Knit Some Ornaments for Your Christmas Tree

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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Blankets are a great blank slate project that you can change up in a million different ways. From color to stitch pattern to size, the possibilities are almost endless.

Jared Flood, the designer behind Brooklyn Tweed, was inspired by a log cabin quilt his mother made in 1995 to re-create that design in knitting, which led to more blankets and ultimate Brooklyn Tweed’s Knit and Crochet Blankets, which includes 25 patterns from an array of designers using different skills and techniques to make cozy, pretty blankets.

The patterns are divided into three aesthetic themes: traditions, minimalism and colorplay. The patterns are rated on a scale of one to five, with one being the easiest, and there aren’t any pieces rated five. Two blankets are rated one, 14 are two, eight are three and one is four.

In addition, three of the 25 patterns are crocheted, but they either use single crochet or granny stitch, so they are pretty easy even if you don’t do a lot of crochet. You can see all the patterns on Ravelry.

Some of my favorites include Rattan by Rastus Hsu, a chunky blanket worked in knits and purls with simple crossing stitches to make a raised woven look; Homewood by Seth Richardson, covers in dramatic, loopy cables; Ainur Berkimbayeva’s Tessellate, one of the beginner projects that doesn’t really look beginner but is totally worked in knit and purl stitches; Warp + Weft by Aist? Butkevi?ien?, which is mostly knits and purls but makes a fun woven look fabric that blew my mind a little bit; and the same designer’s Canyonland, a multicolored blanket with wavy stripes.

The patterns tell you how to resize them for different dimensions and include information on pattern repeats where it is possible to make a totally custom size.

Many different techniques are included here such as cables, lace, shadow knitting, intarsia and other colorwork techniques, as well as modular knitting and lots of sewing pieces together. The patterns are all presented with charts, but there are line by line written instructions available on the Brooklyn Tweed website if you need them.

The book ends with a deep dive into log cabin knitting, telling the story of the quilt Jared’s mom made and how he made it in knitting, as well as the multitude of variations you can make if you want your own log cabin style design.

The back of the book includes a little written information about some of the special techniques needed, but there are no photos.

This is a lovely book full of inspiration for knitting and crochet blankets for any skill level. If you like to make blankets as gifts or aspire to have a handmade blanket in every room of the house, these designs would be a great place to start.

About the book: 192 pages, paperback, 25 patterns. Published 2024 by Abrams Books, suggested retail price $24.99.

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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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