because it’s worked flat it would be easy to add a design of your choice, or even a word or a monogram, using duplicate stitch
or make a little chart and work intarsia if you’d rather
throw in a simple stitch pattern in the middle section where there are no increases or decreases

Do you knit Christmas ornaments? I’d love to hear about what you do.

[Photo via Knits’ End.]

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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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