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Knit Some Ornaments for Your Christmas Tree

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There’s still plenty of time to knit some baubles for the christmas tree if you’re in that kind of spirit. (I have a few, and some other cute Christmas patterns, over at About.)

These Polar Bear Ornaments from Red Heart are the most time consuming and challenging Christmas tree ornaments ones in this list, but they’re super cute and well worth the effort. And even so, they’re still pretty small, so it wouldn’t be a big deal to knit up one. Or a few. Who could resist?

The Little Christmas Tree from Love Knitting designer Amanda Berry  was originally designed as a place card holder, but you could also use it on the tree or to decorate gift bags. It’s really cure and I love the addition of beads to represent ornaments. (Free login required.)

Rowan’s Mini Mitts and Hats by Anna Nikipirowicz would be  quick knits you can work with whatever little odd balls you have to hand. This is part of their Little Festive Knits online collection, which is worth a look (free registration required here, too).

Lion Brand has several little ball ornaments that I like, including the Fair Isle Snowflake, striped Holiday Ball and the Glittering Snowball ornament. (Don’t let the number of corrections on these patterns scare you; they look to be fixed now!)

And this last one is not a free Christmas tree ornament pattern, but it caught my eye and I wanted to share it anyway. The Christmas Lights pattern from Amalia Samios knits up into retro bulb style ornaments that would be great as a garland or knit individually and put on the tree or the table.

Do you have a favorite knit Christmas ornament? I’d love to hear about it!

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  1. These are all so adorable!

    A friend of mine knitted a little hat ornament for my tree a few years ago and it inspired me to knit some ornaments. I have two sweaters (one for each of my daughters) and a little mitten. Thinking I need some sock ornaments this year.

Have you read?

A Whimsical Sock Pattern to Blow Your Mind

You probably know by now if you’re a regular reader (and if you’re not, welcome!) that I love a knitting pattern that’s a little silly or a little different from the usual. Classic patterns are great, too, but sometimes you just want to make something with a bit of whimsy. And when it’s super functional, too, that’s even better.

That’s the case with the Bananen-Socken pattern from Susanne Shahin. These banana socks are one of those patterns no one seems to be totally sure where it came from, and this free pattern on Ravelry explains how she makes them based on how she learned it.

It’s a sock that’s curved and when not on a foot it looks rather like a banana. There’s no heel, and you can use whatever number of stitches you need to make it fit your foot. If you’ve knit enough socks to know how many stitches you like you can just use that number, or the pattern notes include sizing charts to help. (It needs to be multiples of 2 for the ribbing.)

After working a traditional cuff, the body is made with ribbing on the back and welts (or what the pattern calls horizontal ribbing) on the front, which is what gives it the curved shape. There’s no heel, but there is toe shaping, but for the leg and the foot you just keep working the same pattern as long as you like.

I’m a little skeptical about how these socks will feel with ribbing on the bottom of the foot, but I’m definitely intrigued and will probably give them a try. 

The pattern notes are available on Ravelry in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. If you head to the pattern page you can see a photo of what it looks like on a foot, and it just looks like a normal sock.

Have you ever knit banana socks or do you want to now? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo: Susanne Shahin]