Knit Some Ornaments for Your Christmas Tree

December 8, 2014 by Sarah White 1 Comment

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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Angie says
December 9, 2014 at 8:54 am
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.

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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