Knitting Patterns for Mushrooms

I recently crocheted a mushroom for my daughter because I came across a pattern I thought was cute and why not? (You can see the finished product on Instagram.)

But I knew there had to be a lot of cute mushroom knitting patterns, too, so I went looking and of course there are. This roundup is sticking to patterns for actual mushrooms rather than knit items with mushrooms on them; maybe we’ll take a look at those soon.

Several of these are the classic red and white “toadstool” style mushroom (more accurately a fly agaric) but you could of course knit them in whatever colors you like.

And indeed we’re going to start with some that aren’t red and white. The chestnut mushroom from Amanda Berry (free on Ravelry) is a little brown mushroom that looks good enough to eat. They’re worked in one piece in DK weight yarn.

The Porcini Mushrooms from Norman Schwarze are very life like as well, and perfect for your neutral sock yarn leftovers. Grab this free pattern on Ravelry.

Tatyana Grigoryan’s Magic Mushroom (also free on Ravelry) is a sweet little ‘shroom worked in worsted weight yarn from the top down. When I first looked at it, I thought the dots on the top were beads, which would be a cute way to embellish it.

Cute Knit Toy on Etsy has another sweet mushroom you can make any color you like with your DK weight scraps.

The Mushroom or Fairy House? pattern from Natasha Hanson (free on Ravelry) can go either way. Stitch it up as a regular brown (or red and white) mushroom, or add a little embroidered door to make it into a fairy house. This one calls for worsted-weight yarn.

This classic fly agaric mushroom comes in two sizes in a pattern from Nimble Needlez on Etsy.

How about mushroom Christmas ornaments? These get to be shared here because of course they don’t have to be ornaments, they could just be mushrooms. Amy Gaines has a cute collection you can grab on Ravelry, or check out this pattern from DROPS Design.

This mushroom can also be a rattle, which is super cute for a baby with a woodland-themed nursery. This pattern is from Ravelry and was designed by Say Little Hen and worked in DK weight yarn.

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Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

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