Knit Cuties for the Little Ones on Your List

I’ve been knitting a lot for my daughter lately. I think it’s to make up for the year I was working on a book full of adult garments and not knitting anything at all her size. But now I’ve got my eye on knits for smaller humans, and there’s always a lot of cute stuff to stitch.

Here are a few things that have crossed my radar lately.

Love Knitting has the cutest free patterns, and they’re all about dapper cardigans for little ones recently. The striped cardigan from Style Craft and the Christmas-colored Debbie Bliss cardigan are both shown on boys but would be adorable on any baby. (Both are free but require a free subscription signup.)

The summery I’ll Knit You Up I Love You Sew form Jordana Paige is super cute to make any time of year, and doesn’t require a lot of knitting because the bodice of the dress is knit while the skirt is fabric. You could make it a more winter-friendly dress by stitching longer sleeves.

And Classic Elite’s Center Out Baby Blanket is a lovely, colorful pattern worked in a self-striping yarn, great for any little one (or little one to be) on your list.

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Getting ready for back to school makes me think about pencil crafts, so let’s take a look at some pencil themed knitting patterns!

I recently made a pencil on a circular knitting machine, and it was a fun, quick, easy project that uses little bits of leftover yarn (and if you don’t have yellow you can make it a colored pencil using whatever color’s your favorite). And if you want to make a bigger version check out this pattern from Orange Olive Road on Etsy.

If you want to knit a pencil pillow by hand, check out Sketchy, available on Ravelry from Shana S. Cohen. This one uses worsted weight yarn and has two size options and the choice to make a pencil with an eraser or a colored pencil.

Pencil scarves seem to be the most popular kind of pencil knitting pattern, and there are lot of cute ones. This one from Cosy Craft UK mostly uses garter stitch, with some welts to add texture and what looks like an I-cord edging. It calls for DK weight yarn.

If you want to go all garter stitch try this version from Emsley Co Creations, which uses five colors of DK weight yarn and just a little shaping to make the point of the pencil.

There’s also this fun, mostly stockinette so it looks like it curls a bit, pencil pattern that looks like it’s worked in chunky yarn from Little Knits Studio. This one uses just a little garter stitch and easy shaping for the point.

If you don’t want a pencil scarf, how about some pencil socks? The No. 2 Pencil Socks from The Yarn Enabler are available from Ravelry and use five colors of sock yarn. They feature wide ribs to mimic the texture of a pencil and have options to be worked from the top down or the toe up.

Needs Sharpening by Alexander Walker is a free pattern on Ravelry that uses five colors of sock yarn to make a sort of shortie sock. The little bit of black at the tips of the toes inspired the name. These, too, can be worked in either direction and are available in three sizes.

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